Dogs, cats, or goldfish probably can’t have conversations with each other about times long gone by – it’s a feature we’ve thought was pretty much exclusive to humans. But a new study is shaking up that idea, showing that orangutan mothers wait on average seven minutes after a potential predator is out of sight, before
Every now and then, Earth’s protective magnetic cage changes its stripes, sending explosive showers of charged particles spilling into the atmosphere. NASA’s quartet of orbiting Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) satellites has finally recorded one in high detail on the planet’s night side, providing vital information on a phenomenon that stirs the winds of space throughout the
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit near the Solomon Islands at 03:26 UTC on November 16, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 10.6 km (6.6 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles). The quake was initially reported as M6.6. This earthquake
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit Southern East Pacific Rise at 23:09 UTC on November 15, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. There are no people living within 100 km (62 miles). The epicenter was
Do you drink freshly brewed coffee to start off your day? Or is a cup of English breakfast tea a better option for you? Your choice could be a result of your genes, and how they affect your experience of bitter flavours. Published today, our new study shows that the likelihood of a person
From the video, the amorphous blob seems to stretch on for a mile as it snakes through the water, dwarfing the two divers who surround it. For 48-year-old videographer Steve Hathaway, the October 25 sighting near a small, volcanic island about 30 miles (48 kilometres) off New Zealand’s northernmost point put an end to a
So what’s going on with that ‘Hurricane of Dark Matter?’. It’s the perfect science-fiction device: a hurricane of dark matter. Recent, real-life research has demonstrated that our Sun is currently engulfed in a so-called a stellar stream. Some publications have seized on this ominous-sounding idea, reporting that Earth is about to be walloped by a
A new map reveals the remnants of ancient continents lurking beneath Antarctica’s ice. The map shows that East Antarctica is made up of multiple cratons, which are the cores of continents that came before. This observation leads back to the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana and the link of Antarctica to the surrounding continents. Beneath
An ancient Italian supervolcano that hasn’t erupted in 500 years may be starting a stage of activity that could lead to a colossal eruption, spelling potential disaster for communities lying in its path. A new study suggests that Campi Flegrei may have entered a new magma cycle, meaning the feature’s “subvolcanic plumbing system” is commencing
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit off the coast Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands at 20:02 UTC on November 15, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. There are no people living within
An early season winter storm, named Avery by The Weather Channel, continues to spread snow from the mid-Mississippi River Valley into the Ohio Valley today, November 15 along with potentially significant icing for the central Appalachians and a risk for heavy rain along the coastal Mid-Atlantic. The storm will shift north tonight with heavy snow
The sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age. Sunspots have been absent for most of 2018, and the sun’s ultraviolet output has sharply dropped. New research shows that Earth’s upper atmosphere is responding. WE SEE A COOLING TREND NEAR THE EDGE OF SPACE. The TIMED satellite monitoring the temperature
New activity/unrest was reported for 2 volcanoes between November 7 and 13, 2018. Ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Mayon, Luzon (Philippines) | Suwanosejima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Ongoing activity: Aira, Kyushu (Japan) | Dukono, Halmahera (Indonesia) | Ebeko, Paramushir Island (Russia) | Fuego, Guatemala | Kadovar, Papua New Guinea | Krakatau, Indonesia |
In the driest and oldest desert on Earth – a place so barren and bleak it’s effectively hell on Earth – things don’t work quite the same way they do in other places. Take water. We tend to think of water as a universally life-giving blessing, but in the hyperarid core of Chile’s Atacama Desert,
Polar bears are pretty much the poster child for climate breakdown. That famous WWF photo by Carla Lombardo Ehrlich of a polar bear clinging to a remnant of melting ice is a stark and poignant image of the dangers of global warming. A new survey suggests that in some parts of the Arctic, the
It’s been almost 500 years since Italy’s Campi Flegrei let loose its fiery wrath, but new evidence reveals the ancient supervolcano – the home of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire – may be stirring from its long sleep. For the 1.5 million residents of the Naple region who live in the shadow of
Today is the final period of the Moon’s transit through the 11th zodiac sign, Aquarius. And the Sun remains in powerful and taciturn Scorpio. The combination of these two creates a very powerful transit period. Protecting yourself while remaining productive could become a priority. Scorpio and Aquarius coalescing commands us to stand up for ourselves
A spoonful of celebrity could help the science go down more smoothly. A new study has found that exposure to celebrity opinions on evolution can influence an individual’s own acceptance. Evolution is a basic scientific principle that’s been around for well over a hundred years, yet many people today continue to misunderstand or reject
For a brief moment earlier this year, a small spot in China blazed with such heat, the Sun would have been staring down at Earth feeling mightily jealous. Scientists announced this week that the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei has finally achieved a temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius, setting a new
Scientists behind a major study that claimed the Earth’s oceans are warming faster than previously thought now say their work contained inadvertent errors that made their conclusions seem more certain than they actually are. Two weeks after the high-profile study was published in the journal Nature, its authors have submitted corrections to the publication.
