William Langewiesche, a pilot turned writer, believes questions will be left unanswered even if the Malaysia Airlines wreckage is found.The shock disappearance has left theorists baffled as huge searches haven’t uncovered the plane despite debris washing up. But Mr Langewiesche has explained finding the wreckage now would not answer why the plane was downed. Mr
Month: June 2019
Last week, incredible photos emerged of the man, named Alexander P sitting in a hospital bed in Russia. Reported to have severe spinal injuries, the man was reported to have been attacked by a bear and dragged into its den. Labelled as a “mummy” the body, however, was later claimed to be completely untrue by
As if US farmers had not enough with this unprecedently late planting this season. Nope! Now, it seems that in Minnesota, farmers also had to face critical weather as a hailstorm damaged/destroyed thousands of acres of crops last week. And its to late to replant! Farming crisis in the USA: Hailstorm damaged thousands of acres
A heavy rain and hail storm affected the municipalities of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque, around 1am on June 30, 3019. The streets of Tlaquepaque were buried in more than 1 meters of hail stones. Unheard of for the region! Enormous hail accumulations in Guadalajara Mexico on June 30 2019. Picture via Twitter
As most of the rest of Europe suffers record heat… It’s snowing in Finland. The chilly weather is not restricted to Finnish Lapland. Night frosts and temperatures below 0°C were reported in central Finland. Snow in Finland end of June 2019, while the rest of Europe swelters in unprecedented heat wave. Picture via Yle.fi While
Alan and Christine Tait, both 62-years-old have recorded several hours of footage in which they claim to have heard a woman screaming, dogs barking and even a police siren coming from their home. Following their investigation into the supernatural, the pair planted recording devices all over the Ammanford house and could not believe the results.
The terrifying Tunguska event, the largest known impact event on Earth in recorded history, was triggered by the explosion in mid-air of a superbolide near the Stony Tunguska River on 30 June, 1908. The cataclysmic explosion of the giant 60 to 190 metres (200 to 620 feet) space rock, occurred at an altitude of 5
Just when you think orcas couldn’t possible be any more awesome, they get even better. New evidence shows these whales are really good at scaring off the most feared beast in the sea. Yep. Orcas have toppled the great white shark off their ‘apex predator’ throne. A team of marine scientists has found that
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was on route to Beijing, China, from Kuala Lumpur Airport, when the plane disappeared over the South China Sea with 227 passengers on board. Radar data showed the jet suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern Indian Ocean, leading some to claim
One-in-ten people around the world report having a near-death experience at some point in their life. Near-death experiences (NDE) have fascinated humans for centuries, yet their origin and prevalence remain a mystery. New scientific study confirms the association of near-death experiences with REM sleep intrusion. Picture via Medical News Today Such near-death experiences are defined
This terrifying video shows poor cattle being swept away in Zumbro River, southeast Minnesota, after 8 inches of fell rain overnight. The torrential overnight rain led to flash flooding that swept everything on its path Friday morning. About 40 cattle were swept away from their pasture in southern Minnesota as heavy rainfall caused the Zumbro
The mystery booms continue baffling people across the world. Here some of the lastest reports from the UK, Canada and the USA. The mystery booms continue rattling the USA, Canada and UK in June 2019, but nobody knows why. People living in the New Tripoli area of Lehigh County want to know what caused an
Just 2 days after the large eruption of Ulawun, another large explosive eruption was recorded at Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea on June 28, 2019. Yes another unusual, short-lived, and very intense eruptive episode with lava fountaining, starting around 13:00 local time, with an ash plume that rose to 50,000 ft (15 km) altitude.
SpaceX just provided a raft of significant updates on the launch of its first five dozen internet-providing satellites. The long-term goal of the program, called Starlink, is to eventually launch thousands of satellites into orbit around Earth in order to bathe the planet in high-speed internet access. Elon Musk’s company rocketed the first 60
During winter time, some snapping turtles like to hibernate in ponds and lakes. Safely tucked away underneath a thin layer of ice, these freshwater reptiles can survive up to six months without any oxygen to speak of. How their bodies can cope with this depends on the way they were raised, it turns out.
