Visitors of Thiruvanmiyur beach, Chennai were treated by a pretty unusual sight over the weekend: Bioluminescence. Beachgoers were left amazed by the bluish glow along the beach. However, scientists say the unexpected phenomenon may have been caused by either heavy rain and/or discharge of sewage into the ocean on Sunday night. Rare blue glowing waves
That fish looks pretty weird! Look at this lake trout hooked at Lake Champlain… It has two mouths. Couple captures fish with two mouths at Lake Champlain. Picture by Debbie Geddes via Facebook page for Knotty Boys Fishing Debbie Geddes, while fishing with her husband at Lake Champlain in North America, caught a fish with two
Russia has launched its first humanoid robot into space. The robot is on a two-week mission to the International Space Station to support the crew and test his skills. Russia is sending Iits first humanoid robot to the International Space Station A Russian humanoid robot is making its way to the International Space Station after
Oh, look at the big one in front of us! Please don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. A family visiting Yellowstone National Park had a scary moment when a herd of bison stampeded past their car, with one crashing into the vehicle as the stunned occupants were inside. Video footage taken by the Delle
Today, Russia launched the Soyuz MH-14 into low-earth orbit, destined for the International Space Station (ISS) for 10 days time. The rocket is carrying the Skybot F-850 robot, nicknamed Fedor – short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research – which will spend one week on the satellite. Fedor will ”perform several tasks under the control of astronaut Alexander Skvortsov and
Forest fires can reach 2,000 Fahrenheit. That’s about 1/5 the temperature of the surface of the sun. But what is the impact of such high temperatures on the soil and plants of our forests? To answer these questions, USDA Forest Service decided to study a prescribed fire from start to finish. And the sound of
No, you are not dreaming! What you see on these photographs is a lake, but a lake changing colors: THE ‘SPOTTED LAKE’ or ‘KITLIL’X’! The Spotted Lake in British Colombia changes color in summer. The lake takes a normal appearance from fall to spring. A beautiful blue! However, during the summer, most of the water
This is scary and no, it isn’t deja vu. Phoenix broke a high-temperature record for the third time in 2019 on Wednesday after breaking a record on Tuesday as well. New daily temperature record for Phoenix on August 21 2019. Picture via Twitter But while Tuesday’s record was broken by 1 degree — 113 degrees
A woman visiting a park in Arkansas was able to find a diamond in the rough, literally. Last Friday, Miranda Hollingshead of Bogata, Texas, had intended to pick up a transmission for her car, but her siblings were in town and wanted to do something fun. The 27 year old had never been to Arkansas’s
A Chester County priest is facing charges after authorities say he stole more than $98,000 from his church. Father Joseph McLoone funneled these funds from the donations of the parishioners of Downingtown’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and used the money for a beach house, travel, dining and to spend on adult men with whom he
Police release video of man they think shot 4 students near Clark Atlanta University + 4 students shot during party near Clark Atlanta University; shooter on the loose + 2 shot near Clark Atlanta University, police say + © 2019 Cox Media Group. Police release video of man they think shot 4 students near Clark
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 5-year-old boy unknowingly brought cocaine to a kindergarten in a New Orleans suburb, leading to the arrest of a man and a woman, police said Wednesday. A teacher saw the child holding a bag of a white powder Tuesday and called in the school resource officer, who found one bag
A mother panther walks into frame and pauses. She looks around, ears alert. One of her cubs appears and looks healthy and strong. Then her other cub stumbles into the frame and falls to the ground. The young cat doesn’t have full control of its hind legs – as if a neurological disease, or
You want to buy a human body part? Than go on Instagram. There is a market for that too! Instagram officially bans the sale of human body parts, but collectors are not only using the platform to find new buyers and sellers but also to curate and market their wares in a visually compelling way.