China has halted a directive that partially legalized the domestic trade in farmed rhinoceros and tiger parts, two weeks after the move drew a torrent of criticism from conservation groups. A senior official in China’s cabinet said in a state media interview published Monday that implementation of an October directive reviving the market for
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 was carrying 227 passengers from 15 nations and 12 crew members when it disappeared from radar in March 2014. Since then, numerous oceanographers have conducted research into its whereabouts. They include Dr Jonathan Durgadoo, Pierre Daniel and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joaquin Trinanes. Mike Chillit, who has been
It appears that climate change could be damaging the fertility of insects, leaving males virtually sterile, according to new research. Since these creatures make up 90 percent of all life forms on Earth, the results should concern all of us. Scientists agree that climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more intense, more
Since May 2018, the island of Mayotte has been rattled by hundreds of earthquakes. The latest hit on November 7, 2018. Meanwhile, scientists think they have found what’s behind the seismic series in the Indian Ocean. According to them, A NEW VOLCANIC ISLAND IS EMERGING FROM BELOW. Is a new hotspot forming off Mayotte. A
An early-season winter storm is expected to bring freezing rain and snow from Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley eastward to the Southern Appalachians and northward to the Northeast. The Weather Channel named this storm Avery; it is the first named storm of the 2018/19 season. Meanwhile, elevated to critical fire weather threats persist for southern California through Thursday, before hopefully
If you think winter weather has come early to the Kansas City area this year, you’re not wrong. Three unusually early snows make KC weather history, and maybe predict rest of winter. 3 early snows in Kansas City, Missouri set new weather records for the city. Kansas City Union Station. Photo by John LeCoque via
Tropical Cyclone “Gaja,” the 6th named storm of the 2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, continues tracking toward a landfall in southeastern India. RSMC New Delhi expects Gaja to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and weaken back to Cyclonic Storm before it makes landfall sometime after 12:00 UTC, November 15 between Chennai and northern
The destructive fire passed through the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), a federal Superfund site in the Simi Hills that was the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in US history in 1959. While the California Department of Toxic Substances Control said there was no reason to be concerned of “any risks other than those
These wild monkeys thrive in Florida — and carry a deadly virus. The monkeys carry a rare and deadly form of herpes virus called herpes B. It’s extremely, extremely rare for herpes B to spread from a monkey to a human, but when it does, it can be fatal. These wild monkeys thrive in Florida
A mysterious bright light was seen just hovering outside of a home in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The odd light was seen during a wind storm, which has led some to believe it may have caused it. The object seems to float around the place in a calm manor, which has some theorising over its purpose.
