The radioactive fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 cast an irrevocable toll on the environment within Japan – and outside of it – […]
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We Just Found Out Spiders Can Use Electricity to Fly Through The Air
Sometimes, when it rains or when they feel the urge to migrate, spiders get out their little silk knapsacks, and balloon away. This ballooning behaviour […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Is Literally Raining Gemstones Now, And We Want Some
If Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano were to offer an apology for its chaos and destruction, it just might come in the form of a beautiful green […]
Space Lasers Are Shooting Out Of This Gorgeous Nebula, Which Means It’s Hiding Something
There’s a mystery in the dusty heart of the Ant Nebula. Its two symmetrical lobes are the result of a star shedding its material as […]
This Mind-bending Quantum Blockchain Could Be The Future Of Secure Transactions
It’s like a quantum networked time machine. Blockchain technology has taken the world by storm in recent years as a way to anonymously record transactions […]
Intense ocean currents could be created by ridiculously tiny marine ‘insects’
Don’t ever think you’re too small to make a difference. In chaos theory, they say the infinitesimal flapping of a butterfly’s wings can hypothetically cascade […]
The ESA just discovered a second magnetic field surrounding our planet
How are we only seeing this now? A trio of satellites studying our planet’s magnetic field have shown details of the steady swell of a […]
DARPA is researching time crystals, and their reasons are ‘classified’
Mystery! Here’s what you need to know. The US military likes to stay at the forefront of the cutting edge of science – most recently […]
Mystery ‘Loch Ness Monster’ washes up on a beach in Georgia
A strange-looking animal has washed up on a beach in Georgia, and is making headlines thanks to its resemblance to the fabled ‘Loch Ness Monster’. […]
Octopus and squid evolution is officially weirder than we could have ever imagined
They edit their own genes! Just when we thought octopuses couldn’t be any weirder, it turns out that they and their cephalopod brethren evolve differently […]
A mysterious anomaly under Africa is radically weakening Earth’s magnetic field
This could be precursor to Earth’s poles swapping places. Above our heads, something is not right. Earth’s magnetic field is in a state of dramatic […]
A Prominent Biohacker Is Now Saying It’s A Bad Idea To Hack Your Body
The history of medicine is studded with tales of self-experimentation. In 1961, Victor Herbert deprived himself of folic acid for weeks (he basically boiled his […]