Coronavirus Found in Semen, Raising Questions of Sexual Transmission
Scientists are still learning about the ways the coronavirus moves through the body. Viral particles have been found in saliva, blood, urine, and stool samples. A new study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medicine Association, found the coronavirus in semen, too. Particles were detected in the semen of both men who had active infections and those who … Continue reading
Martian Meteorites Found to Contain Organic Compounds Essential for Life
Martian meteorite samples have found organic compounds essential for life: nitrogen-bearing organics in a 4-billion-year-old Martian meteorite. A research team including research scientist Atsuko Kobayashi from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research scientist Mizuho Koike from the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, have found nitrogen-bearing organic material … Continue reading
COVID-19 May Have Been Spreading as Early as October 2019
A new study published by scientists at University College London’s Genetics Institute suggests that COVID-19 may have emerged as early as October 2019. The study, which was published on May 5 in the journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution, was based on a study of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with the novel coronavirus. The researchers found almost 200 … Continue reading
The Brain Can Also be Affected by Acute Covid-19 Illness, According to New Study
Conditions that severely damage the respiratory system, such as Covid-19, can also cause inflammation to the part of the brain that controls breathing, US researchers have revealed. The new research, published in The Journal of Physiology, studied rats to show that treatment to areas of the brain that control respiration could play a key role in helping patients recover from … Continue reading
UK UFO Hotspots Revealed by Britain’s ‘X-Files’
Anyone else find it interesting that all of the “declassifications” (first the US videos and now this) are happening during the pandemic, could it strategic? via unexplained-mysteries; Recently declassified documents have revealed the parts of the country with the most UFO sightings. Back in January we reported that the Royal Air Force (RAF) had announced that, rather than sending UFO … Continue reading
Slow Moving Fireball Seen over Parts of Spain and Portugal
Residents of Portugal spotted a bright fiery object streaking across the sky over the country. Based on reports by eyewitnesses, it seems a small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and turned into a meteor fireball over Portugal. Details of the incident were reported by the American Meteor Society (AMS). According to the organization, the fireball incident was spotted by eyewitnesses from … Continue reading
Black Hole Discovered Just 1,000 Light Years Away from Earth, ‘VISIBLE’ to the Naked Eye
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have identified the closest black hole to our solar system yet discovered and, as it turns out, it’s been hiding in plain sight and is actually visible to the naked eye (kind of). The black hole in question is 1,000 light-years from Earth in the Telescopium constellation and forms part of a triple system, … Continue reading
Astronomers Detect Mystery Radio Burst in Our Own Galaxy
For the first time, astronomers have picked up a fast radio burst within the confines of the Milky Way. Fast radio bursts, which last mere milliseconds yet generate as much energy as the Sun does in an entire day, have remained something of an enigma since their discovery back in 2007. Previous examples of these enigmatic phenomena have all been … Continue reading
Previously Unknown Asteroid Sneaks Pass Satellites in One of the Closest Flybys on Record
No one saw it coming until it was right on top of us. More like above us, actually. A previously unseen asteroid the size of a truck flew about 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometers) over the Pacific Ocean on Monday, making it one of the closest passes by our planet on record. Astronomers had no notice of asteroid 2020 JJ’s existence, … Continue reading
Loud Boom in the Early Hours Wakes Hereford, UK Residents
People across Hereford were awoken by a loud bang in the early hours of this morning. Described as ‘a huge boom’, and ‘like a cannon’, the sudden noise was heard all over the city, from Kings Acre Road to Hampton Dene, at around 2.45am. Many have taken to social media to question what they heard, with suggestions ranging from fireworks … Continue reading