Astronomers have found a telltale sign that something is tugging at the movements of Barnard’s star – so it looks like we could soon be adding a planetary neighbour to the local directory of our corner of the Milky Way. Barnard’s star is a red dwarf that was already hanging out in space before
Finally, 130 years after it was established, the kilogram as we know it is about to be retired. But it’s not the end: a new definition will be put in place – one that’s far more accurate than anything we’ve had until now. Tomorrow, on 16 November, the General Conference on Weights and Measures
Multitasking gets a bad rap. While the ability to juggle several things at once seems like an impressive use of brainpower, evidence suggests it’s bad for productivity and memory, and for our mental energy reserves. Wikipedia even calls it “an apparent human ability”, because many argue multitasking isn’t actually real, but merely a false
The Sun continues its transit through Scorpio while the Moon remains in the zodiac sign of Aquarius. This pairing of water and air energy will therefore continue to dominate the astrological atmosphere. Scorpio and Aquarius combined can fundamentally alter how we manage our time and energy. Scorpio lends a strength of will and persistence to
By now, most of us can list a variety of ways our species is making a mess of this planet. Canadian zoologist Sarah Otto reports in detail how humans have made a mess of things, with the aim of asking how it affects evolution overall. The answer isn’t academic, either – it could show us
We have comets and asteroids to thank for Earth’s water, according to the most widely-held theory among scientists. But it’s not that cut-and-dried. It’s still a bit of a mystery, and a new study suggests that not all of Earth’s water was delivered to our planet that way. Hydrogen is the most abundant element
In the far North of the globe, hidden under continental sheet ice nearly a kilometre thick, geologists have found evidence that, not so long ago, Greenland was rocked by a collision with a massive meteorite. The proof? A huge impact crater, 31 kilometres (19.3 miles) in diameter. It is the 25th largest impact crater
The crimson pigment is sun-bleached, its eroded lines barely visible against the texture of the plaster. But with effort, you can see a face that once decorated an ancient Christian baptismal in southern Israel. And it’s not what you’d expect. Most historical depictions of Jesus follow a familiar pattern, giving us an iconoclastic image
We know that huge chunks of ice are breaking off Antarctica at an alarming rate, but sometimes a smart visualisation is what it takes to really understand the scale of a problem – and that’s exactly what we’ve just got for Antarctic icebergs over the last 40 years. Science animators Pixel Movers & Makers
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the worst to ever rock the country since the horror disease was discovered there in 1976. Health officials in the African nation say they have never seen such a fierce outbreak. Figures show the current one has infected at least 319 people and killed
This is because Venus, Uranus, Neptune, the Moon and Mars are all pulling on Earth. The gravitational pull of the celestial bodies either side of our planet could pull on Earth’s tectonic plates, according to the prediction. As the plates are tugged apart, they could cause earthquakes around the globe. ‘New-age earthquake forecasting’ website Ditrianum,
No cameras were around thousands of years ago when the ancient Egyptians built the three pyramids of Giza. Therefore, scientists have had to piece clues together about how these towering monuments were constructed. There are around 80 pyramids known today from ancient Egypt. The three largest and best-preserved of these were built in Giza. The
Three separate pilots were left baffled when they encountered a bright light whizzing through the sky. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, November 9, when a British Airways pilot contacted Shannon air traffic control (ATC) as 06.47 local time. The pilot wanted to know if any military exercises were taking place as
The image you see above is something theoretical physicists have described as groundbreaking: a type of fractal called a Sierpinski triangle, created out of electrons on the quantum scale. It’s unbelievably small – and it could reveal new and strange things about electrons. Electrons are a fundamental subatomic particle found in all atoms. They
The Aquarius Moon conjuncts Pluto in the same sign, which will create positive outcomes where unexpected changes arrive. The Moon always works well with Jupiter which can bring good fortune when when collaborating with others. When the Moon forms a semi-square with Mercury today, remember that we are bound for Mercury retrograde soon. This makes
The Middle East has been hit by several waves of severe storms over the past 30+ days and registered anomalously high amounts of rain in very short periods. For some of the regions, the storms were the worst in decades. More than 50 people were killed. Severe storm brought very heavy rain and strong winds to
Humans have a hard-wired habit of seeing patterns, shapes, and faces in all kinds of objects. For some these phenomena are conspiracy fuel, but it’s really just our brains trying to make sense of the world. Case in point, the Mars Warrior Women, the Mars Face, or any half decent optical illusion. This time, however, we’ve gone a
Over 100 captured whales are being held in small, crowded enclosures in a so-called ‘whale jail’ off the coast of Russia, where they await suspected sale to Chinese theme parks, according to local media reports. The discovery of the marine containment facility near the city of Nakhodka in Russia’s south-east is being investigated by
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