Tucked away in a remote valley of Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, a group of bearded capuchin monkeys use round quartz stones to crack open cashew nuts on tree roots or other rocks. Beneath their feet, archaeologists have found at least 3,000-years-worth of discarded tools. The chimpanzees of Côte d’Ivoire have been using stone tools
Month: June 2019
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, said his rocket company’s toughest mission yet has arrived – and you can watch it live online below. Sometime between 23:30 ET on Monday (03:30 UTC on Tuesday) and 02:30 ET (06:30 UTC) on Tuesday, a Falcon Heavy rocket will try to lift off from Cape Canaveral,
The fish, said to swim in shallow water ahead of an earthquake, comes as a warning to the residents. Measuring at 13.9 feet, the fish washed up in Barangay Poblacion in Compostela town in northern Cebu yesterday. The deep-sea fish died when locals tried to pull it from the rocks where it was hiding and
MH370 mysteriously vanished with 239 people on board while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. While pieces of the Boeing 777 aircraft have washed up, the plane was last recorded flying over the South China Sea. Radar data showed a sudden change of direction for the Malaysia Airlines plane which flew back across
MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, when the jet mysteriously vanished with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am when the plane was flying over the South China Sea, before vanishing from civilian radar screens. Radar data shows the jet suddenly changed course and flew back
Noctilucent clouds are supposed to be electric blue. Yet during the extreme NLC outbreak of June 21st, some observers in Europe saw a different color: red. Red and electric blue noctilucent clouds is red over Szubin, Poland on June 21, 2019. Picture by Marek Nikodem via SpaceWeatherGallery “It happened around midnight,” reports Marek Nikodem of Szubin, Poland.
Location of the epicenter of the second earthquake, in Indonesia’s Banda Sea. (Mapbox) Two strong earthquakes hit Indonesia on June 24, 2019: A M7.3 and a M6.1. The first quake struck Indonesia’s Papua and has triggered a sustained swarm of moderately strong tremors that is still ongoing. The second quake hit in Indonesia’s Banda Sea,
The Pentagon published a document on nuclear warfare entitled “Nuclear Operations” earlier this month. It was most probably a mistake because it was swiftly removed from the website – but not before the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) had the chance to archive the paper. The Pentagon published a document on nuclear warfare (entitled “Nuclear Operations”) earlier
I knew the stuff I am now using everyday is beneficial. Yes my cbd drops are becoming a weapon in the war against drug-resistant superbugs. CBD (cannabidiol) is a new powerful antibiotic. Picture via Marijuanabreak Cannabidiol, or CBD, has been touted for a wide variety of health benefits, most notably as a treatment for people with
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, this stretch of water spans across the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. Hundreds of planes and ships are said to have disappeared in mysterious circumstances in what is one of the most heavily travelled shipping lanes in the world. On March 4, 1918, these waters claimed their most
Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast. While the vast size of this massive cache is surprising, it’s not entirely unexpected. Signals of the water first showed up in the 1970s, but until now, nobody suspected that
On 24 June 2019, NASA is sending an atomic clock into space. Not just any old atomic clock, either. It’s up to 50 times more accurate than the atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites, its precision only changing by one second every 10 million years. It’s only the size of a toaster, yet it could
Magic: The Gathering, the card game where you build your own deck from over 19,000 unique cards and then battle this deck against other people, is not what you would call simple. But a pre-print paper first published in March turns this already complex game up a notch, showing that a specific set of
It’s called the ‘White City’: a fabled settlement hidden deep in the lush rainforests of Honduras, said to be all that now remains of a mysterious civilisation that existed in Central America long before the Europeans came. But this lost city has its non-believers. For much of the last century, doubts have swirled around
Last week, Curiosity made its strongest detection of methane on Mars yet. Its laser spectrometer instrument registered a methane spike of 21 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in the Gale Crater, a region the rover has been exploring since it landed in 2012. Generally, methane presence on Mars has a global average of
The NASA Curiosity rover made a remarkable discovery this week that may hint at signs of life on Mars. The surprising development brings legitimacy to the long-held notion that aliens may actually be occupying the red planet. NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered high amounts of methane in the air on Mars, indicating signs of life on the planet.
