Can you imagine that? Yes, we are in the middle of July. The Norwegian icebreaker “Kronprins Haakon” (Crown Prince Haakon) was forced to turn back north of Svalbard after meeting unbreakable ice up to 10 ft thick on its way to North Pole. Icebreaker by too thick to break through (almost 10 ft thick) in
Month: July 2019
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved. After a baffling alert and a race to the wrong building, Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved. via NY Times The
A shallow M5.4 earthquake hit off Oregon coast on July 17, 2019 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), 227km W of Bandon, Oregon. That is right on the Cascadia Subduction Zone! M5.4 earthquake hits off Oregon coast right on the Cascadia Subduction Zone on July 17, 2019. Earthquake map via USGS Although pretty
It might be 50 years since famous images showed Americans Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landing on the Moon in 1969, but some are still questioning whether or not Apollo 11 was staged. A recent YouGov surgery found one in six British people agreed with the statement “the Moon landings were staged”.
In 1969, NASA made history when it sent Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong to the Moon, with the latter two becoming the first people to step foot on the lunar surface. However, one man who played a key part in the mission believes the whole thing WAS FAKED so NASA and the US
In episode four of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, Soviet officials assess the damage of a 1986 power-plant explosion, which released plumes of radioactive material into the air. The roof of the power plant, they argue, has become “the most dangerous place on Earth” – a place where two minutes of exposure would cut a
A giant human settlement dating back to the Stone Age has been discovered near Jerusalem, and researchers say it’s not just the largest of its kind in Israel, but one of the most monumental such cities ever found. The sprawling Neolithic mega-site, unearthed in the neighbourhood of Motza about 5 kilometres (3 miles) to
There may be fundamental flaws with our understanding of the Universe. The problem came to light as scientists tried to calculate and measure a value called the Hubble Constant, which represents how rapidly the Universe is expanding outward. The value was first calculated by astronomer Edwin Hubble in the 1920s. But since then, astronomers
SpaceX thinks it may know what caused its new Crew Dragon spaceship to explode during a test on April 20. The capsule-like ship is designed to ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station, but it first has to pass a series of major tests. In April, SpaceX conducted an uncrewed ground
Coral reefs are one of the most threatened ecosystems on our planet, and in the past two decades alone, half of the coral in Florida has died off completely. Global warming is known to be a deadly factor, but rising ocean temperatures are only part of the story. Thirty years of research in the
The Malaysia Airlines 370 flight disappeared on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The plane took a sudden detour from its intended route and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern Indian Ocean. French engineer Ghyslain Wattrelos, who
The first event “Storm Parliament they can’t stop us all” has 11,000 people registering themselves as going and a further 32,000 as interested. The details of the tongue-in-cheek event say: “Let’s storm the place!” 10.00pm on June 10, 2020, is the scheduled time for the event. Post on the event page appear to be lighthearted with
The 31-year-old, born Claire Elise Boucher, made the startling revelation in a post to promote her collaboration with Adidas. The singer claims he made the polymer herself in a lab. Grimes described her training regime as a “360 approach” which involves 2-4 hours a day in a “deprivation tank” which she said allowed her to “astro-glide”
Seeing countless renewable energy records broken and milestones passed has been a constant source of encouraging news for our planet. Now, we have yet another impressive stat to celebrate: in the first half of 2019, Scotland generated enough energy from wind power to supply its homes twice over. Specifically, turbines generated 9.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity between
A power station in southern Israel has been dealing with a wave of thousands of jellyfish that could affect its output. The jellyfish have been piling up at the Ashkelon station’s filters, which are designed to prevent them from reaching operating systems and to divert them to dedicated tanks. בתחנת הכוח רוטנברג עדיין נלחמים בכמויות
Although not erupting, volcanoes are still dangerous. Cold lahars at Sinabung volcano damaged some villages in the district of Karo during two consecutive nights (July 11 and July 13). Destructive lahars hit villages along the slope of the Sinabung volcano on July 11 and July 13 night. Picture via Youtube video Here some videos showing
A total of 22 people have been killed and over 7 million affected by the heavy rainfall and flooding, which started in June in China. Meanwhile, the death toll in South Asia continues to rise – now above 100 – after flooding and landslides ravaged the border region of India and Nepal, leaving tens of
