Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world. But what about the thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution, before thermometers, and before humans warmed the climate by […]
Yes, A Pilot Did Take A Selfie With The Alleged Chinese Spy Balloon
Over the last few days, several accounts across social media shared a very peculiar selfie. An Airforce pilot took a selfie as they flew past the now notorious “Chinese Spy Balloon” that was downed on February 3. The Pentagon confirmed that indeed the photo existed and released it into the public domain. The day before […]
No One Knows What Peru’s Mysterious “Gate Of The Gods” Was For
On the side of the Hayu Marca Mountain, southern Peru, a large, mysterious stone doorway is carved into the rockface. While no one knows the true origins of the Aramu Muru doorway, its existence sheds light on the long and complex history of ancient Peruvian culture. Located near Lake Titicaca, the largest freshwater lake in […]
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter: Indisputable Evidence Of Aliens – Or A Mislabeled Owl?
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How A Man’s Hiccups Were Cured By Digital Rectal Massage
As well as straws designed to draw in liquids more slowly, there are other effective cures for persistent hiccups. They range from a digital rectal massage, to having your eyeballs mashed by a doctor, to having an orgasm. In 1990, a 60-year-old man developed hiccups after a nasogastric tube was fitted following his hospitalization for […]
New “Milestone” Reached By Google Quantum Computer
Google has a set of six milestones they aim to surpass in order to have a commercially viable quantum computer. The first one was quantum advantage: having a quantum machine that could do a computation faster than a supercomputer. This was achieved in 2019. Now, the Mountain View based company has achieved its second one: […]
Study Puts A Number To How Overvalued Houses Are In The US
A new study has identified that houses in the US could be overvalued by a total of hundreds of billions of dollars as prices fail to account for flood risks due to climate change. The findings suggest significant policy changes need to happen in many states that do not consider such risks and that many […]
Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms Significantly Improved By Non-Surgical Ultrasound Treatment
A non-surgical, focused ultrasound procedure has been found in a clinical trial to significantly improve symptoms in some patients with Parkinson’s disease. Nearly 70 percent of the treated patients responded well to the procedure, with two-thirds of these continuing to experience positive results a year later. There is still no cure for Parkinson’s disease, which […]
Why Are Liquids Banned Before Surgery?
Few of us question the idea that we shouldn’t eat or drink – “nil per os” or “nothing by mouth” – for at least six and two hours, respectively, before any surgical procedures, but this may be changing. An increasing number of hospitals across the world have started a new approach that allows patients to […]
Primitive And Predatory Spotted Gar Date Back 100 Million Years
With a long snout sporting sharp pointed teeth, portraits of the spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) can look quite intimidating – but these fish are actually the smallest modern gars. While alligator gars can morph into behemoths over 2.5 meters (8 feet) long, the humble spotted gar stops at around the 90-centimeter (three-foot) mark. Spotted gar […]
Japan’s Spooky “Witch Houses”: What’s Behind This Rapidly Growing Phenomenon?
We’re pretty used, here in the West, to the “national housing crisis”, meaning too few houses being available. In Japan, however, they have the opposite problem: millions of akiya – empty and abandoned houses, strewn across the country, with virtually no hope of occupation. Sometimes called “witch houses”, these buildings are often ramshackle and awkward. […]
Asteroid Ryugu Was Changed By Water And Holds Organic Molecules Older Than The Sun
Scientists continue to unveil new clues about the composition of Asteroid Ryugu. Thanks to the sample of its surface and subsurface collected by Japanese probe Hayabusa-2, scientists have gained more insights into the history of this asteroid and even some details about the molecular composition of the cloud from which the Sun and the solar […]
Mother Shipton’s Petrifying Well Appears To Turn Toys Into Stone
If you’re keen to see eerie objects that look like they’ve been turned to stone, Mother Shipton’s petrifying well in Knaresborough, England, is the place to be. Due to a quirk of local geology, the petrifying well has the medusa-like ability to turn the cuddliest of objects rock-hard, taking three months for a teddy bear […]
Scientists Just Discovered New Patterns Of Brain Activity In Freely-Moving Octopuses
Scientists have been able to peer inside the brains of freely-moving octopuses for the first time thanks to a new approach that uses an implanted device. The resulting recordings revealed several distinct patterns of activity in the brain, with some mirroring states observed before in mammals while others looked totally alien. Studying free-moving octopuses is […]
Mysterious Ancient Dwarf Hominid Was 31 Years Old When It Died
A tiny ancient human that lived on Luzon Island in the Philippines over 50,000 years ago died at the age of 31, according to a new analysis of the specimen’s teeth. Belonging to the species Homo luzonensis, the miniature hominid was probably less than 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall when fully grown and may have […]
No, Quantum Mechanics Can’t Underlie A Mystical Law Of Attraction
If someone tries to tell you it’s possible to bend reality with your mind, be very wary. If they throw in references to quantum physics to try to make it sound scientific, run. The idea that human will can change the way the world works is an old one. We don’t know how long people […]
Anthropologist Believes An Ancient Human Species May Have Been Sighted On Flores Island
A retired anthropologist has revealed a little more about sightings of a Hobbit-like species by the locals of Flores Island. In 2003, archaeologists looking for evidence of the migration of modern humans from Asia to Australia stumbled across a small, fairly complete skeleton of an extinct human species on the Indonesian island of Flores, which […]
Fructose Intake Could Be Behind Onset Of Alzheimer’s Disease
An evolutionary instinct that relies on fructose within the brain could drive the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The results suggest that diet could be influencing the onset of the disease as a result of a foraging instinct, and that consistent fructose intake may be stimulating brain activity that results in […]
Naked Mole-Rats Can Produce Offspring Their Entire Lives And Now We Know Why
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are famous for a lot of things: their peculiar appearance, being one of only two eusocial mammal species, and having a queen female that is the only member of the colony that breeds. These queens can produce one to five litters per year with an average of 13 pups per litter […]
The Science Of Phubbing Behaviors
Phubbing: the act of ignoring the people around you in favor of concentrating on your phone. Be honest, now – how many of us can truly say we’ve never done this? And if you’ve done it, you’ve probably also been annoyed by it. There’s lots of evidence to show that phubbing is not the road […]