Northern Spain is facing its largest forest fires in two decades as the heat wave scorching much of Europe continues to intensify. The fires have swept across Spanish province of Tarragona, near Barcelona, with officials warning that it could eventually engulf as much as 20,000 hectares (200 square kilometers) of land. “We’re facing a
The men were travelling with the stolen passports of Italian Luigi Maraldi and Austrian Christian Kozel. However, they were actually both Iranian men called Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad and Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. According
A wildlife park in Florida is now home to one of the rarest batch of alligator eggs in history. Its two albino alligators, Snowflake and Blizzard, have produced 19 eggs. Snowflake and Blizzard produce world’s first batch of 19 albino alligator eggs at Wild Florida. Picture by wild Florida It’s one of the only albino-to-albino
A man tried mixing cocaine and pufferfish… And it didn’t end well! Mixing cocaine and pufferfish fugu is bad. Picture by Tadaimajp When a 43-year-old man turned up at a Florida hospital saying he’d had too much “blow” at home, doctors probably thought they were looking at your average mild drug overdose. Yet they were
For the first time, scientists have clearly linked together two types of gamma-ray phenomena in thunderclouds, suggesting that weak bursts of gamma-ray activity might precede lightning flashes in certain conditions. The two phenomena in question are weak emissions called gamma-ray glows, which last about a minute, and much shorter and more intense terrestrial gamma-ray
Yellowstone National Park’s Steamboat Geyser is quite active right now, and scientists aren’t sure exactly why. The geyser sped up its eruption cycle in June and set a new record for intervals between eruptions on June 15 when it blasted three days, three hours, and 48 minutes after its previous eruption. Yellowstone steamboat geyser eruption
The intense heat wave blasting Europe with record-breaking temperatures manifested on a recent weather forecast as a screaming heat skull of death looming over France. A forecast map for Thursday, first created June 20, showed France’s scorching temperatures creating a giant, screaming face over the country as the country braced itself for the hottest temperatures
Jesus H. Christ is a more obscure version of the name Jesus Christ brought to wider attention in Mark Twain’s autobiography during the 19th century. The American novelist was recalling his time as a printer’s apprentice when he decided to get his revenge on old mentor from the time. He had been tasked with printing
Turns out fungus might be better suited for space travel than people are. New research has found that mould can survive incredibly high doses of ionising radiation, which means we may have to keep a very careful eye out for spores that might hitch a ride to Mars. Blasted with radiation in a controlled
Angela Merkel was spotted making the diamond shape with her fingers at the G20 Summit, which is currently being held Osaka, Japan, while lining up for a photograph with other world leaders. The German Chancellor is known for making her infamous “diamond” hand sign, which has been branded of masonic-style and a symbol of the
A very large landslide occurred on the flanks of Mount Iliamna, a volcano located in Alaska, on 20th June 2019. The landslide appears to be in the order of about 6 km in length, and over 2 km wide at the toe, but the trigger of this landslide is not clear. Giant landslide on the flank
Astronomers have, for the first time, discovered the source of a mysterious non-repeating pulse of cosmic energy known as a fast radio burst. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) have perplexed researchers for years, appearing as fleeting signals from the distant universe that can’t yet be explained definitively. Scientists have pinpointed source of a one-off fast radio
Nothing says welcome to the future like having your wound fixed by a tiny lightsaber. It might sound wild at first, but that’s basically what a new plasma technology advance is now promising. This exciting development means we could soon commercialise low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) that operate out in open air, promising
Sometimes you just need to take a step back from the huge number of issues here on Earth, take a deep breath, and stare at the soothing movements of the solar photosphere. In this case, thanks to the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope (SST) in Spain, you can enjoy a close-up of the pulsing blobs moving
Around a young star not far from Earth, a broad disc of dust swirls. This is the stuff that planets are made of – and astronomers think a huge clump spotted and photographed in the outer edge of the disc is in the early stages of becoming one. If they’re right, this will mark
Scientists have long speculated that at the heart of a gas giant, the laws of material physics undergo some radical changes. In these kinds of extreme pressure environments, hydrogen gas is compressed to the point that it actually becomes a metal. For years, scientists have been looking for a way to create metallic hydrogen
For its newest planetary science mission, NASA aims to land a flying robot on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, a top target in the search for alien life. Dragonfly will be the first endeavor of its kind. NASA’s car-sized quadcopter, equipped with instruments capable of identifying large organic molecules, is slated to launch in
