There Will Likely Be A New Meteor Shower Courtesy of Comet Borisov
Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen report that the dust trail of 700-year comet Borisov, who just passed perihelion in 2014, will be in the Earth’s path on 2017 July 29 at 00:22 UT. Earth will pass only 0.0006 AU inside the comet’s orbit at a time when the comet has just passed perihelion, both favorable circumstances for detecting meteors. Observers … Continue reading
Encrypted “Alien” Radio Signal Decryption Challenge Met By Social Media
One of the more intriguing unsolved modern mysteries is the fast radio burst (FRB) phenomenon. Over the last several years, radio telescopes on Earth have been detecting more and more very brief, very powerful radio signals which originate from deep space. While astronomers have been able to locate the source of several of these signals, the exact mechanisms of their … Continue reading
Type of Drink Enjoyed By Many Linked To Brain Shrinkage
The drink was linked to shrinkage in the hippocampus, an area critical for memory and other mental functions. Even moderate levels of alcohol consumption are linked to long-term brain damage and declines in mental skills, new research finds. Moderate alcohol intake means around 14 to 21 units per week. The study also found no support for the idea that low … Continue reading
What Could Have Caused The Mysterious Bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain?
The Hawaiian-Emperor Chain is an example of a hotspot track – a trail of volcanic islands and seamounts created on a lithospheric plate as the plate slowly shifts over a spot of localized melting sourced by a jet of hot material rising from the deep mantle (mantle plume). The volcanic islands of Hawaii represent the youngest end of a 80 … Continue reading
Is Lead in US food Supply Decreasing IQ?
The environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on June 15 released a study about dietary lead exposure, with a focus on food intended for babies and young children. Using a Federal Drug Administration (FDA) database of food samples, EDF reported some pretty worrying numbers, most remarkably in fruit juice samples intended for children. For example, 89 percent of the … Continue reading
Study Will Attempt to Prove Human Mind Not Made of Matter
Lucien Hardy, a theoretical physicist at the Perimeter Institute in Canada, has proposed a study to measure the effect of the human mind on the laws of physics. In simple terms, he wants to prove that consciousness is not made up of matter. Using a decades old test used to prove that quantum mechanics is much more than just a … Continue reading
Fears of Asian ‘Bermuda Triangle’ As Huge Number of Ships Disappear in Asian Waters
A NEW Bermuda triangle has opened up in China after 85 freight and passenger ships went missing in a small stretch of water last year. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the large scale freight and passenger vessels in the Asian waters is concerning experts in the region. Some fear that the trouble zone will become a place where ships … Continue reading
Amazing Elephants Teaming Up to Save Drowning Calf Caught on Camera
Footage of a pair of elephants saving a drowning calf in a spectacular display of teamwork is melting hearts worldwide. The clip shows a calf standing by the enclosure pool in South Korea’s Seoul Grand Park enjoying a refreshing drink before taking a tumble and falling into the water. The baby’s mother looks on in horror before frantically trying to … Continue reading
NASA Reveals 10 New Worlds We Might One Day Call Home
NASA’s Kepler space telescope team have identified 219 new planet candidates, ten of which could prove to be humanity’s next great hopes of life among the stars. The exoplanets, planets which occupy space outside of our solar system, are all near-Earth size and occupy the habitable zones of their star systems where liquid water, the precursor for life, would pool … Continue reading
‘Provocative Turn’ Made By US Spy Plane Toward Russian Fighter Jet Over Baltic Sea
Lately there seems to be more and more of these potentially risky interactions that are quietly dismissed. The problem is that it could take only one of these “small” incidents to start something big! RT reports: Moscow said a US spy plane flying toward the Russian border made a “provocative turn” toward a fighter jet, which had been scrambled for … Continue reading
