Amazing New Footage Reveals Grey Seals Clapping Underwater to Communicate
Have you ever clapped your hands to get someone’s attention? The resulting “crack!” sound is hard to ignore, rising above and penetrating through any background noise. Now imagine trying to…
Mysterious Signals Hint That Fast Radio Bursts Are More Active Than We Thought
In 2017, astronomers captured a mysterious signal from deep space. For mere milliseconds, it flared brightly in the radio spectrum and fell away, and that seemed to be that. But…
Scientists Warn Multiple Overlapping Crises Could Trigger ‘Global Systemic Collapse’
Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into “global systemic collapse,” more than 200 top scientists warned Wednesday. Climate change, extreme weather events from hurricanes to heatwaves, the decline of…
Sand Dunes Interact And ‘Communicate’ With One Another, Physicists Say
Whether on land or underwater, sand dunes usually appear in large groups. But even when these natural formations are in close touch with their neighbours, they still need their personal…
Physicists Have Finally Figured Out The Secret of How Soap Bubbles Get So Giant
With the right patience and finesse, you can get soap bubbles to grow to enormous sizes. At their most gigantic, with surface areas approaching 100 metres squared (over 1,000 square…
Landmark Relic of Silent Film Hauntingly Upscaled to 4K by Artificial Intelligence
Released in 1896, L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat is one of the earliest examples of movie-making we have – the 50-second silent short, which shows a mail…
We May Finally Have a Way to Detect Hawking Radiation Leaking From Black Holes
The epic collision between two neutron stars in 2017 really is the science gift that keeps on giving. As they merged, gravitational waves rippled out across the Universe; now reverberations…
Water Seems to Have Not One, But Two Distinct Structures in Its Liquid State
Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without it, but compared to other liquids, water is just a freaking weirdo. And, as it now turns out, it’s even weirder than…
2020 Has Barely Started And We’ve Already Broken Another Global Heat Record
Last month was the warmest January on record globally, while in Europe temperatures were a balmy three degrees Celsius above the average January from 1981 to 2010, the European Union’s…
Sea Levels Around The US Aren’t Just Rising, They’re Accelerating Year on Year
The worst case scenario for sea level rise in the United States is more than just a dim possibility. It’s becoming more likely. An annual “report card” for the US…
Rapid Permafrost Collapse Is Underway, Disintegrating Landscapes And Our Predictions
Permafrost in Canada, Alaska and Siberia is abruptly crumbling in ways that could release large stores of greenhouse gases more quickly than anticipated, researchers have warned. Scientists have long fretted…
Scientists Grow ‘Yarn’ Out of Human Skin Cells So They Can Literally Stitch People Up
A team of researchers at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Bordeaux have grown yarn from human skin cells that they call a “human textile” –…
Intriguing Small Study Suggests Smelling Rose While Sleeping Could Help Kids Learn
If humans are truly capable of learning while we sleep, our noses might be the key. A new study on children suggests that subtle smells, like the fragrance of a…
There’s a Cancer Treatment That Gives People ‘Night Vision’, And We Finally Know Why
Amongst all the different types of cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy – where light in is used to destroy malignant cells – might have one of the strangest side effects: patients…
MH370 news: Why secret data suggests the plane flew north over Asia | Weird | News
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The official investigation concluded that MH370 most likely…
Dog news: ‘Real-life cyclops’ puppy shocks owners after being born with ONE EYE | Weird | News
The pup has been born with only one eye, placed in the centre of his head (Image: Viral Press) The pup, who has been named Kevin after the Minions character…
Nostradamus prediction: Spain to take back Gibraltar if shock prophecy of war comes true | Weird | News
And if the latest claims about Nostradamus are to be believed, Spain could one day wrestle control over Gibraltar from the UK. According to Tilda Negri’s website To-En.gr, which means…
Cuttlefish Can Refrain From Eating if They Know a Better Meal Is on The Way
Cephalopods such as octopuses and squids may demonstrate some impressive smarts, but the latest research on cuttlefish may just blow your mind. Researchers have found that cuttlefish fed to a…
The Beautiful Glow of Fireflies Is Going Dark, And It’s All Because of Us
Fireflies are in deep trouble, with many species facing extinction due to habitat loss and exposure to pesticides, according to the first major review of their global status, published Monday.…
Incredible Image Shows The Extraordinary Aftermath of One Star Engulfing Another
A dramatic encounter between two stars has strewn their remains out across their little corner of space in the most spectacular fashion – and we get to actually see it…
