Few places have served as a locus for the public’s anxiety about climate change as much as the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The global seed ark, popularly known as the “Doomsday Vault”, is embedded deep in the permafrost of a northerly Norwegian island and stores nearly a million samples from around the world for safekeeping
Month: March 2019
Human ingenuity is no match for evolution. An exceptional new video shows a tiny tropical lizard breathing underwater from a sort of “scuba tank” on its head. Found in Costa Rica, this intrepid little diver, known as a water anole (Anolis aquaticus), is possibly using its bubble tank to hide from predators and hunt for
The Flat Earth model is the highly discredited idea that promotes the misconception that the Earth is flat. This theory dates back centuries but was made famous again thanks to the creation of the Flat Earth Society by Samual Shenton in 1956. However, despite the ludicrous nature of the claims, the group still has a large following – putting
For the very first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the formation of a giant storm – or a Great Dark Spot – on the icy surface of Neptune. It’s the fourth vortex that Hubble has captured on this frigid planet since 1993, and the very first that scientists have been able to chronicle over
The anonymous man’s time travel confession emerged on Wednesday, March 27, after he shared his story with online paranormal investigators. The supposed time traveller had his face blurred and voiced distorted in the video but he said he is the real deal. Speaking to a camera for YouTube channel ApexTV, the time traveller produced three
Artificial cells created inside the lab have taken another major step forward, with scientists developing cells that are able to produce their own chemical energy and synthesise parts of their own construction. That makes these artificial cells a lot more like real, biological cells – cells that can construct and organise their own building blocks
The supposed alien UFO was seen on March 6 this year over the German capital city. Popular UFO-hunter Scott C Waring said he came across the UFO photos on the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). The conspiracy theorist, who runs the website UFO Sightings Daily, bizarrely said UFOs have been appearing over airports in great numbers in recent
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 FQ flew past Earth at 0.86 LD / 0.00220 (329 115 km / 204 502 miles) on March 23, 2019. This is the 13th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 5th this month. The object belongs to the Apollo
While browsing through NASA images of Mars, one UFO hunter believes he has found evidence of an ancient civilisation. The alleged evidence comes in the form of a stone carving of a face, which is roughly one and a half metres in height. This has drawn comparisons from conspiracy theorists with the huge figures of
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Neptune and the Sun began lining up in the solar system on Monday, March 25, and the ensuing gravitational pull on our planet could cause a major earthquake. This is because the pull of the planets is having a tug-of-war effect on Earth, causing tension to build within the tectonic plates. The
The center of Tropical Cyclone “Joaninha” passed very close to Rodrigues Island, Southwest Indian Ocean on March 26 and 27, 2019, producing strong southerly winds, heavy rain and large swells. This is the 13th named storm and 9th intense tropical cyclone of the record-breaking 2018/19 Southwest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season. At 12:00 UTC on March 26, Joaninha’s center was
Its shorelines comprise the lowest land on Earth, and its waters are nearly 10 times saltier than seawater. But rumours of the Dead Sea’s deadness are nonetheless quite exaggerated, an incredible new discovery shows. The famous ‘Sea of Death‘, bordered by Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, isn’t actually a sea at all, but
Somewhere in the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonky is happening. A few objects are orbiting differently from everything else, and we don’t know why. A popular hypothesis is that an unseen object called Planet Nine could be messing with these orbits; astronomers are avidly searching for this planet.
