Of all our planet’s continents, we know the least about the icy landmass of Antarctica. Now, scientists have used satellite imagery to peer into Earth’s […]
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Scientists Have Connected The Brains of 3 People, Enabling Them to Share Thoughts
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Neuroscientists have successfully hooked up a three-way brain connection to allow three people share their thoughts – and in […]
Brace Yourselves, a Solar Storm Is Coming And We Can Expect Auroras
There’s a huge hole in the Sun’s corona! Aurora chasers, get your cameras ready. A huge hole has opened in the Sun’s corona, which means […]
This Chilling NASA Image Shows How Much of Earth Is on Fire Right Now
NASA’s Worldview program has some bad news. The Earth is on fire. The red points in the picture above are areas around the world with […]
Radioactive Traces of Fukushima Have Been Found in Wine All The Way in California
The radioactive fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 cast an irrevocable toll on the environment within Japan – and outside of it – […]
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 […]