Deborah Bloomfield

The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service has a handy guide, complete with illustrations, on how to blow up a horse. If you’ve ever heard the tale of a certain Oregon whale that was splattered across a crowd of onlookers and journalists, you probably already realize this isn’t a terrible idea. The guide – […]

For the first known time ever, a Rubik’s cube has been solved with a single last step – the so-called “Full 1 Look Last Layer”, or “Full 1LLL”. If you’ve no idea what that means – or why it’s so impressive – read on. Solving a Rubik’s cube has sort of become shorthand for “I’m […]

Do you have your own website? You should investigate turning it into an app for smartphones! Mobile apps are the booming market of the internet today, with tons of new phones letting people anywhere in the world access your site. AppMySite is great for those looking to create apps for their business, game or hobby! […]

Deep beneath an unassuming corner of Tennessee, you can find America’s “Lost Sea”: the largest non-subglacial underground lake in the US, and likely the second largest in the world. Found in the Craighead Caverns, this colossal body of underground water is so large that no one’s actually sure how big it is.  It’s located amidst […]

Mealworms are yellow-brown beetle larvae that are often found in the pet aisle as bird, fish, or reptile feed. However, along with being good for animals, these larvae are actually packed full of protein and could potentially be a good meat alternative for us humans as well.     But have you looked at them […]

A shortlist of spectacular photos submitted to the Royal Meteorological Society’s Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 has been released for public vote. Containing fascinating weather phenomena like Etruscan sunsets, double rainbows, and superior mirages, the selection, chosen by both photography and meteorological experts, will be tough to judge. So, let’s take a look at […]

Fear of death is one of the major downsides to being alive, although new research indicates that psychedelic drugs may provide a sneak preview of the big finale and help us overcome our death anxiety. Appearing in the journal PLOS ONE, the new study compares death-like psychedelic trips to actual near-death experiences (NDEs), finding that […]

An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a very interesting exoplanet. The world is called TOI-1452 b and is orbiting a small star in a nearby binary system just 100 light-years from Earth. The planet appears to be slightly larger and heavier than Earth but its surface is believed to be covered […]

An article that claims images from the JWST have “disproven” the Big Bang theory has been circulating the Internet over the last few days, with just one small problem: that is pure nonsense. JWST can see further back into the early days of the universe than any telescope before it. However, the article – titled […]

As the Elon Musk vs Twitter drama continues to unfold, Musk has now subpoenaed Twitter whistleblower and former head of security Peiter Zatko, ordering him to attend court amid allegations of the platform lying to government regulators and failing to investigate its alleged bot problem.  The subpoena comes after Zatko submitted a complaint to Twitter […]

The sequencing of Neanderthal DNA has revealed modern humanity’s partial descent from what was once thought to be a separate branch of the human family tree. Yet working out where and when these encounters happened has proven harder. Indeed, it’s hard to make sense of the evidence we have. By looking at the facial features […]

On this day, August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made a decision that was going to change the Solar System forever. Members of the IAU voted on a long-drawn proposal that defined exactly what astronomers mean by the term “planet”. And thus Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet and our Solar Systen […]

NASA’s Ingenuity, the little helicopter that could, just keeps on going. Despite facing the unforgiving winter’s freezing temperatures and dust storms (and the original plan to fly just five times), the helicopter has now reached the 30th flight milestone. Although it was nothing more than a short hop, it helped shake some dust off its […]

A new AI that is designed to predict crime before it happens has now been tested in multiple US cities, accurately predicting the events around 80-90 percent of the time. The AI is supposedly designed for policy optimization and resource allocation to the areas of a city that need it most, but concerns are rife […]

Doctors have reported the case of a man whose fingers turned blue, following a history of heavy cannabis use. His condition, cannabis arteritis, is a very rare but sometimes serious side-effect of heavy consumption of the drug. The 49-year-old man, described as “otherwise healthy” in a case report published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, […]

Dugongs are now functionally extinct in China according to research led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), following no sightings of the ocean’s beloved “sea cow” grazers since 2008. Vulnerable to fishing, ship-strike, and habitat loss in the region, these gentle giants reportedly began losing the battle against these threats rapidly after the 1970s […]

China is currently grappling with the harshest heatwave and worst drought ever recorded, resulting in dried-up lakes, power cuts, wildfires, and looming agriculture problems. The heatwave s potentially one of the longest ever seen anywhere in the world, while the scale and intensity of the baking hot water are also breaking national records.  As of […]

With less than a week to go, Artemis I is officially go for launch. NASA’s new Moon program begins in earnest on Monday, August 29 when the massive Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion Spacecraft take to the skies in their first-ever flight. NASA has confirmed the launch window, so here’s how you can […]