After millions of dead calves in Nebraska, now thousands of tons of grain lost in Iowa! Flood waters are causing havoc in some mid-western states – Iowa; Illinois; Missouri; Kansas; South Dakota; Minnesota; and Nebraska – and have resulted in an estimated $3 billion in damages so far. The video below by Iowa resident Gracie
Today our middle-aged Universe looks eerily smooth. Too smooth, in fact. While a rapid growth spurt in space-time would explain what we see, science needs more than nice ideas. It needs evidence that whittles away contending arguments. We might finally know where to look for some. A team of physicists from the Centre for
A severe thunderstorms hit parts of New South Wales, Australia on March 14, 2019, with heavy rain, strong winds and hail between 2.5 – 7.6 cm (1 – 3 inches) in diameter. A severe hailstorm that hit an avocado orchard in NSW’s Northern Rivers destroyed an estimated 4 million avocados. 80% of the fruit on 12
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to place a call. But not just any old ISS call. It’s going to be via X-rays: the first test of NASA’s newly developed X-ray communication system, called XCOM. XCOM could revolutionise communications between Earth and far-flung spacecraft, being able to transfer gigabits per second. Think of
A spectacular explosive eruption started at Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano at 01:23 UTC on March 27 (19:23 LT, March 26). Volcanic ash column reached 8.5 km (28 000 feet) a.s.l. The eruption produced a thick column of ash up to 3 km (1.8 feet), drifting northeast, CENAPRED said. Incandescent material was thrown up to 2 km
The atmospheric river event affecting New Zealand over the past 3 days has set the country’s new 48-hour rainfall record. The storm caused major infrastructural damage, including destroyed Waiho Bridge in South Island’s Westland District. At least one person has died during the event. Cropp waterfall recorded 1 086 mm (42.7 inches) of rain in 48
Although we’ve all enjoyed the odd energy drink, a beverage known as Power Natural High Energy Drink SX might give you more of a kick than you expect. Zambian authorities have just banned the drink after tests showed it was spiked with sildenafil citrate – a medication better known as Viagra. A few months
In part one of this presentation, physicist Eugene Bagashov began his examination of some of the enduring geological mysteries on Mars. Of course, geologists examining the surface of Mars project familiar earthly processes onto the Red Planet — they imagine volcanic eruptions, flowing water and impacts from space as dominant forces shaping the Martian landscape.
Terrestrial organisms stuck on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) have survived 533 days in the vacuum, intense ultraviolet radiation, and extreme temperature variations of space. You know what that means? It’s not impossible for life to survive on Mars. Of all the planets in the Solar System, Mars seems like the
Physicists have measured the sound of ‘nothingness’ at room temperature – an important step in our future ability to listen in to the Universe. You can think of it a little like this – we’ve now been able to measure the way some of the ubiquitous ‘background noise’ of space interacts with our equipment, which
Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world’s growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever before. Energy demand around the world grew by 2.3 percent over the past year, marking the most rapid increase
We don’t know a lot about the world’s earliest animals, but thanks to their 558 million-year-old fossilised remains, we thought we had a hint as to their appearance. Now, it seems, we were wrong about even that. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered that the iconic Dickinsonia fossils are probably not flat
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing on March 8 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 people. Author of ‘The Plane That Wasn’t There’, Jeff Wise, claims that a group of expert investigators called the Independent Group (IG) have reached some sort of consensus. They all came to the same conclusion that
UFO-hunter Scott C Waring, who runs the conspiracy blog UFO Sightings Daily, discovered the alien face in a NASA photo dated October 3, 2005. Mr Waring is known within the UFO enthusiast community for dissecting NASA’s photos for clues and evidence of past and present alien activity. In his latest bizarre find, the alien conspiracist
A motorway bridge over the Waiho River was washed away in a severe rain storm on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to declare a state of emergency, and to close 300 km (186 miles) of road on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Motorway bridge over Waiho River in New Zealand destroyed by extreme
While the eye of Tropical Cyclone “Veronica” didn’t cross the coast, very heavy rainfall and strong winds hit the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. The wind and very heavy rainfall have now eased, however, road conditions may remain hazardous today and communities may be isolated as flooding continues. Flood Watches and Warnings remain in place for
Palm Beach Gardens neighborhood in Florida is being plagued by thousands of poisonous bufo toads. Residents in the infested suburb worry toxins secreted by the toads will harm their pets and children. Toxic bufo toads invade Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. News stations broadcast images of the small toads clogging pool filters, hopping en masse
Did you hear a boom or did you feel your house shake in the middle of the night? It was a rare M2.6 earthquake near Archdale, NC. The shaking happened at about 12:32 am. Many reported feeling and hearing the quake from their homes in Guilford and Randolph Counties. Viewers have described a long, booming