In the pitch black waters 759 meters (2500 feet) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a thin, undulating arm emerges from the gloom. Suddenly, it splits, and what was a lone, curious appendage is a writhing bouquet of tentacles until, finally, an honest-to-God giant squid blooms from the darkness and attacks. Then,
A newscast on Argentine television came to a screeching halt last week when the anchors spotted an unidentified flying object soaring over the city of Buenos Aires. The strange sighting reportedly occurred on the program ‘Mananas Argentinas’ last Wednesday morning. UFO appears during newscast in Argentina. Picture via Youtube video As anchor Mariela Fernandez was standing
MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. To this day, the reasons behind the plane’s disappearance and its final destination remains a mystery. However, there is significant evidence of a deliberate takeover of the plane. According to aviation security expert Tim Termini, there
An ‘atmospheric tsunami’ struck Malta’s east coast early on Monday morning, June, 18, 2019, stranding boats onto the rocks in Xemxija. The strange phenomenon started at about 6am, with the sea level rising and falling by around 60 centimetres in regular cycles every few minutes during approximately an hour. ‘Atmospheric tsunami’ strikes Malta’s east coast
At least three people are dead after a derecho tore through the Midwest Friday night, downing trees and causing damage for more than 1,000 miles. A derecho, a rare weather event classified by strong, straight line winds sustained over a wide path. Heavy, sustained derecho winds sweeps across Nashville, Tennessee on June 21-22 2019 At
If feel like a guinea pig. They are playing with our health! Independent lab tests found high levels of the toxic metal arsenic in two brands of bottled water sold at grocery and big box stores. No recall from FDA as of Friday. High levels of arsenic found in bottled water sold at Whole Foods,
The strongest magnet in the Universe enters our Solar System. What would happen? Sound in the Universe What if a magnetar entered our Solar System? Artist’s conception of a powerful magnetar in a star cluster. By ESO/L. Calçada via Wikipedia / CC BY 4.0 While sound doesn’t travel in space, the galaxy is actually a
On June 23, 2019, a M5.6 earthquake hit off Petrolia, northern California at 03:50am at a depth of 9.4km (5.8 miles). The quake was reported by more than 2,500 people on the USGS website. A M5.6 earthquake hit off Petrolia, northern California right at the southern tip of the Cascadia subduction zone on June 23
The NASA Apollo 12 mission was the second to land men on the Moon. Launched in November 1969, Apollo 12 made headlines around the world only months after Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. Now, almost 60 years after the historic space flight, UFO hunter Scott Waring believes he has spotted an
MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The official investigation concluded that the plane most likely ended up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, but there are many that dispute this. Science journalist Jeff Wise believes the MH370 tragedy was a concerted
A rare M4.5 earthquake hit north of Plainville early Saturday morning. The quake was heard and felt across a wide region, including reports from Hays and WaKeeney, as well as Wichita and North Platte, Nebraska, more than 200 miles away. Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits near near Plainville, Kansas on June 22 2019. Map via USGS
A massive refinery explosion in Philadelphia was so hot and expansive that it was visible on weather satellites. The hot blob seen by the satellite was the fireball launched from the explosive disaster. Philadelphia refinery explosion shoots fireball visible from space. Picture video 6ABC A forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS) Key West office noticed
These snowy scenes may be difficult to digest! It’s the first day of summer and it’s still snowing in Canada and the USA! Here the last reports: Happy first day of summer: heavy snowfall in Canada and USA. Picture via Twitter Snowstorm shuts down roads to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks on first day
Sometimes, weird architecture can be spotted from God’s eye view! For example, the Christian Science Society in Dixon, Illinois, has constructed a church that lookslike a giant phallus, complete with balls and bushy pubes. The gathering place looks like any old non-penile structure when looked up front. This church looks like a giant penis from above.
