Space tourism: Virgin Galactic completes groundbreaking test flight | Science | News
Virgin Galactic has completes another successful glide test flight of its VSS Unity plane in the Mojave Desert yesterday. The test saw the Unity craft safely manoeuvre to the ground…
This is the biggest key to happiness, according to science
Over the past two decades, the positive psychology movement has brightened up psychological research with its science of happiness, human potential and flourishing. It argues that psychologists should not only…
Tropical Cyclone “Joyce” makes landfall near Wallal Downs, Western Australia
Tropical Cyclone “Joyce” made landfall near Eighty Mile Beach, west of Wallal Downs in Western Australia just before 10:00 UTC on January 12, 2018 as Category 1 cyclone on the…
This spectacular video shows what it would be like to fly through the Orion nebula
We’re not going to fly through a nebula, not in the lifetimes of anyone alive today. Possibly not ever in anyone’s lifetime. But based on data from the Hubble and…
Feeding your cat or dog a raw meat diet could actually be dangerous
Anyone who’s tried researching the best diet for their beloved pet will have stumbled upon forums where discussions on what’s best are as vigorous as the ones parents might have…
These are the hottest and coldest temperatures in the Universe, according to conventional physics
How cold is the coldest place in the Universe, that we know of? What’s the lowest man-made temperature ever achieved? And just how many zeroes are needed to express ‘absolute…
NASA has invented an incredible new space navigation technique
NASA has invented a new type of autonomous space navigation that could see human-made spacecraft heading into the far reaches of the Solar System, and even farther – by using…
The hunt for elusive single-pole magnets just became more challenging
A search through a mountain of data from the Large Hadron Collider for particles called magnetic monopoles has once again come up empty handed. That doesn’t yet completely rule out…
People are stockpiling special ‘radiation blocking’ pills to guard against nuclear apocalypse
Hopefully it won’t be the tweet that launched 1,000 ships – or nuclear weapons. “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk…
Newly discovered cannibalistic spider totally looks like… a pelican
It used to be thought extinct – but this week researchers have announced the discovery of a whopping 18 new-to-science pelican spiders living in Madagascar. The spiders are so-named because…
Vast, thick ice sheets have been found buried all over Mars
The slope rises as high as London’s Big Ben tower. Beneath its ruddy layer of dirt is a sheet of ice 300 feet (90 metres) thick that gives the landscape…
REVEALED: Secret US Spy plane’s MYSTERY location spotted on Google Maps in shock discovery | Weird | News
The SR-72 Mach 6 plane is being built to replace the iconic Blackbird which was used to spy on Vietnam, North Korea, and the Soviet Union. The development of the…
Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Myanmar, 4.1 million people within 100 km
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Myanmar at 18:26 UTC on January 11, 2018 (00:56 local time, January 12). The agency is reporting a…
Chernobyl’s transformation into a massive solar plant is almost complete
At the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine, work is almost finished on a huge new solar plant that’s set to provide one megawatt of renewable power…
Space: Water and compounds needed for life found on meteorites | Science | News
The research is based on the first ever comprehensive analysis of halite (salt-containing) crystals found within Zag and Monahans, two 4.5 billion-year-old rocks believed to have come from the asteroid…
47 homes destroyed, 20 injured after violent hailstorm rips through Zimbabwe
A violent hailstorm swept through central Zimbabwe Monday night, January 8, 2018, injuring at least 20 people. The storm hit ripped through Silobela, Kwekwe District of the Midlands Province in…
UFO SHOCK: 2017 was the year of the flying saucer – explosive dossier reveals | Science | News
Angelo Carannante, president of the Mediterranean UFO Centre (Cufom), has published the extraordinary document full of images from all over Italy and especially from the skies of Liguria. Mr Carannante…
Rare snowstorm hits Shikoku and Kyushu, southwestern Japan
A rare snowstorm is affecting Shikoku and Kyushu, southwestern Japan today, January 11, 2018, causing traffic chaos throughout the region. Numerous traffic accidents were already reported and at least 9…
These meteorites are the first-ever found to have all the ingredients for life
Back in 1998, two meteorites with a fascinating mix of chemicals crashed down to Earth. Based on a new analysis, scientists have shown they contain all the ingredients needed to…
Space: Mars astronauts ‘could be electrocuted’ by planet’s moons | Science | News
Scientists are less concerned with the effect on Mars than on her two moons Phobos and Deimos which are seen as initial stepping off points for a full landing. Phobos…
China Moon colonies lander rover eco-system Chang’4 Long March 4C | Science | News
Potatoes will be among the first veggies sent on a two-stage mission to the Moon and they will be joined by silkworms in an attempt to create a simple sustainable…
Strong cold front affecting US, followed by another blast of very cold Arctic air
A new winter storm, named Hunter by The Weather Channel, will bring heavy snow, freezing rain and sleet from the West to the Plains, Midwest and Northeast through Saturday, January…
These insane photos show alligators stuck in frozen swamps surviving the winter
Come in, the water’s just fine! Okay, you won’t be hearing any alligators saying that, but as these amazing images show, these restricted reptiles are taking the cold snap in…
This venomous snake tapped on the window of a driving car in Australia
Australian drivers are pretty well acquainted with the startlement of finding spiders tagging along for a car ride, but Ted Ogier from the state of New South Wales got something…
4 things we really need to do to fight the global plastic crisis
The environmental impact of plastic is finally receiving the attention it deserves. This is partly down to the BBC’s Blue Planet II highlighting the problem of ocean plastics. But it’s…
Physicists say they’ve created a device that generates ‘negative mass’
Physicists have created what they say is the first device that’s capable of generating particles that behave as if they have negative mass. The device generates a strange particle that’s…
Science news: NASA Parker Solar Probe speed fastest ever sun 430,000 mph | Science | News
By the end of this next sentence the astonishing satellite, which can top 430,000mph, would be over Greenland. And by the end of the article the mind-blowingly quick probe would…
Compared to other planetary systems, our Solar System is apparently a mess
Our Solar System may be home, but researchers are now discovering that it’s not really much like the other kids. According to a survey of 909 planets orbiting 355 stars,…
Series of moderately strong earthquakes hit Iran-Iraq border region
Numerous moderately strong earthquakes hit the Iraq-Iran border region on January 11, 2018. The same region was hit by a devastating M7.3 earthquake on November 12, 2017, in which more…
This huge study is the best evidence yet that your personality changes over time
You might be fundamentally you for your entire life, but don’t expect your personality to stay the same. That’s according to a major study of 50,000 people over the course…
Tropical Cyclone “Joyce” forms near Western Australia
Tropical Cyclone “Joyce” formed late January 10, 2018 (UTC), near the west Kimberly coast, Western Australia. The system is expected to intensify while moving in a S to SW direction.…
First-ever drone swarm attack has struck Russian military bases, sources claim
Ever since technological advancements made drones possible, people have warned of the potential dangers of weaponised UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), which could effectively become murderous slaughterbots we need to defend…
A marine biologist says a whale protected her from a huge shark while diving
A 63-year-old marine biologist living on the Cook Islands got the thrill of a lifetime when a 20-odd-tonne humpback whale crowded into her personal space on a recent diving trip.…