Two quakes with magnitudes higher than 6.0 struck Costa Rica (M6.1) and Indonesia (M6.5) within less than 8 hours on August 17, 2018, another very active day on the Ring of Fire. A strong M6.1 earthquake shook southern Costa Rica at 5:22 p.m. local time at a depth of about 12 miles, on Friday evening,
Michael Phillips, who was introduced at the start of the 13-minute long video despite concealing his face, claims Kim Jong un declared war on the US, who wiped him and most of his army out when they fired a shot back. Mr Phillips, who speaks with an obscured English accent, said the UK was dragged
In a paper presented at a US conference in Boston, they said: “This bodes well for the formation of Earth-like planets and the search for life beyond our solar system.” They concluded that water is likely to be a major component of planets that are between two to four times the size of Earth. They
So you don’t buy that earthquakes can be man made? This is evidence from 60 years ago! It was detonated at least 6000 feet into the ground (roughly 2000 meters). This footage is from Project Cannikin, which was a proof-test for the 5 megaton warhead to be used on the Spartan missile system. Researchers were
Swathes of exoplanets are likely to contain vast amounts of water, the study suggests (Image: NASA) Scientists led by Harvard University’s Dr Li Zeng found that many of the planets identified by Nasa’s Kepler Space Telescope and the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission may contain as much as 50 percent water. The news comes weeks
For years, dieters have had to deal with a lot of conflicting advice on how to eat. First, fat was the bad guy. Then it was considered ideal to avoid sugar and go low-carb. Lately, dieters trying the trendy ketogenic diet have discovered that if they replace carbs with fat, they can trick their bodies into a
Former US president Barack Obama famously had a wardrobe full of identical suits. As a world leader, life presents more than enough big decisions – Obama’s reasoning was that it made sense to minimise the complexity of the small decisions. Artists are often thought of as rather different. Francis Bacon, for example, had a
Some evolutionists suggest humans evolved from apes which spent most of their time by the water, and describe our distant ancestors as ‘semi-aquatic’. There are several characteristics which some experts believe highlight our aquatic history. For starters, we are the only animals to permanently walk upright. This is apparently down to the fact that we
Situated in the middle the Gobi desert, the series of strange structures have baffled internet users. The focal point is a strange “Stonehenge-like” circle purported to contain three aircrafts, which the narrator cannot identify. The aircrafts are all pointing outwards, and as the Youtuber, ThirdPhaseOfMoon, looks at the time lapse on Google Earth, you can
The headlines of record-crushing heat in the Northern Hemisphere began in June and haven’t stopped midway through August. Scores of locations on every continent north of the equator have witnessed their hottest weather in recorded history. The swelter has intensified raging wildfires in western North America, Scandinavia and Siberia, while leading to heat-related deaths in
The disease, which hampers breathing, covers a range of illnesses including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Mortality rates were 31 per cent higher among those whose parents smoked during their childhood, a study reveals. It is thought second hand smoke induces changes in the lungs and other tissues, decades before the emergence of any disease. Passive
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Costa Rica at 23:22 UTC (17:22 local time) on August 17, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 15.9 km (9.8 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 44 km (27.3 miles). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact
Post-Tropical Cyclone “Ernesto” threatens Ireland and UK with strong winds and heavy rain Subtropical Depression “Ernesto” formed over the Central Atlantic Ocean on August 15 and strengthened into a tropical storm by 21:00 UTC on August 16. Ernesto’s current NHC track takes it toward Ireland and the United Kingdom on August 18. The main threat will
A very bright fireball, at least 40 times as bright as the Full Moon, streaked across the night sky over the U.S. Southeast at 05:19 UTC (12:19 CDT) on August 17, 2018. The event lasted several seconds and was followed by a sonic boom. The American Meteor Society has so far received 42 reports from people living
Hurricane “Lane,” the 12th named storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season is rapidly strengthening and this phase is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. Lane is expected to become a major hurricane today and pass south of Hawaii on August 21/22. At 15:00 UTC, its center was located about 2 760 km (1
A very deep earthquake registered by the BMKG as M6.7 hit under the Flores Sea, Indonesia at 15:35 UTC on August 17, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 559 km (347 miles). USGS is reporting M6.5 at a depth of 538.7 km (334 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 546 km (339
Planet Venus appears nears its so-called greatest eastern elongation when it is visible in the skies just after sunset. This month the second planet from the Sun reaches the point on night of Friday, August 17. Typically, Venus’ orbit takes the planet much closer to the Sun than the Earth and it is hard to
The mini-moon study published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science found asteroids from deep in the solar system have a tendency to get caught in Earth’s gravity pull. If proven accurate, the mini-moon report could forever change how we look at the moonlit skies. These barrelling space rocks are typically flung out towards our