Dust from the Sahara Desert has surged into the Caribbean and may funnel its way toward the Gulf Coast of the United States this weekend. And that’s an amazing 5,000-mile-long journey! Saharan dust will engulf Florida during the weekend. Map via Facebook What’s this storm? Known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), this dry dust
Two M5.4, a M5.0, Two M4.2 and a M4.7! A series of earthquakes off the Oregon coast were recorded Saturday by the US Geologic Survey. Is Cascadia waking up? Series of earthquakes hit off Oregon Coast on the Cascadia on June 22 2019. The quakes were recorded at 5:43 a.m., 5:52 a.m., 6 a.m., 6:16
Scientists have discovered that bizarre horns are growing on an increasing amount of young people. The shock revelation found that the abnormal bone growths appeared to be a strange side effect of constantly hunching over our phone screens. In research from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, almost half of people aged
Scientists have limited knowledge of giant squids, the mysterious monsters of the sea. Imagine the excitement when they filmed the first giant squid in US waters. Giant squid, Phantom of the Deep, filmed for the first time in US waters off New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. Picture via video A giant squid, at
If you’ve ever felt your eyelids droop for just a fraction of a second during some mundane task — like staring at a computer screen or driving down the highway — you’ve experienced a phenomenon known as “microsleep.” Discover Magazine‘s blog The Crux recently spotlighted the experience, which happens when key parts of the
Great news! Humankind’s greatest-ever engineering project is nearing completion. Soon we will have warmed the Earth enough to get rid of all those pesky ice sheets and other frozen areas. The finish line is in sight. If we all work together for the next thousand years, we’ll finally reach our goal! NASA has been
Galaxy mergers are not particularly rare, but they are important events. Not only for the galaxies involved, but for scientists trying to piece together how galaxies evolve. Now, astronomers using ALMA have found the earliest example yet of merging galaxies. The pair of merging galaxies in question is called B14-65666, an unwieldy name, but
The buzz about honey bees isn’t good. This winter has seen one of the biggest honey bee die-offs in the US on record, with 37 percent of managed honey bee colonies lost from October 2018 to April 2019. This winter has seen one of the biggest honey bee die-offs in the US on record, with 37
As of June 18, more than 9,000 people were out of their homes due to wildfires in Alberta, including about 700 from the Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement, who were forced to leave May 26. Three areas were evacuated Monday, including several communities to the south of High Level overnight, as the driest conditions in more
The data from all those Instagram pictures you’re posting needs to be stored somewhere, and the increasing amount of digital information we’re all producing means we also need an increasing amount of energy just to store it all. Now scientists have come up with a working example of what’s known as universal memory, a
The summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, happens today, June 21 at 11:54 a.m. EDT (3:54 p.m. GMT). Now, how does this event affect animals? How does the summer solstice affect animals? Reine, Norway, at midnight in summer. Image via Shutterstock This summer solstice happens when Earth’s
In most maps of the solar system, you can expect to see the eight canonical planets, plus whatever Pluto is at the moment, trailing the fiery orange sun like polite little ducklings in a row. In biologist Eleanor Lutz’s new map of the solar system, which shows the precise orbital paths of more than 18,000 near celestial
Up to two white orbs were seen floating over the airport, leaving residents and even the local weather service scratching their heads over what they could be. The National Weather Service wrote on Twitter: “We honestly have no explanation for the floating objects over Kansas City.” This triggered a flurry of replies, with many of
Winter intruded into Montana on the day before summer as nowfall was reported in the Bozeman area Thursday, the last day of spring. Watch the video to see this crazy Montana weather: Meanwhile, Spring snow hit Okanagan Connector for second day on June 20, 2019. Unseasonal snow falls on British Columbia and Bozeman, Montana the
People have spotted two white objects floating above Kansas City. And NWS KansasCity tweeted: Sorry, but we honestly have no explanation for the two floating objects over Kansas City: We honestly have no explanation for the floating objects over Kansas City. — NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) June 21, 2019 Kansas Citians had their eyes to
Pennsylvania has become a bigfoot sighting eldorado over the years. Picture: istock.com/ThePalmer If catching a glimpse of a real, live Bigfoot has been on your bucket list, you might want to plan a trip to Pennsylvania. Indeed, Pennsylvania now ranks as the third best place to catch a glimpse of a Sasquatch. These findings came
And now they face the prospect of also failing to plant soybeans because of rampant rainfall. Is America Facing A Farming Crisis? The Corn agrobusiness “Corn’s not supposed to be this tall” in mid-June, McCune, who can trace his family’s farm roots as far back as 1857, said. “It’s supposed to be this tall,” as
Saturn may be the most showy, but it’s not the only planet in the Solar System circled by rings. And the 13 rings around Uranus just spilled previously unknown details when they photobombed a thermal image astronomers took of the ice planet. For the first time, researchers have determined the temperature of the rings,
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