Chimps eat poop, so is there anything that actually grosses them out?
You probably wouldn’t pick up and eat a corn kernel from your own poop. That’s because we humans are equipped with a finely tuned sense of disgust, which helps protect…
New analysis says we were wrong about what caused the Chernobyl disaster
In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine became the site of the biggest nuclear accident in history when one of its four reactors exploded. At the time, investigation…
Ancient skeletons could finally reveal origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Ever since they were discovered some 70 years ago, the Dead Sea Scrolls have fascinated scholars and historians. But the precise origins and authorship of these ancient texts have always…
This NASA scientist has had enough of your ridiculous Planet X doomsday theories
David Morrison is a real NASA scientist who studies real planets and makes real discoveries about the real universe. Unfortunately for him, Morrison’s duties also include debunking perennial Internet theories…
NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth
When our Sun erupts with giant explosions—such as bursts of radiation called solar flares—we know they can affect space throughout the solar system as well as near Earth. But monitoring…
Three decades of measurements show ozone’s ups and downs
Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in global recovery after international efforts to curb ozone-depleting substances. The part of Earth’s atmosphere…
Nibiru: Mystical planet will hit Earth today and wipe out power grids ’like an EMP bomb’ | Weird | News
Movie producer and Nibiru researcher Yuval Ovadia claimed that Planet X will kickstart chaos and mark the end of the world when it hits Earth later on today. He said:…
Very strong M7.0 earthquake hits New Caledonia, tsunami warnings issued
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.0 hit the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia at 22:43 UTC (09:43 local time) on November 19, 2017. The agency…
Astronomers discover a star that just keeps shining
An international team of astronomers led by Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has made a bizarre discovery; a star that just keeps shining. Supernovae, the explosions of stars, have been observed…
Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered
A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO’s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross…
Life after death shock claim: Heaven is REAL – ‘I’ve been there’ | Science | News
The Near Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) has been collecting people’s experiences of what it is like to be brought back from being clinically dead, and one person’s story suggests…
WATCH: Blazing meteorite lights up sky turning night into DAY | Science | News
A blazing fireball lit up the night sky with the brightness of “100 full moons” earlier this month prompting a frantic search to find fragments of the meteorite which was…
Time travel is possible and THIS is how – but there is a catch | Science | News
A top scientist insists time travel is theoretically possible but those hoping to get a glimpse of the future will be disappointed after experts warned we will only have the…
QUAKE WARNING: Earth to be rocked by YEAR of devastating earthquakes | Science | News
The speed of Earth’s rotation fluctuates extremely mildly – extending or decreasing the length of a day by a millisecond – but this tiny deceleration could have devastating consequences. Scientists…
Strong and shallow M6.4 earthquake hits Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia at 09:25 UTC (20:25 local time) on November 19, 2017. The agency is…
Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing
Productivity and stability of forest ecosystems strongly depend on the functional diversity of plant communities. UZH researchers have developed a new method to measure and map functional diversity of forests…
Proof of time travel? ‘Futuristic’ man ‘from 2028’ issues warning | Weird | News
In a video broadcast on the YouTube channel Paranormal Elite, Noah –who did not disclose his last name – claims that he risked his life to travel back in time…
Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery
A strange visitor, either asteroid or comet, zipping through our solar system at a high rate of speed is giving astronomers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to examine up close an object…
Influx of Earth-bound positrons must have exotic origin, study suggests
The excess positrons arriving at Earth must have a more exotic origin than nearby pulsars, report researchers. Their results are based on observations from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray…
Solar minimum surprisingly constant
Using more than half a century of observations, Japanese astronomers have discovered that the microwaves coming from the Sun at the minimums of the past five solar cycles have been…
Reno sets new record for greatest annual precipitation, Nevada
After record daily rainfall on November 16, the city of Reno, Nevada has also set its new record for the greatest precipitation total in any calendar year. A record rainfall…
WATCH: Astonishing moment UFO 'scatters CLOUDS'
UFO enthusiasts have been sent into a frenzy after a video emerged online which seems to show a mysterious object manipulating clouds. Source link
Yellowstone eruption could plunge Earth into another ICE AGE | Science | News
That calculation is based on the last time Yellowstone erupted, around 630,000 years ago, which cast a volcanic ash cloud over the globe and led to a massive decrease in…
Tropical Storm “Kirogi” about to slam into southern Vietnam
Southern Vietnam, hit by devastating floods produced by Typhoon “Damrey” on November 4, is bracing for yet another tropical cyclone landfall this week. Heavy rain, floods and landslides are expected…
Nibiru warning: Will world end TOMORROW? Planet X ‘to arrive on Sunday’ | Weird | News
Planet X believers have predicted that Nibiru will hit Earth tomorrow – Sunday November 19 – and will cause apocalyptic earthquakes across the globe. The effects are already being felt,…
Aliens could contact humans within 25 years, claim top astronomers | Science | News
Scientists at the 2018 Sonar Festival in Spain have sent a message to a nearby star system, known as GJ 273 which is 12 lightyears from Earth, and if an…
Inside Chernobyl 30 years after the nuclear explosion where people LIVE | Science | News
The explosion at Chernobyl’s nuclear power station on April 26, 1986, killed 31 people and resulted in the mass evacuation and abandonment of a huge area and led to an…
Here’s why it’s not too late to save our oceans
This is an excerpt from Macquarie University’s Tackling Global Challenges magazine. Read the full magazine here. Oceans are fundamental to life on Earth: they regulate our climate, support countless marine…
We might finally know why Pluto is so much colder than it should be
When the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in 2015, the probe revealed the dwarf planet’s true nature: Pluto is a frozen lump, sure, but it is an odd and…
An Ex-Google exec is founding a religion where people worship an AI god
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google and Uber executive currently at the centre of a bombshell lawsuit filed by Waymo, says he’s serious about starting a religion centred around super-smart artificial…
Alert raised for Iceland’s Öræfajökull volcano, last eruption was in 1728
A new ice-cauldron has formed this week within the Öræfajökull volcano caldera, prompting the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) to raise the aviation color code for the volcano to yellow. The…
Strong and shallow M6.9 earthquake hits SW China / India border region
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by CENC (China) as M6.9 hit Milein County, Nyingchi City, Tibet (SW China / India border region) at 22:34 UTC on November 17, 2017…
Scientists just messaged an alien star – and some thinks it’s a bad idea
Astronomers have decided to make another pre-emptive move in contacting alien life, beaming out a welcome message to a neighbouring star system. By their calculations, we could get a message…
This exoplanet periodic table neatly classifies more than 3,700 distant worlds
With each passing year, we’re discovering more exoplanets – planets outside our Solar System – and a team of astronomers has come up with an ingenious way of charting all…
Major meteor shower: Leonids peak this weekend
The Leonid meteor shower is a major meteor shower (Class I), running annually from November 5 to December 3. This year, it will reach its maximum rate of activity on…