A partial lunar eclipse titled Half-Blood Thunder Moon will appear in the sky at midnight tonight. As the Blood Moon appears, it will shine a red light over the Earth. The eerie red glow onto the Blood Moon’s surface is a phenomena that some believe heralds the end of days. Controversial American Pastor Begley has
Mont Blanc in France is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Western Europe. A perfect location for a hike during a heatwave. If you were around at the end of June, you could have even taken a nice swim in a beautiful lake that popped up out-of nowhere at over 3,000
More than one million people have now signed up to a Facebook group encouraging people to descend on Area 51 in Nevada to uncover any potential alien secrets. The Facebook group in question is called “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us”, which states: “We will all meet up at the Area 51
The Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise, California, last year. Since then, the community has struggled to rebuild. In fact, more than 90 percent of Paradise residents never returned. Paradise, California is almost empty after the deadly Camp Fire. Picture Getty Images Now, the town is officially a “rural area,” which opens the door for more federal assistance
The Apollo 15 crew, consisting of David Scott, Alfred Worden, James Irwin, became just the fourth group to land on the Moon in 1971. However, they were in for a shock once they got there, as they supposedly saw neatly organised tracks on the surface. A transcript between the astronauts and ground control shows how
The western half of Washington state is considered earthquake country, with the potential for very large quakes. Scientists have their top three: The Cascadia Subduction Zone, the Seattle Fault and the South Whidbey Island Fault 3 major fault lines that could destroy Seattle: The Cascadia subduction Zone, the Seattle Fault and the South Whidbey Island
The plot has thickened on a huge discovery from earlier this year that appeared to prove the existence of seemingly ‘impossible’ long-lived galaxies – ones without any dark matter. According to new distance calculations, the galaxy in question is much closer than initial measurements suggested. This changes both the mass of the galaxy as
We’ve all seen footage of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon, looking like they’re having the best time ever. But getting your body to cooperate in low gravity is not that easy – and, delightfully, NASA has a footage collection of men in puffy spacesuits falling over on the lunar surface. It’s not just for
This is the latest anomaly in what’s been a long, hot summer across the Arctic. A new absolute temperature record has been set in Alert, Nunavut, on July 15, 2019, with a max temperature of 21°C (69.8°F), beating the previous max of 20°C (68°F) in 1956. This is also the world record above lat 80.0°N. Temperature
India called off the launch of its much-awaited second lunar mission shortly before liftoff Monday, citing a technical snag, in a setback for the country’s growing ambitions in space. The countdown clock for the Chandrayaan-2 mission – which had been due to blast off from the country’s east coast at 2:51 am – was
Lizzie Daly was diving Saturday off the coast of Cornwall in Britain when she saw something large in the distance and did a double take. Daly had seen a barrel jellyfish before but nothing of this size. Daly, a biologist and broadcaster, swam up to the peach-colored creature gliding through the water, as cameraman
Should everything go according to plan, more than 1.1 million strangers will gather in a remote Nevada town in mid-September, united by a common goal: to raid Area 51 in the wee hours of the morning — using a strength-in-numbers approach to reveal any extraterrestrial treasures stashed within the notoriously clandestine government base. Or,
Alan Turing, a founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was revealed Monday as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound bank note. Turing was also famed as a World War II codebreaker whose work was widely credited with hastening the end of the war and saving thousands of lives. But at the time, his
Billy Campbell, who knows nothing of the Royal Family, began hinting he is the rebirth of Lady Diana since the age of two. The Australian youngster mentions his “boys”, Prince Harry and Prince William, as well as describing Balmoral Castle with amazing accuracy. His father, Australian TV presenter David Campbell, revealed Billy’s bizarre comments. The
The Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared on March 8, 2014 is feared to have been hijacked while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Radar and satellite data shows how the aircraft suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern
Those who persist in denying the reality of human-caused climate change have resorted to scraping the very bottom of the barrel. Last week, climate deniers at several blogs and news outlets jumped on a new “paper” that supposedly “proves” the vast majority of climate scientists are wrong. Except, according to a scientific review from