Heavy rain over the past 2 days caused near-record river levels across the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. In less than 48 hours, parts of the region recorded 548 mm (21.6 inches) of rain, nearly 10% of its yearly average. More than 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain fell in just 24 hours. Up
Some people think we’re living in a vast computer simulation contrived by an advanced alien intelligence. But not METI scientists. The truth, they say, is much simpler than that. Members of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), a San Francisco-based research organisation, convened in Paris last week to discuss aliens. Or, rather, the complete and utter
Earlier this month, the world was excited to hear that NASA had scheduled the first-ever “all-female spacewalk”. Now, an annoying equipment problem has disappointed many #WomeninSTEM enthusiasts. Expedition 59/60 flight engineers Christina Koch and Anne McClain were going to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on March 29 to continue upgrading batteries on
A new NASA research shows that Jakobshavn Glacier, which has been Greenland’s fastest-flowing and fastest-thinning glacier for the last 20 years is now flowing more slowly, thickening, and advancing toward the ocean instead of retreating farther inland. The research is based on data from NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission and other observations. The researchers
An international team has managed to capture an elusive state of matter that stays stable even at room temperature. It’s called a supercrystal, and all it took were laser pulses shorter than a blink of the eye. Okay, so of course it’s more complicated than that. The experiment involved layering inorganic compounds and “frustrating”
Thousands of poisonous toads have flooded a South Florida neighborhood, raising fears about the dangers they pose to pets and children, according to local reports. The toads started appearing in Palm Beach Gardens, a city of 55,000, north of Miami, in recent weeks, according CBS Miami. They have been found in people’s gardens, swimming
The fastest-shrinking glacier in Greenland has made an unexpected turn. Although it’s been melting for 20 years, the Jakobshavn Glacier in West Greenland – famous for producing the iceberg that sank the Titanic – has now started growing again. Since the 1980s, waters have been growing warmer around Baffin Bay, where the glacier meets
A young Colombian child by the name of Itzamara Vega already has the whole world talking about her, and she was only born in February. At just 35 weeks of age, still nestled in her mother’s womb, Itzamara was diagnosed with an incredibly rare condition – one that’s been recorded less than two hundred times.
At least 17 people, including three children, were killed and as many as 68 were injured in heavy flooding in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Monday. Heavy rains resulted in flooding in the southern region around the city as well. Footage shows people being swept away by the tides as cars try to
If you’ve ever made a somewhat rash online purchase after a couple of drinks then you’re not alone – a new survey says nearly 4 in 5 people who consume alcohol have shopped on the web while intoxicated. These purchases add up too, with US$444 the average annual spend for a drunk shopper, and
The sensational UFO claim was made by prominent ufologist Scott C Waring, who runs the blog UFO Sightings Daily. The alien discovery, Mr Waring touted, has the potential to convert even the hardest of UFO-deniers. In a bizarre post on his website, the UFO expert shared images of what he claims are square-shaped and modular
Record floodwaters that submerged vast stretches of Nebraska and Iowa farmland along America’s longest river reached a new crest on Friday at the waterfront city of St. Joseph, Missouri, forcing chaotic evacuations of thousands from low-lying areas. With emergency sirens blaring as the Missouri River rose to the top of the three-story-high levee wall in
Over 1,000 falcon birds are reported to have been injured or died overnight after a massive hail storm swept suddenly into Newcastle in South Africa, wreaking havoc in the space of just 15 minutes. Falcon Tragedy: Hundreds of Birds Die as Massive Hail Storm Hits Newcastle Overnight. Picture via Facebook So after the beautiful lighting
The bizarre video uploaded to YouTube shows paranormal investigators hook up a supposed time traveller to a lie detector machine. The time traveller, who goes by the name of Adam Archon, claims to be the from the not-too-distant year of 2045. The mysterious man obscured behind a blurred face, says he agreed to a lie
At least 18 people have been killed and 94 injured after heavy rain hit the city of Shiraz, southern Iran on Monday, March 25, 2019, causing severe flash flooding. Heavy rains started falling on the historic city of Shiraz, Fars Province on Monday morning, producing sudden and violent flooding in which at least 18 people
The distant 500 meter-wide space rock was discovered by NASA in 1999 and is viewed as a potentially hazardous object. Detailed photographs of the asteroid’s surface were released when the OSIRIS-REx NASA spacecraft arrived there three months ago. But one man has claimed that the mysterious object is also home to alien “buildings, towers and
Tropical Cyclone “Joaninha” formed March 22, 2019 as the 13th named storm of the record-breaking 2018/19 Southwest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season. Tropical Depression 13 formed March 18 east of Madagascar and after a few days of meandering to the west and then the southeast, the system intensified into Moderate Tropical Storm and was named
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