Scientists Grab First Glimpse Deep Underneath Antarctica’s Unstable Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier hasn’t been doing so well. It’s close to irreversibly melting, it has a huge cavity growing underneath it, and it’s the poster child for everything wrong with…
High-Tempo Music Can Enhance Performance During Exercise, Study Suggests
Listening to upbeat music while you exercise might improve your physical performance, a small new study has found. When women who were training heard pop songs with over 170 beats…
New Research Explains How Solar Panels Could Soon Be Generating Power at Night
As beneficial as current solar panel technology has been in our quest to switch to renewable energy, such panels can’t generate electricity at night. Now, new research suggests it could…
Ancient Crate-Like Object May Be World’s Oldest Known Wooden Structure
The old well doesn’t look like much – a wooden crate-like object, dilapidated, crumbling a little. But according to new research, it’s really special. A tree-ring dating technique has revealed…
There’s a Vaccine For Climate Disinformation. Here’s How to Use It
Australia’s recent bushfire crisis will be remembered for many things – not least, the tragic loss of life, property and landscape. But one other factor made it remarkable: the deluge…
Astronomers Discover ‘Invisible’ Stars So Dim That We Can’t See Them at All
In July and August of 2016, astronomers noticed something really strange in the data from the Gaia space observatory. A distant star oddly brightened, then dimmed. A few weeks later,…
Incredible NASA Simulation Reveals How Earth Would Look if The Oceans Drained Away
Oceans cover most of the Earth, including its longest mountain range and the ancient bridges that humans crossed to reach other continents. In a recent remake of a 2008 NASA…
How Do Woodpeckers Survive Repeated High-Impact Shocks Without Brain Injury?
Slamming a beak against the trunk of a tree would seem like an activity that would cause headaches, jaw aches and serious neck and brain injuries. Yet woodpeckers can do…
Mathematicians Solve an Enduring ’42’ Problem Using Planetary Supercomputer
Mathematicians have finally figured out the three cubed numbers that add up to 42. This has settled a problem that has been pondered for 65 years: namely, can each of…
Destructive Solar Storms Usually Hit Earth Every 25 Years or So, Say Scientists
Solar storms powerful enough to wreak havoc on electronic equipment strike Earth every 25 years, according to a new study. And less powerful – yet still dangerous – storms occur…
Three Years On, This Is The Spot ESA’s Schiaparelli Crashed Into Mars
On 19 October 2016, the NASA/ESA ExoMars mission arrived at the Red Planet to begin its study of the surface and atmosphere. While the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully established…
MH370 shock theory: How data ‘indicates hijackers landed plane on land’ | Weird | News
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The official investigation concluded that that its final…
Fighting Climate Change Is The Cheapest Option We Have Left, Modelling Shows
You would think that ensuring the survival of the human race is something you can’t put a price on, but one of the reasons that governments aren’t always keen to…
UFO sightings declassified: What is hidden in the RAF’s secret UFO files? | Weird | News
“The MoD may have stopped investigating UFOs in 2009 when they axed their UFO project, but people didn’t stop having sightings. “While most FOIA responses are standard replies, some can…
Asteroid Apophis will destroy Earth in 2029, Christian conspiracy theorist claims | Weird | News
One pastor and conspiracy theorist has claimed he has analysed the texts of Revelation 8 and concluded Earth will end in a fiery death when an asteroid strikes it at…
Mars bombshell: Scientist claims journey possible in 5 days with revolutionary technology | Weird | News
It sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi thriller, but sub-quantum kinetics is a theory that Thomas Townsend Brown spent most of his life trying to prove. Also known…
Loch Ness monster SHOCK video: Creature filmed in lake where British tourist died | Weird | News
Earlier this week British tourist was trying to cross Nahuel Huapi Lake in a kayak when he reportedly got into trouble. The 34-year-old male was found on Wednesday nearly 20…
ISS shock: NASA live feed cut after multiple ‘light anomalies’ interrupt stream | Weird | News
The ISS is an artificial satellite in low-Earth orbit, serving as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory for astronauts in space. It was a joint project between NASA, Roscosmos,…
Modern Humans With African Ancestry Have More Neanderthal Genes Than We Thought
Deep inside our DNA lurks a legacy of lust and romance between estranged human bloodlines reconnecting on an epic journey around the globe. It now seems we might have been…
Ancient Skulls in a Mexican Cave Might Reveal Surprises About Early North Americans
Four ancient skulls discovered in a submerged Mexican cave system have archaeologists wondering if they were right about the earliest humans on the American continents. It’s thought that ancient populations…