At least 12,000 of these bright star clusters dotting the astounding expanse of space were photographed in the early days of their existence. The Hubble space picture shows the evolving nature of space and puts into perspective just how tiny the Earth is against the rest of the cosmos. This particular picture of space is
The team from the Trent University in Ontario, used tiny polystyrene microspheres as a catalyst to speed up the formation of CO2-grabbing magnesite to just 72 days. In nature magnesite takes hundreds of thousands of years to form. To speed up the process, the scientists drastically reduced the temperature of the magnesite and added the
A “ragged” hole in the Sun’s scorching atmosphere has turned towards Earth in the latest NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) scans. Astronomy website SpaceWeather warned the coronal hole is ejecting a stream of highly energised particles towards the planet. The website’s astronomers expect the solar winds to arrive between Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August
Screams from “big angry animals or devils” greeted the woman, identified only as Kim, when she suffered a near death experience as a result of an accidental overdose from medical drugs. The “entirely distressing” experienced happened nearly 30 years ago, but Kim still remembers it in such vivid detail due to the terrifying nature. Kim
If a planet is similar to ours, and is orbiting a star in the ‘Goldilocks zone’ – a region in space when it is neither too hot nor too cold – then theoretically it could have water, and thus life, scientists claimed. They said the building blocks which helped create Earth exist in abundance and
The legendary singer died on Thursday, August 16, in her Detroit home after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Franklin, 76, was surrounded by close friends and family in her last moments. Franklin, who was know for her hits Respect and Think, was one of the most celebrated American musicians garnering respect from artists around the
The so-called Blood Moon eclipse peaked in the night skies of the Eastern Hemisphere on the night of Friday, July 27. Soon after, the celestial event was followed by a partial solar eclipse on Saturday, August 11. The partial eclipse of the Sun rounded off this year’s summer of eclipses, which kicked off with a
This new Hubble image is an excellent way to remind yourself of the sheer enormity of the Universe. The space-based telescope pointed its delicate instrumentation at a particular region of the sky for hours, peering deep into space to a distance of 11 billion light-years – just 3 billion years after the Big Bang.
Ants don’t tend to get in traffic jams. They might butt heads (or antennae) momentarily as they go about their industrious business, but ants somehow have mastered the art of keeping things moving. They’re geniuses of flow. Another striking thing about ants is that some of them just sit around doing nothing. This has
A chemical analysis of fossils from 3.4 billion years ago has put them firmly in the running for the title of “world’s oldest evidence of life.” Only discovered in 2011, the microfossils hail from the Strelley Pools formation in the Western Australian desert – an extraordinary find, considering Earth is thought to be around 4.5
During this week 106 years ago, New Zealand was talking about the future of our planet. The predictions weren’t uplifting. On August 14, 1912, a newspaper called the Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette printed a prescient paragraph in its “science notes and news” section. The brief note warned that Earth’s atmosphere
Elon Musk’s Boring Company, founded in late 2016, has only sold merchandise so far. But this week, it announced plans to build a 3-mile (5-kilometre) tunnel that could transport people in Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium in just four minutes. The Boring Company says its new tunnel to Dodger Stadium will be the first
Astronomers were just looking through photographs received from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Monday, when they noticed something slightly out of place. There, on the surface of the enigmatic Red Planet, in one of the few regions not obscured by a dust storm, was none other than the wide-eyed Beaker – the shy and ill-fated
Earthquake swarm in southern Italy A seismic swarm is taking place in southern Italy on August 16. EMSC registered 15 earthquakes between 05:11 and 20:22 UTC, with 5.0 at 18:19 UTC the strongest one. A noticeable uptick is being registered since 18:19 UTC. Colorado Springs hailstorm caused second highest damage total on record, Colorado The August 6th
The Doubs river flows normally in Franche-Comté, France. But since about a week or so, the river has totally dried up over a length of more than 1 km, between Pontarlier and Morteau, although precipitation has been abundant this winter and spring. The river has disappeared, and with it, the fauna and flora. Everything is
A very shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.6 hit Japanese Ogasawara Archipelago at 18:22 UTC (03:22 JST) on August 16, 2018. The USGS is reporting M6.4 at a depth of 11.5 km (7.1 miles) at 18:21 and M6.0 at 18:22 UTC. EMSC is reporting M6.4 and M5.9 at a depth of 10 km (6.2
Hurricane Hector passed well south of the Big Island of Hawaii on Wednesday as a major hurricane, one classified as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hector generated high surf and breezy conditions on the Big Island, with no more than a few outer rain showers scraping portions of that island.