How do you study the evolution of brains, without any ancient brains to study? It’s not a simple proposition, so it’s no surprise that scientists are excited to have scanned the very well-preserved skull of a 20-million-year-old monkey species, Chilecebus carrascoensis. “Human beings have exceptionally enlarged brains, but we know very little about how far
The wreck of what may be the most famous and infamous sea vessel in history has been visited by humans for the first time in almost 15 years – revealing an incredible state of natural deterioration hidden deep within the Atlantic Ocean. Rusting in silent isolation at a depth of 3,810 metres (about 12,500
The “lungs of the planet” are burning. As thousands of fiery infernos rage across the Amazon rainforest, tropical vegetation, trees, and the fauna they house are being razed. Since August 15, more than 9,500 new forest fires have started across Brazil, primarily in the Amazon basin. This year so far, scientists have recorded more
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 is still missing to this day and exactly what happened to it is still a mystery. However, the official investigation concluded that the most likely final destination was at the
You might have heard the maxim that with 10,000 hours of practice you can become an expert at anything. Well, according to a new study of 39 violinists, that might be too optimistic. You see, that 10,000-hour ‘rule’ was first proposed by another study of musicians – including violinists – back in 1993. It
Yes, that lightning strike is cool. But look at the circled area. That’s called a “positive streamer.” And it’s extremely rare to capture on camera. Extremely rare positive streamer caught on camera in Augusta, Georgia in August 2019. Picture by Karen Butterfield Varney via Facebook Well this is an extremely rare catch by Karen Butterfield
The bridge on Hutchinson Ferry Road just inside Gadsden County, Florida has collapsed. Two accidents occurred during the collapse around 5:10 a.m. Bridge on road between Florida-Georgia line collapses. Picture via Facebook The sheriff’s office closed the road at the Florida-Georgia Line. All local traffic has been detoured and rerouted. The Florida Highway Patrol said both drivers were taken
This is another amazing but terrifying phenomenon. Sao Paulo was plunged into darkness in the middle of the day Monday as a massive plume of smoke from fires burning in the Amazon descended on Brazil’s largest city, alarming residents as a record number of fires raged in the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Sao Paulo, Brazil’s
Syracuse, N.Y. — With the peak of the algae bloom season yet to come, 60 blooms have been reported in the past two weeks in New York state. The blooms were discovered across the state, from Long Island to Western New York, and in water bodies ranging from small park ponds to a bay off
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (KMOV.com) — Webster Groves firefighters are being praised this morning after helping a resident in a wheelchair during their free time. Webster Groves Firefighters Community Outreach / Facebook When responding to a recent call, the firefighters noticed a woman in a wheelchair falling over when trying to enter her home. The woman’s
Popular video platform YouTube took down a number of combat robotics videos – robot vs. robot competitions popularised by the show BattleBots – on the grounds that they include “deliberate infliction of animal suffering or the forcing of animals to fight”, including “cock fighting”. A recent video by YouTube channel Maker’s Muse brought the strange
Tomorrow, the Soyuz MH-14 will travel to the low-earth orbiting satellite with a Russian robot on board. Skybot F-850 will spend just over one week on the ISS, where it will “perform several tasks under the control of astronaut Alexander Skvortsov and will be able to communicate with the crew,” according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
How do you weigh a ghost? If you’re a cosmologist, you could use… the Universe. Combine vast cosmological data with info from particle accelerators, and, it turns out, you have a pretty good scale for measuring the mass of a neutrino – also known as the ‘ghost particle’. This is how a team of
A vibrant pinkish-coloured seaweed that grows in temperate tropical waters could end up being a huge aid in reducing greenhouse gases, if scientists in Australia have their way. Researchers are currently looking into ways to sustainably mass-produce the crimson-hued algae – called Asparagopsis taxiformis – after a study five years ago demonstrated it almost
NASA’s 10-year plan involves billions of dollars and spans millions of miles. And much like the universe, it’s only expanding. Last year, the agency announced that it’s planning to send astronauts back to the Moon and eventually build a base there, with a Mars-bound mission to follow in the years after that. In June,
America under President Trump might not own Greenland (yet), but decisions made by his administration will help determine the ice-covered island’s long-term fate and ours. US emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as emissions from other countries, have tipped the balance to make Greenland a major contributor to global sea-level rise. It’s no secret
High in the Himalayas of India, amid the snow-capped peaks, nestles a mystery. Roopkund Lake is a shallow body of water filled with human bones – the skeletons of hundreds of individuals. It’s these that give the lake its other name, Skeleton Lake, and no one knows how the remains came to be there.
Scientists have discovered evidence of a massive distributed reservoir of methane formed by chemical reactions deep inside the ocean floor. Abiotic methane – created in reactions that don’t involve organic matter or living creatures – has long been known to exist buried in the seabed and released via deep-sea vents, but the origins of the
Vulnerable spadefoot tadpoles eat their smaller competitors to speed towards toadhood as quickly as possible. Gulls and pelicans are among bird species that eat hatchlings for food or to prevent the spread of disease. In insect species such as the praying mantis or the Australian redback spider, males offer their bodies as a final
Deep in western Russia, if you know where to look, you’ll find a small collection of ragged scrap metal and crumbled concrete. Which isn’t that exciting. But if you rifle through the rubble, you will find a large metal disc bolted to the ground. This isn’t just any old disc – it’s the welded-shut cap
India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft is now in orbit around the Moon. That means it’s on schedule to touch down on the lunar surface on September 7, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). If the mission continues as planned, India will become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon, following Russia, the US, and
NASA astronauts Drew Morgan and Nick Hague are gearing up for the fifth spacewalk of the year on Wednesday. The pair are tasked with installing a new docking adapter on the ISS Harmony module. However, ahead of their six-and-a-half-hour mission, bizarre footage has emerged. YouTuber Tyler Glockner uploaded the strange video to his channel, showing a white object appearing
When it comes to harnessing renewable wind energy, the European Union is not even close to reaching its full potential, according to a new study. If a wind turbine was placed on every suitable spot of land, research shows it could provide more than 100 times the wind energy currently produced on shore. Calculated at
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8, 2014, destined for Beijing, China with 239 people on board. However, the jet last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am, before mysteriously vanishing over the South China Sea. Radar and satellite data showed how the aircraft suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia
The simulations have been run, and it’s official: even today, a nuclear war between the US and Russia would plunge the planet into a nuclear winter, with clouds of soot and smoke covering the planet. Globally, temperatures would plunge by around 9 Kelvin (9 degrees Celsius or 16 degrees Fahrenheit) on average, due to
After being devastated by wildfires last year, California has gone through several months of being relatively fire-free. But as we head into the heat of late summer, the state is ready to burn. When the ignition happens, experts warn, it could cause wildfires more intense and destructive than anything California has experienced. 2018 inflicted a wave of
Between record heat and rain, this summer’s weather patterns have indicated, once again, that the climate is changing. US cities, where more than 80% of the nation’s population lives, are disproportionately hit by these changes, not only because of their huge populations but because of their existing – often inadequate – infrastructure. Maybe in 50
New Jersey police raiding the house of a man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl made a horrifying discovery — mummified human remains and an “altar to an unknown deity,” according to officials. Officers searched the Newark house of Robert Frank Williams, 53, with a search warrant after he was accused of molesting a
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the Moon in 1969, they helped to cement the idea of a “moonshot” – a goal or achievement that challenges what we thought was possible. While few moonshots measure up to the Apollo program, many of the world’s greatest inventions were once thought of as
Northeastern Israel has been the centre of heightened seismic activity recently – and it all began when, in September 2013, locals felt their windows rattle as an earthquake rumbled beneath the Sea of Galilee. The freshwater lake is said to have been the location where Jesus walked on water – as told in the New Testament. It has developed
There are some creepy places where dead bodies just lay out in the open! Take Roopkund glacial lake, which is during the winter the perfect place to go skating. But when the ice melts, the horror movie starts. The entire area surrounding the lake is covered with discarded bones, discarded HUMAN bones. And nobody knows
It’s one of the deepest unknowns in geophysics: the hidden movements of Earth’s innermost core. While we think of the ground beneath our feet as terra firma, that reassuring rigidity only extends so far. Deep below the planet’s surface, Earth’s super-hot inner core sits within a molten liquid outer core, detached from the overlying mantle
The Universe is expanding, and that expansion is speeding up over time. These two facts have been well established through observation, but we don’t know what’s causing that expansion. It seems to be some mysterious, unknown energy that acts like the opposite of gravity. We call this hypothetical energy “dark energy“, and it’s been
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