We know inoculation halts the spread of disease. As it turns out, the same concept can also be used for misinformation. Researchers at the University of Cambridge think they’ve found a way to ‘inoculate’ the public against fake news. All it takes is an online role-playing game, where anyone who wishes can safely enter the mindset
An MH370 expert who has committed his life to finding debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines plane believes he may have found a final message from a passenger. Blaine Gibson, a retired lawyer, became perplexed by the disappearance of the aircraft and wondered if debris has washed up on a beach somewhere. After searching countless
Reports emerged that the body had been found this week in a cave after the beast allegedly dragged the man to the den. Following the discovery of the man, who was named only “Alexander”, several publications told the story of the man and shared a video of what appeared to be a severely injured Alexander,
This April, renewables were put to the test like never before. For the first time in United States history, clean energy sources shouldered more of the nation’s electricity needs than coal. A monthly report from the Energy Information Administration shows that renewables such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric dams provided 23 percent of the
MH370 left Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8, 2014, destined for Beijing, China with 239 passengers on board. However, the Boeing 777 jet last communicated with air traffic control at 1:19am, before mysteriously vanishing over the South China Sea. Over the years, many have questioned why none of the passengers on board used their mobile phones to raise concerns,
NASA is working to uncover the mystery behind an asteroid that may contain a priceless treasure trove of minerals. The space agency is planning to send an unmanned spacecraft to the chunk of metal known as 16 Psyche and which has a mineral value of more than $10,000 quadrillion dollars. Artist’s concept of the asteroid
Fifty-six previously uncharted lakes below Greenland’s Ice Sheet have been mapped by researchers using aerial imaging tools. That’s the first inventory of subglacial lakes below the Greenland Ice Sheet and brings the total number in the region to 60. More than 50 lakes have been newly discovered buried beneath Greenland ice sheet. Picture NASA/GODDARD/MARIA-JOSÉ VIÑAS
For the first time, scientists have found a blue-feathered bird in the fossil record, thanks to a new discovery that lets us tell which fossilised pigments are, in fact, blue. After millions of years of fossilisation, feathers are long gone, but melanin pigment packages called melanosomes can be preserved – up until now the problem
When it comes to choosing a forever furry friend, most people tend to exhibit the same habits as choosing a romantic partner. What they say they want in a dog (or partner) doesn’t always define how they decide on one. A psychologists who study relationship choice have found that when it comes to picking a
Raikoke Volcano on the Kuril Islands of Russia, south of the volcanically active Kamchatka Peninsula, erupted on June 22, 2019, for the first time since 1924. The eruption was so powerful that it covered in ash the entire island on which it sits, killing all vegetation and endemic animals. Here some post-apocalyptic pictures of this terrifying
Every now and again, our radio telescopes capture a mystery. A single flash, as powerful in radio wavelengths as half-a-billion Suns, condensed into a burst that lasts just a few milliseconds at most. Now, for the very first time, astrophysicists have traced one of these one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) to its source. “This is
It seems like the stuff of dreams, the idea that humanity will one day venture beyond the Solar System and become an interstellar species. Who knows? Given enough time and the right technology (and assuming there’s not some serious competition), we might even be able to colonize the entire Milky Way galaxy someday. And while
You’ve got to hand it to the cockroach. Human progress might be an apocalypse for other animal species, but not these guys. And now it’s clear they’re having a jolly good laugh at our puny attempts to control them with pesticides. A study on how quickly populations of German cockroach (Blattella germanica) bounce back
In 1949, famous physicist Lars Onsager published a paper discussing the potential implications of superfluids and turbulence. Now, 70 years later, a team of Australian researchers has conducted an experiment to back his theory – using a tiny quantum version of Jupiter’s ‘Great Red Spot’ to do it. The swirling fluids on the surface
For the first time, scientists have used artificial intelligence to create complex, three-dimensional simulations of the Universe. It’s called the Deep Density Displacement Model, or D3M, and it’s so fast and so accurate that the astrophysicists who designed it don’t even know how it does what it does. What it does is accurately simulate
As far as feathered animals go, Pachystruthio dmanisensis was a monster. With an estimated mass of about 450 kilograms (nearly half a tonne), it would make a 150-kilogram adult ostrich – the world’s largest living bird – look like a canary. Bigger birds have existed, but it’s not so much its size that makes this
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