We May Finally Understand How Life Survived The Icy Hell of Snowball Earth
Life has faced many challenges as it has scrambled over this blue marble; many times, it has seemingly reached the brink, only to come back with surprising vigour. Now, researchers…
Microgravity Seems to Neutralise The Majority of Cancer Cells, Experiments Reveal
There are a number of health risks that come with going to space. Aside from the increased exposure to solar radiation and cosmic rays, there are the notable effects that…
NASA Finally Discovers The Shattered Remnants of India’s Lost Moon Lander
NASA announced Monday that it had finally found the crash site of India’s lost lunar lander, Vikram. Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera show the lander’s crash site…
Deadly Tsunami Unleashed by ‘Child of Krakatoa’ Volcano Surged Up to 150 Metres Tall
The Anak Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia – the so-called “Child of Krakatoa” – was formed by one of the most deadly volcanic disasters in modern history. Last year, unbeknownst to…
Astronomers Have Detected a Familiar Feature in a Far-Away Solar System
How typical is our Solar System? The question bedevils planetary scientists, but making detections of analogous features in other planetary systems is pretty hard. Yet astronomers have just made one…
UN Chief Warns Global Warming ‘Point of No Return’ Is Hurtling Toward Us
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could…
Babies Are Predicted to Be Born Earlier in The Extreme Heat of Climate Change
When it comes to pregnancy and babies, the closer to full-term the better. Compared to full-term pregnancies, we know that near-term babies have a higher risk of medical problems soon…
Fireball Spotted Over Australian Desert May Have Been Super-Rare ‘Minimoon’
Fireballs explode in Earth’s atmosphere all the time, usually unremarkably. And a fireball that exploded over the Australian desert in 2016 might have been mistaken for any other bolide, if…
Cats Do Have Facial Expressions, We’re Just Bad at Reading Them, Study Shows
We generally assume a purring cat is a contented cat. It’s safe to say a hissing cat, its ears drawn back, is not pleased. But aside from the visage of…
Mysterious Tectonic Fault Zone Detected Off The Coast of California
Nearly 3,000 feet (900 metres) below the surface of Monterey Bay, a network of deep sea cables helps scientists to study marine life. Spanning 32 miles (51 kilometres) across the…
Underwater Loudspeakers Make Fish Flock to Dead Coral in Radical Experiment
The desperate search for ways to help the world’s coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise to some radical solutions. In the Caribbean, researchers…
There’s Now a Radio Telescope in Operation on The Far Side of The Moon
The Chang’e-4 mission, the fourth installment in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, has made some significant achievements since it launched in December of 2018. In January of 2019, the mission…
NASA ground control cuts off Russian cosmonaut who reports UFO that appears on ISS stream | Weird | News
NASA abruptly shut down a Russian cosmonaut who appeared to be describing an incoming UFO, that could be spotted moving on the ISS live stream. The cosmonaut seemed to acknowledge…
Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electricity But Not Heat
Researchers have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat – an incredibly useful property that defies our current understanding of how conductors work. The metal, found in 2017,…
UFO sightings and Illuminati: Study finds conspiracy theorists pretty ordinary | Weird | News
Dr Klein said: “For example, Reddit attracted a whole new set of users following the election of US President Donald Trump. “He also generates quite a lot of in-fighting amongst…