During the first half of August 2018, reports of noctilucent clouds to Spaceweather.com have tripled compared to the same period in 2017 and researchers at the University of Colorado may have figured out why. “There has been an unexpected surge of water vapor in the mesosphere,” Lynn Harvey of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) said.
Scientists just worked out a way of rapidly producing a mineral capable of storing carbon dioxide (CO2) – giving us a potentially exciting option for dealing with our increasingly overcooked planet. Magnesite, which is a type of magnesium carbonate, forms when magnesium combines with carbonic acid – CO2 dissolved in water. If we can
The death toll from Kerala’s worst floods in nearly 100 years has jumped to 106 on August 16, 2018. There are now 1 331 camps opened across the state, providing temporary shelter for 147 000 people. Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said August 15 the state is enduring “unprecedented flood havoc” as the worst floods in nearly a century
A 99 million year old beetle trapped in amber (Image: swns) Its body was coated with pollen grains when it became encased in the clear tree resin, the superglue of the fossil record. It sets hard and fossilises remains over time. The creature would have been crawling over plants for nourishment when it was frozen
Ageing damage passes through cells, a process known as cellular senescence, eventually leading to tissue dysfunction and related health impacts – or more simply put, getting old. However, researchers have discovered a way to reverse this ageing process in the cells which could lead to healthier and longer lives. Older cells are less able to
They have wiped out swathes of life before and there is a serious possibility they will do so again in the future. A supervolcano by definition is one which has had an eruption of magnitude 8 – the highest and most violent possible – on the Volcano Explosivity Index in the past. The US is
Earlier this month on August 4, NASA’s engineers blasted Wham!’s hits single Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go in a dire attempt to awaken the powered down robot. The Opportunity rover was forced to go into low power mode last month for an unknown amount of time when a planet-sized dust storm took over Mars.
YELLOWSTONE volcano is the subject of much speculation over whether there will be a major eruption in the future – but now National Park’s authorities have a more pressing issue to worry about as experts warned of toxic gases venting from the supervolcano. The carcass of a large silver-tipped grizzly bear, which succumbed to poisonous
The August Moon will position itself directly opposite the Sun when it rises on the night of August 26. The Full Moon comes 15 days after the birth of the New Moon and will rise in Pisces. Astrologer Barbara Goldsmith, of YourAstrologySigns.com, told Express.co.uk about the Full Moon horoscope and said it will appear at
New activity/unrest was reported for 5 volcanoes between August 8 and 14, 2018. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 15 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Etna, Sicily (Italy) | Great Sitkin, Andreanof Islands (USA) | Nevados de Chillan, Chile | Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica | Sangay, Ecuador. Ongoing activity: Agung, Bali (Indonesia) | Aira,
Outside of Earth, Mars appears to be the only inhabited planet – even if these inhabitants are NASA’s remote robotic rovers. But one of the US space agency’s interstellar cameras has made a startling discovery about another potential resident of Mars. NASA’s team behind the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) were stunned earlier this
The shredded carcasses of microscopic marine algae could play an important role in the formation of clouds over the world’s oceans, a new study has found. We all know clouds form as microscopic water droplets in the air condense on the surface of microscopic particles. These particles can be soluble – such as where salt crystals
Scientists in Germany have discovered a tropical tick which can grow up to an INCH LONG – 10 times bigger than a common tick. The ticks, known as Hyalomma marginatum have the potential to spread the viral disease Crimean-Congo fever (CCHF). Symptoms of CCHF include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, and bleeding into the
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