How to make it easier to wake up in the morning, according to science
Getting a good sleep can be tough, and this can lead to feeling less than refreshed when you wake up in the morning. Falling asleep and waking up are brain…
UFO LATEST: Were lights from alien flying saucer which beamed to Earth caught on film? | Weird | News
The eerie picture was posted to online discussion forum reddit by a poster who claimed to have been given a set of images by their boss, who said he saw…
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the genes of an extinct marsupial carnivore
Australia’s extinct carnivorous marsupial, the thylacine, has long been held up as a tragic symbol of humanity’s lack of care for the other creatures that share our world, excessive hunting…
Heavy snow, subfreezing temperatures disrupt traffic across UK
Hundreds of schools are closed across the United Kingdom today, December 11, 2017, in the wake of Storm Caroline which moved away from British Isles December 8 toward Scandinavia. Caroline…
Mass grave discovered from gruesome 400-year-old shipwreck on ‘Murder Island’
One of Australia’s most bloody maritime mutinies is still turning up gruesome secrets after almost 400 years. Researchers have uncovered a mass grave holding the remains of five individuals who…
Scientists put a worm brain in a Lego robot body
The brain is really little more than a collection of electrical signals. If we can learn to catalogue those then, in theory, you could upload someone’s mind into a computer,…
Officials say this whale species could become extinct after a devastating year
US officials have warned that, unless we take immediate action, it’s highly possible that rare North Atlantic right whales could become extinct. 2017 has been a deadly year for the…
A 3,500-year-old mummy has been found in a forgotten tomb in Egypt
An Egyptian tomb that lay unopened since it was discovered in the 1990s has now been carefully excavated, revealing a mummy which was interred with its various treasures around 3,500…
NASA just unveiled its plan to retrieve the first-ever samples from Mars
NASA has unveiled its plan for its next Mars rover, “Mars 2020“, which will collect samples from the surface of the red planet. Since landing Viking 1 on Mars in…
Physicists just experimentally confirmed the existence of ‘excitonium’
Researchers at the University of Illinois have announced an exciting finding – the discovery of a new form of matter: excitonium. This material is made up of a kind of…
Alien life mystery could be unlocked by studying this area in Antartica | Science | News
Most of the ongoing search for alien life focuses on Mars, but of equal importance are icy moons like Enceladus and Europa which orbit Saturn and Jupiter and are similar…
‘Prepare for invasion’ Ex-MoD UFO chief drafts WAR PLAN for future ALIEN assault | Weird | News
Nick Pope, who used to look into claims about UFOs for the Government, has suggested the UK should prepare for an alien invasion despite it being unlikely. He predicts that…
Biggest dementia breakthrough in 50 years thanks to new drug | Science | News
The UK discovery has been hailed as the “biggest breakthrough in 50 years” to treat the inherited condition which causes progressive brain damage. Researchers at University College London (UCL) found…
Geminid meteor shower: When can I see the spectacular shooting stars? | Science | News
The Geminid meteor shower, which returns every December, is predicted to be one of the most dazzling ever. An almost absent moon will ensure that the meteors, widely regarded as…
Earthquake swarm under Skjaldbreidur volcano, Iceland
An intense earthquake swarm is in progress at the southern end of Prestahnúkur volcanic system (Langjökull icecap) since early Saturday, December 9, 2017. More than 100 quakes were registered within…
3 dead, 480 000 without power, numerous records broken as winter storm hits US South
Nearly 500 000 people were left without power and three have died as a suprisingly strong early winter storm hit the US South on its way toward the Northeast. The…
Alien BREAKTHROUGH? NASA to hold press conference to reveal latest discovery | Science | News
The space agency will hold a press conference on Thursday to reveal its latest major discovery after searching outside of our solar system for life by scanning habitable planets. The…
An AI That Makes Fake Videos May Facilitate the End of ‘Reality’ as We Know It
Anyone worried about the ability of artificial intelligences (AI) to mimic reality is likely to be concerned by Nvidia’s latest offering: an image translation AI that will almost certainly have…
Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits State of Yap, 3rd M6+ within 48 hours
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the State of Yap, Micronesia at 15:14 UTC on December 9, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth…