Heavy rain, floods ravage Bangladesh rice planting area
Heavy rain and floods that hit Bangladesh this year have hurt prospects for rice area and production in the nation, forcing the country to brace itself for another season of…
Mantle plume, a geothermal heat source under West Antarctic ice sheet
A new study adds to evidence that a geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica’s Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that forms lakes…
Solving the mystery of rapidly rising Indian Ocean sea level
Sea levels around the world have risen by 1.7 millimeters (0.07 inches) on average each year since 1880, but in recent years, scientists have observed a rapid increase in sea…
How to watch the Venus Jupiter conjunction in the UK, USA and Australia | Science | News
About an hour before sunrise on Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter will rise as one, in a spectacle that will amaze stargazers. The planets, which orbit the sun about 416…
First ground motion map of Scotland, an important asset for risk assessment and mitigation
Using hundreds of satellite radar images the team, working with Geomatic Ventures Limited (GVL), an innovative University spin-out company, created a complete map of mainland Scotland. The map covers a…
13 science-backed signs you’re smarter than you realise
Everyone wants to be humble. Who me, smart? Nah, I’m just a good test-taker. And anyway, it’s kind of crass to go around proclaiming to everyone who’ll listen that you’re…
Biologists just determined how long life can survive on Mars, and it’s longer than we thought
Mars is not exactly a friendly place for life as we know it. While temperatures at the equator can reach as high as a balmy 35°C (95°F) in the summer…
Venus transit from Jupiter MAPPED: Where planets will line up for conjunction passing | Science | News
In the early hours of Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter will rise above the horizon, following an almost identical path. The planets, two of the brightest in the solar system,…
Venus Jupiter conjunction 2017: What is the Venus and Jupiter conjunction? | Science | News
What is the Venus Jupiter conjunction? In the early hours of Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter will rise above the horizon, following an almost identical path. The result is expected…
Venus Jupiter conjunction: When will the planets line up and how to watch | Science | News
When is the Venus and Jupiter conjunction? Two of the brightest planets in the night’s sky will rise as one in the small hours of Monday, in a rare treat…
New York City and Toronto experience coldest November 10 ever
On November 10, 2017, the city of Toronto, Canada registered -10.1 °C (13.8 °F), breaking its previous record for the day set it 1938. On the same day, the temperature…
Tropical Storm “Haikui” weakening on its way toward Vietnam
Tropical Storm “Haikui,” the 24th named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, is weakening on its way toward Hainan, China and central Vietnam. Decay and eventual dissipation could occur…
Bermuda Triangle: Are ALIENS to blame for mysterious disappearances? | Weird | News
Up to 1,000 people have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle, leaving experts stumped to offer up an explanation. But alien enthusiasts believe that they may now have the answer and…
World War 3 – North Korea missile test could release radioactive cloud over ENTIRE Pacific | Science | News
If North Korea was to carry out a nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean it could destroy life for thousands of miles. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation released…
Shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Ascension Island region
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit Ascension Island region at 00:36 UTC on November 11, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 10…
Your house is a gigantic bug habitat, and there’s nothing you can do about it
Michelle Trautwein hates to break it to you, but your home belongs to the bugs. They’re in your basement and your attic. They’re scuttling along floorboards and windowsills. They’ve turned…
There’s a biological reason why some people get chills when they listen to music
Some of us react more intensely to music than others. For some, listening to a certain track can send shivers down their spine, and goosebumps appear on their skin. According…
IBM just announced an insanely powerful 50-qubit quantum computer
At the IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing in Washington DC on Friday, IBM announced the development of a quantum computer capable of handling 50 qubits (quantum bits).…
Decadal variation of relationship between East Asian monsoon and El Nino
East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is one of the most dominant climate systems in East Asia. The anomalous EASM can cause extremely high temperatures, floods or drought. And the El…
Dinosaurs could have AVOIDED extinction | Science | News
A 9-kilometre-wide asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The impact created a 180-kilometre-wide Chicxulub crater and caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that wiped out 75…
Magma held in ‘cold storage’ before giant volcano eruption
Long Valley, California, has long defined the “super-eruption.” About 765 000 years ago, a pool of molten rock exploded into the sky. Within one nightmarish week, 760 km3 (182 mi3)…
Patterns in fruit fly brains could soon power your Netflix recommendations
Researchers have identified an incredibly smart method used by fruit flies to categorise odours – and it’s so clever it could be applied to powering recommendation algorithms for the likes…
ALIENS LATEST: Has Britain’s most baffling alien abduction UFO case finally been solved? | Weird | News
He was on duty as a police officer in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, and had been sent out to locate some loose cattle. However, he ended up tracking down something he…
Meteorite fragments from fireball that illuminated British Columbia found
Researchers from the University of Calgary and their international colleagues have discovered the meteorite remnants from a large fireball that illuminated British Columbia, Canada at 05:11 UTC on September 5,…
NIBIRU MEDIA BLACKOUT? Shock claims over mainstream media ‘Planet X cover up’ | Weird | News
Getty BLACKOUT: Matt Rogers says the media are covering up Nibiru. Nibiru conspiracy theorists claim mainstream newspapers and websites across the globe, at the request of governments, have collectively agreed…