After days of intense and viral speculation, archaeologists in Egypt this week finally opened up that mysterious, 2,000-year-old giant black sarcophagus. So far, no curse has been unleashed (that we know of), but the team did discover something slightly gruesome inside – three skeletons, most likely soldiers, decaying in a pool of dark red, murky
Ten seismic events have been detected in the Newdigate, Surrey area of the United Kingdom, between Dorking and Gatwick airports near London, since April 1, 2018. Magnitudes of this cluster of events range from 1.5 to 3.0. There are fears that quakes might be caused by nearby fracking operations. According to the British Geological Survey
American astronaut Neil Armstrong made history 49-years-ago as the first human to step onto the surface of the moon. Every year on July 20 NASA celebrates the monumental achievement from 1969. Today, NASA has shared some of the most detailed and beautiful photos of the lunar landing taken by its three astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael
Tokyo-based startup Astro Live Experiences (ALE) is building two micro-satellites which will go into Earth’s orbit and release 400 tiny pellets which replicate shooting stars. The company revealed the first show will take place over Japan in 2020, but after that private companies and governments will be able to put on a meteor shower anywhere
Next week stargazers will look up to the night skies to see the July full moon glow a deep red to orange colour. The so-called Blood Moon will appear in the afternoon hours of Friday, July 25 during the total lunar eclipse. The lunar eclipse is the second of two this year and comes hot
The Atacama mummy, nicknamed endearingly Ata, was discovered 15-years-ago in a deserted Chilean town in the Atacama Desert. The six-inch-long mummy stunned the scientific community due to its minuscule proportions, missing ribcage and deformed skeletal features. UFOlogists around the world instantly claimed the skeleton was of extraterrestrial origin and it featured in a high profile
Dr Eben Alexander believes he finally has an answer to the age old question; what happens when you die? The 63-year old was suffering from a brain infection in 2008 when he fell into a week long coma. Medical professionals did not give him much chance of surviving and Dr Alexander was so close to
EU ’SELF HARM’: Brussels blasted for ‘perverse’ decision to exclude UK from Galileo project (Image: GETTY) The UK and the EU are at loggerheads about how to handle the Galileo project when Britain finally leaves the EU in March next year. The uproar over the Galileo programme erupted when the EU claimed it would “no
A duck boat with 31 people aboard capsized and sunk in Branson, Missouri late July 19, 2018, as an intense thunderstorm swept over the area. 13 people were killed and 4 remain missing as of early Friday, July 20. An intense thunderstorm hit Branson, a popular vacation spot, with heavy rain, sustained winds over 65 km/h
The July moon is slowly nearing its bright full moon phase when the entire face of the moon is lit up by the sun. But on the night of Friday, July 27, something peculiar will happen and the moon will instead turn a deep red colour. Next week is the total lunar eclipse when the
Stargazers are in for a treat this month because Mars at opposition coincides with the magnificent total lunar eclipse Blood Moon on Friday, July 27. Next week, the moon will pass through the Earth’s shadow and the Red Planet will be at its brightest and closest since at least 2003. Dhara Patel, an astronomer at
Terrafugia say the cars, known as Transition, could go on the market in 2019. The hybrid-electric vehicles will have two seats, luggage storage, rear-view cameras and a built-in safety parachute system. And the cars will be able to fly at speeds of 100 miles per hour and can reach heights of up to 10,000 feet.
You’ve seen it, you’ve heard it, but have you ever smelled it? As bizarre as it sounds, lightning has a distinct odor. But unlike its blinding flash or deafening roar, the scent of a lightning bolt is much more subtle. In fact, you’ve probably experienced it before. Whenever lightning strikes, it heats the air
In just a few weeks, NASA is due to launch one of its most ambitious projects yet. The Parker Solar Probe is going to swoop in and ‘touch’ the Sun – coming in closer to the solar surface than any probe has ever done before. Parker’s three closest orbits will bring it within 6.1
The incessant burning of fossil fuels and production of greenhouse gases could see global sea levels rise by up to 216 feet, according to National Geographic. The water released by the melting ice caps would be enough to completely submerge the cities of London, Venice, Barcelona and Brussels in Europe alone. Elsewhere, major hubs like
On the evening of Friday, July 27, the full moon will pass through the centre of the Earth’s shadow and change colour. The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout the entire UK but the exact moment the Blood Moon appears at night will vary from city to city. Dr Helen Klus, an astronomer with
At least 17 people were injured after several unexpected tornadoes swept through central Iowa on July 19, 2018. The tornadoes were reported in Marshalltown, Pella, Bondurant and several other places near Des Moines. Official preliminary surveys are scheduled for Polk, Jasper, Marion and Marshall counties on July 20 and results are expected no later than July 21.
Electron microscopes have been capable of taking snapshots of individual atoms for nearly half a century. But we’ve never seen anything quite on this scale. A new method for catching and measuring the spray of electron beams is giving us a whole new resolution of the sub-ångström world, opening the way to studying molecular structures
Back in 2008, researchers found a weird set of dinosaur fossils in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. Most ankylosaurid dinosaurs found in the area have smooth bony armour on their skull. This one was spiky. After 10 years of hard work the research has just been published, confirming this weird spike-armoured
All those liquids made out of soy, almond, rice, coconut or oats won’t be called milk anymore, if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way. According to the government body’s definition, the word “milk” only refers to lactate from an animal, preferably a cow. And whatever was squeezed out of that soybean
Tens of thousands of years before Swiss inventor Karl Elsener attached a corkscrew to a pocketknife, Neanderthals had their own multipurpose tools: hand axes. These four- or five-inch (10 -13 centimetre) stones were cut into large teardrop shapes, with wide bases that tapered to twin cutting edges. Neanderthals used hand axes to chop and carve
Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday pried open a mysterious 30-ton black sarcophagus and found three skeletons, including one that had suffered a blow to the skull. Legends abounded about the sarcophagus, which construction workers found earlier this month more than 16 feet (5 metres) below ground in a residential area of Alexandria. Some observers thought
In a video previously uploaded to the youtube channel ApexTv, Noah, who says he’s from the year 2030, shared a clip which he purported to show Las Vegas in the future. The strange clip shows aircraft flying above the city and Noah said larger vehicles in the footage were the equivalent of busses and smaller
Artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionise human society and especially warfare. But scientists are concerned about the consequences of robots being able to identify and kill people without human oversight. Demis Hassabis at Google DeepMind and founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, are among 2,400 people who signed the pledge which aims to discourage governments from constructing
The next total lunar eclipse, often called a Blood Moon, due to the reddish tinge the Full Moon takes on, will take place on July 27. A total lunar eclipse happens when the Moon travels through the Earth’s umbra and blocks all direct sunlight from illuminating the Moon’s surface. However some sunlight still reaches the
Two strong M6.0 earthquakes hit Alaska and Papua New Guinea within 4 hours on July 19, 2018. M6.0 earthquake hits Alaska on July 19, 2018. Map via USGS The first of the two struck 92km WSW of Chernabura Island in Alaska at 14:16 UTC on July 19, 2018 and at a depth of 17.1 km
Grand Teton National Park staff are monitoring a crack in a rock buttress above the Hidden Falls viewing area near Jenny Lake. To ensure visitor safety, the information is being used to develop a risk assessment of the potential for rockfall. While the Hidden Falls viewing area is currently closed out of an abundance of
On July 27, the Earth will be treated to a blood moon, and at the same time Mars will be visible in the night sky. The two events have attracted a lot of interest from religious conspiracy theorists, claiming it could be a sign of the end of the world. Christians often point to the
The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a “neural interface” which will allow soldiers and machine to connect through thought. The Next-Generation Non-Surgical Neurotechnology, or N3, program is a project which will aim to create two new technologies. One will be a minute interface where the user may have to ingest different chemical
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit near Chernabura Island, Alaska at 14:16 UTC on July 17, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 17.1 km (10.6 miles). EMSC is reporting Mw5.9 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact
The Antarctic’s Larsen C and George VI ice shelves have been identified as at risk of collapsing, putting the world at risk of a one inch rise in sea levels and natural disasters. Although a one inch rise may appear relatively modest, it could contribute to a much larger problem in the future. Dr Clemens
A bright meteor was recorded streaking across the night sky over Spain at 03:28 UTC on July 19, 2018. The event lasted up to 7 seconds before the object disintegrated. The meteor was recorded over Andalusia at 05:28 local time. It was produced by a fragment from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 80
With still no clarity on how or if the UK will be able to participate in the EU’s Galileo satellite project when Brexit is finally completed, the UK is opening its doors to other potential collaborators, rather than relying on the European Space Agency. And “the biggest space agency in the world” is an option
New activity/unrest was reported for 7 volcanoes between July 11 and 18, 2018. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Ibu, Halmahera (Indonesia) | Krakatau, Indonesia | Nevados de Chillan, Chile | Oraefajokull, Iceland | Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island (France) | Sierra Negra, Isla Isabela (Ecuador) | Villarrica, Chile. Ongoing sctivity: Agung, Bali
They mystery of why a young star dims every so often may have just been solved. For the first time, researchers have observed what they think may be a star hoovering up the debris after a nearby collision between two planets. It’s not Tabby’s Star, sorry everyone. But it’s actually been puzzling astronomers for
Scandinavia is experiencing exceptionally warm temperatures, over 11 °C (20 °F) above average, for more than a month. Above-average temperatures combined with drought, lightning, and human negligence to cause what Swedish authorities are describing as the country’s most serious wildfire situation in modern times. The heatwave is expected to continue, particularly in northern Scandinavia. Heat
Using longer exposures and sophisticated processing techniques, scientists have taken extraordinarily high-fidelity pictures of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – what we call the corona – and discovered fine details that have never been detected before. The Sun is a complex object, and with the soon-to-be-launched Parker Solar Probe we’re on the verge of learning
Rhinos in Australia might seem like an insane proposition – after all, we’ve had historically bad luck with introduced species. But on reflection it’s not quite as crazy as it sounds. There are five species of rhinoceros in the world: two in Africa and three in Asia. The world of all five species is
After years of debate, the current geological epoch has finally been cut into three sections. While some geologists clearly think it’s a justified change, others feel the move was premature and deserved further discussion. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) recently ratified the division of the Holocene into the Meghalayan, Northgrippian, and Greenlandian
This brand-new baby snake wouldn’t have been on this world long when it died in the Cretaceous period. But in an interesting twist of fate, it was encased in resin and found by humans 99 million years later in Myanmar. The snake fossil is tiny – missing a head and with about 97 bones
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to save lives by predicting natural disasters, stopping human trafficking, and diagnosing deadly diseases. Unfortunately, it also has the potential to take lives. Efforts to design lethal autonomous weapons – weapons that use AI to decide on their own whether or not to attempt to kill a person
Rangers have temporarily closed off parts of Grand Teton National Park after guides noticed growing fissures in the area just over a week ago. Since Grand Teton is connected to Yellowstone, and Yellowstone is well known for sitting on top of what could well be a giant volcanic time bomb, the news has rung some
The current eruption at Kilauea is unprecedented in scope and size in the past 200 years, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory deputy scientist-in-charge Steve Brantley said Tuesday, July 16, 2018. “What we are observing now is unprecedented in the past 200 years in terms of size and scale, but not in terms of process,” Brantley said. “This has occurred before,
After 19 days with no measurable rain, Reagan National Airport in Washington, US saw intense thunderstorms on July 17, 2018, and a record-breaking 66.8 mm (2.63 inches) of rain in just 42 minutes. A new daily rainfall record was set at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for July 17 with 84.8 mm (3.34 inches) of rain in
Large natural balls in the Franz Josef archipelago leave scientists flummoxed. Visitors to this cosmic landscape named the round rocks ‘footballs of the Gods’. The huge stone balls up to two metres in height are found on appropriately-named Champ island above the polar circle. Perfectly spherical they are scattered all over this northern uninhabited outpost.
OMG! That’s scary… Awesome! This giant lenticular cloud floated over Gallup, New Mexico on July 17, 2018 at sunset… And then started glowing bright red! That red cloud illuminated Gallup on July 17, 2018 at sunset. via Twitter Wow! This is a huge cloud formation over Gallup! via Instagram Lenticular clouds are more or less
Tropical Storm “Ampil,” known as Inday in the Philippines, formed July 18, 2018, northeast of the Philippines as the 10th named storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season. Ampil will continue intensifying over the next 3 days and its current forecast track takes it very close to Okinawa, Japan on July 21. At 15:00 UTC on July
A new report published by the research facility in the Clerkenwell area of the capital found that any memories from as early as two years of age are likely to be “fictional”. This comes despite four in 10 (40 percent) people claiming to have clear memories from the first couple of years of their life.
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