Arctic Temperatures Below Normal 50 Days in a Row
While parts of the world is indeed experiencing heatwaves, the Artic, NOT so much! via Adapt 2030: From the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) it is now more than 50 Days in a Row Arctic Temperatures Below Normal. This is the entire 80N latitude to the North Pole 90N across the entire top of our planet. Hard to believe its the … Continue reading
Monsanto Suffers Setback as Judge to Allow Expert Testimony that Roundup Causes Cancer
Monsanto faced a major setback on Tuesday, as a federal judge ruled to allow three expert witnesses to testify that its controversial weed killer Roundup causes cancer, opening up a floodgate for thousands of lawsuits to come. The agrochemical company, which is now a unit of Bayer AG following a $62.5 billion takeover that concluded in June, has been engulfed … Continue reading
Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds Discovered Beneath Earth Surface
IF you thought you knew greed before, well this should help up the ante! via unexplained-mysteries: Scientists have determined that there is 1,000 times more diamond beneath our feet than previously thought. The remarkable diamond cache was discovered thanks to seismic scans of the Earth’s interior – a process that involves using sound waves to build up a picture of … Continue reading
Astronomers Find 12 New Moons Orbiting Jupiter
We still haven’t even learned or discovered everything in our own solar system even after all these years.. amazing! via RT: Astronomers have discovered a dozen new moons orbiting Jupiter, but one could spell disaster for the others – 1km-wide “oddball” moving in the opposite direction to the other 78 objects circling the gas giant. A team led by Scott … Continue reading
Evidence of Human-Denisovan Interbreeding Discovered in a Second Part of the Ancient World
Our ancestors mated with another species of ancient hominins, the Denisovans, on at least two occasions. The discovery suggests that Denisovans were widely across Asia, and apparently co-existed happily with modern humans, to the point of having children with them in two different parts of the ancient world. The Denisovans were unknown until 2010, when researchers described a fragment of … Continue reading
Epic Image of Galactic Center Created Using 64 South African Telescopes
You’re looking at the center of our galactic home, the Milky Way, as imaged by 64 radio telescopes in the South African wilderness. Scientists released this image today to inaugurate the completed MeerKAT radio telescope. But these scopes form part of an even more ambitious project: the Square Kilometer Array, a joint effort to build the world’s largest telescope, spanning … Continue reading
It’s No Conspiracy Theory – Your Phone Really is Watching & Listening to You
If you’ve ever had the sneaking suspicion that your phone might be watching you, new research suggests you’re not being paranoid. Research scientists at Northwestern University in Boston spent a year trying to determine whether or not smartphone applications are secretly recording our private conversations to send personal data to advertisers. Fortunately, the researchers did not find any evidence to … Continue reading
Game Camera Captures ‘Ghost’ in Woman’s Front Yard
Maine resident Tia Wilson captured the eerie image on a game camera she had set up in her garden. Only expecting to see photos of cats and foxes, but after going over the images, Tia was taken aback when she found one which showed a figure standing in her front yard. The photograph had been taken on Saturday night at … Continue reading
Video Shows Car-Like Acceleration of Tesla’s Electric Truck
I happen to find trucks, big rigs or whatever you prefer to call them, very fascinating. I’ve always been awe struck by them since I was younger, and still have the same fascination to this day. Similar to trains, I think part of that fascination is the power. Thanks to Elon Musk, trucks are now taking advantage of the tremendous … Continue reading
Our Brains Move With Every Heartbeat
With every heartbeat, fluid squishes through the brain and jiggles it like a bowl full of jelly. A new twist on magnetic resonance imaging illuminates these pulsing brain ripples, movements so subtle that they had escaped detection by current imaging technology. Abnormal brain motion could signal trouble, such as aneurysms or damage from a concussion. In the new work, scientists … Continue reading