Water shortages are happening faster than expected. Harare has joined the Indian city of Chennai, India and Manila, Philippines, that have endured water scarcity due to extended drought, polluted water and aging infrastructure. Zimbabwe water crisis: 2 millions residents of Harare without water for weeks. Picture via RainHarvest A few weeks ago, the 4 drinking water
Hidden underneath the Naryn-Kala fortress in Derbent, Russia, is a mysterious subterranean vault – a buried structure whose original purpose has been unknown for decades. Now, thanks to clever use of scanning technology, we might finally know what the building is. Researchers used a nuclear physics technology known as muon radiography. It works by tracking the
A woman in England died after falling onto a reusable metal straw, which pierced her head. And the tragic incident has renewed debate over bans on plastic straws. A woman died after impaling on her metal straw. Picture via Shutterstock The woman, 60-year-old Elena Struthers-Gardner, was carrying a glass with a 10-inch-long stainless-steel straw when she
Yet we know almost nothing about their underground kingdom… New York is overrun by big rats . Picture by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Rats! They eat our food, chew through our property and spread all sorts of nasty diseases. And they are gross (right?), with those naked tails and quick, unpredictable movements. Rats invade our homes —
While the lower Mississippi Valley is bearing the brunt of Barry… Heavy downpours will spread across the mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys into Wednesday with localized flood dangers. The rain from storm Barry will target mainly the mid-Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys on Tuesday before moving into the upper Ohio Valley on Wednesday, After Barry made landfall as
Tomorrow’s lunar eclipse will peak tomorrow when the Full Buck illuminates the night sky around most of the world. US space agency NASA has calculated the partial eclipse will peak at 10.30pm BST, when our celestial orb lines-up with the shadow projected by our planet. But although the science surrounding eclipses is extremely solid, some
There’s going to be an eclipse tomorrow… A partial eclipse of the Moon. On July 16th, the full Thunder Moon will pass through the shadow of our planet, off center. This movie created by space artist Larry Koehn shows how 65% of the lunar disk will fall into darkness: The 3-hour eclipse reaches maximum coverage at 21:32
Sometimes nature is simply surprising. Look at this bird blowing smoke rings as it cried out to defend its territory at the wetlands of Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Amazing nature: Bird blows vapor rings. Picture taken with a Nikon D500 with Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens; 1/800 second at f/6.3; ISO 2500
An unknowing family was looking out of their window from their home in Rome when they spotted a bright light in the horizon. Suddenly, the light, which is yellowish and perfectly circular, shoots up towards the sky. The family is left baffled by the incident, with people in the background saying in Italian: “What are
We know the “really big one” is coming. But what exactly is going to happen in cities along the Pacific Northwest coast? As the largest earthquake since 2001 hit Seattle area on July 12, 2019 and earthquakes hammer the Southern California desert, I thought the risks of a tsunami-related earthquakes were worth revisiting. Tsunami inundation
The New Madrid earthquakes were the biggest earthquakes in American history. They occurred in the central Mississippi Valley, but were felt as far away as New York City, Boston, Montreal, and Washington D.C. Here some of the strangest happenings during these massive earthquakes! Mind-blowing! Map of the New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812. via Britannica President James
Once upon a time, the great planet Jupiter was orbited by a glorious ring of dust, according to astronomers. Now, nothing of it remains, having coalesced long ago into the planet’s Galilean moons. But these moon-forming discs should be found around other planets in alien star systems. And for the first time we have
This video describes Seattle’s true earthquake dangers… And what you can do to stay safe. The Cascadia subduction zone is an almost 700 mile-long convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino in California. It separates the Juan de Fuca plate and the North America plates, including the San Andreas Fault.
While our warming atmosphere on Earth threatens many living things, spurring on global warming on Mars could be the key to making the planet habitable for Earthly life. And scientists think they may have identified a material that can help turn up the thermostat for parts of the Red Planet. “Mars is the most
A staggering ONE MILLION people have now joined a Facebook group encouraging people to descend on Area 51 to uncover any potential alien secrets. Area 51 has long been thought of by conspiracy theorists as a place where the US government is hiding intel on alien activity, and it all began when an apparent weather
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