The world’s oldest confirmed living person has died in her sleep aged 118 years and 340 days. Lucille Randon was a Roman Catholic nun who took the name Sister André in 1944. According to Guinness World Records, Randon was both the second-oldest French person and European person ever recorded, taking the title of world’s oldest […]
Humans Will Walk On The Moon In 2025, NASA Announces
NASA has announced its plan for the Artemis III mission, including that it is scheduled for 2025. If everything goes well it will see the return of humans to the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The location of the planned Moon landing is somewhere that humans have never […]
Charge Up To Three Devices Wirelessly For Less Than $50
No one, and we mean no one, can have enough chargers in their electronic life. Chargers are simply the magic that keep us and our electronics going all day long. Sure, we don’t like the messy cables and having to share our beloved chargers between several devices — how does one decide which device to […]
China’s Population Has Officially Dropped For First Time In Decades
The population of China has dropped for the first time since the 1960s, with the country’s birth rate slipping to a record low of -6.77 births per 1,000 people. China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday that the population stood at 1.4118 billion at the end of 2022, a decrease of 850,000 from 2021. […]
What Did People Think When They First Dug Up Dinosaur Fossils?
In 1822, Mary Ann Mantell was accompanying her husband, obstetrician and paleontologist Gideon Mantell, on a visit to a patient, when she noticed something shiny at the side of the road. Looking closer, she found large teeth embedded into the rock. Her husband Gideon, in a major breakthrough, realized that the fossil belonged to a […]
Joe Rogan Podcast Sparks Hunt For Mammoth Bones In New York’s East River
Dozens of treasure hunters have been diving in New York’s East River, on the hunt for a hoard of mammoth bones they believe to be in there – partly thanks to Joe Rogan’s podcast. In December, Alaskan gold miner John Reeves appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. During the appearance, Reeves told Rogan that […]
The Catholic Church Officially Has A Moon Bishop
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the Moon, it probably didn’t cross their mind that there was a lack of religious infrastructure and a complete dearth of priests. However, should they have been struck by a sudden urge to convert to Catholicism and then go to confession, it seems the Catholic […]
Solar Storm To Graze Earth With Effects Visible From Tomorrow
On January 14, the magnetic field lines around AR3182, one of the several sunspots presently on the Sun, erupted releasing a coronal mass ejection (CME). High-speed plasma from the Sun is currently racing across the inner Solar System toward Earth. The bulk of it will miss our planet but the wave of particles will graze our […]
Are Gas Stoves Really Dangerous?
A row over gas is bubbling up in the US after new research linked the use of gas stoves to childhood asthma. Yet with 35 percent of households across the country currently cooking with gas, many are now unsure if it’s safe to continue using their gas-powered appliances. Why are people worried about gas stoves […]
Echidnas Blow Snot Bubbles From Their Snoots To Keep Cool
One of Australia’s most unusual mammals is actually even weirder, according to a new study looking at how the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) can survive in the harsh heat of the Australian outback. Previous studies have thought that since echidnas are not able to sweat, pant, or lick as a form of heat loss in […]
Antidepressants Should Never Be Quit Cold Turkey, Say New Guidelines
Stopping use of antidepressants should be done under the care of medical experts and use should be reduced slowly, as opposed to “cold turkey”, according to new guidelines from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The new recommendations mark the first update in 11 years, an important move in helping the […]
Rare Genetic Liver Condition Could Be Treated With New Drug
Alagille syndrome, a rare and potentially fatal genetic condition primarily affecting the liver, currently has no known cure and limited treatment options – but that may not be the case for too much longer, as researchers are hard at work investigating a new potential therapy. In a study in zebrafish, they’ve demonstrated the ability of […]
The Worst Places To Shelter From A Nuclear Bomb, According To Science
An emergency bulletin cuts you off midway through The Last Of Us. A sweaty news anchor tells you that a nuclear bomb is imminent: what do you do? A new study has some practical advice, as it sought to establish the best and worst places to shelter inside from a nuclear bomb. Shielding from a […]
How Mysterious Space Waves Cross The Turbulent “Shock” To Affect Earth
The collision of the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetic field creates an obstacle known as the shock. On the Earthward side of this barrier, forces outside generate electromagnetic waves, known as PC3 waves, that sometimes reach the surface. Outside the shock is a region known as the foreshock that has waves of its own, […]
Is The 2,000 Year Old “Baghdad Battery” Actually A Battery?
In 1938, German archaeologist Wilhelm König found a clay jar in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad. The jar was covered with a stopper made of asphalt, and is believed to be around 2,000 years old. But the bit that interested a number of archaeologists and scientists was the contents: an iron rod inside a copper cylinder. […]
Thor The Masturbating Walrus Is Not Alone Among Self-Pleasuring Animals
Masturbation was once widely considered “unnatural” and is still labeled that way in some circles today. Yet if nature is what is done by non-humans then nothing could be further from the truth. Although presumably not the domain of plants or rocks, self-loving is widespread across the animal kingdom (and queendom for that matter). When […]
The “Living Rocks” Of Romania Appear To Grow, Move, and Spawn Others
The tiny Romanian town of Costești is home to a bunch of rocks like none other. Not content with the typical sedentary life of rocks, these bulging boulders slowly ooze their innards and can even appear to grow and move as if they were alive. Known as trovants, it’s no surprise the geological oddballs are […]
Atomic Hydrogen Detected In Most Distant Galaxy Yet
Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and it comes in the form of a single atom or paired up in a molecule. Atomic hydrogen can emit a particular light as it changes quantum state, known as the 21-centimeter line – the particular wavelength of the radio emission (equivalent to 8.27 inches). New […]
“The Last Of Us” Fungus Is Real, Could It Cause A Pandemic?
The zombie fungus has exploded out of the parasitized corpses of insects and into the world of media, having now spread its spores from gaming into television as it got the HBO treatment in The Last Of Us, which launched yesterday. The original game of the same name was inspired by none other than Sir […]
What Are El Niño and La Niña? The Giant Forces That Shape Our World
What happens in the Pacific doesn’t stay in the Pacific. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle describes how a pattern of climate fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean has a global impact on the world – from wind, temperature, and rainfall patterns to the intensity of hurricane seasons and even the distribution of fish in the […]
