Ancient Documents Reveal Sunspots, Auroras and Other Solar Activity before Galileo
Some references to the phenomena date as early as the seventh century. Until Galileo kick-started modern astronomy in the early 1600s, the record of the sun’s activities was basically blank—or so scientists thought. To shed light on our star’s history, researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have begun to comb through ancient texts. So far they have found dozens of … Continue reading
Why Are These 32 Symbols Found In Ancient Caves All Over Europe?
Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn’t just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered in. Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified these ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her … Continue reading
Ancient Mars Was Even More Earth-Like Than We Imagined
New findings from NASA’s Curiosity Rover provide evidence that significant amounts of oxygen once permeated the atmosphere of ancient Mars. The Red Planet, it would seem, was more Earth-like than we thought. Using the ChemCam instrument atop Curiosity, scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered high levels of manganese oxides in Martian rocks. The rover made the discovery … Continue reading
Sony Says Their New Robots Will Form Emotional Bonds With Us – A Dying Battery Has Never Been More Devastating.
Sony has announced plans to develop a robot “capable of forming an emotional bond with customers”. Sony’s chief executive Kazuo Hirai did not disclose specific details about the robots, but says it will propose new business models that integrate hardware and services to provide emotionally compelling experiences. Sony is re-entering the consumer robotics game after increased competition in the Asian … Continue reading
World Asteroid Day: How We Can Protect Earth from a Catastrophic Space Rock Impact
JUNE 30 marks World Asteroid Day where esteemed experts will meet and discuss the growing threat of an asteroid strike on Earth. Our planet has been under constant threat from asteroids since the beginning, with the most famous collision undoubtedly coming 66million years ago when the dinosaurs were condemned to a brutal death. Although it is near-impossible for scientists to … Continue reading
‘Global Climate Emergency’ Declared by Scientists After Jet Stream Crosses Equator
Climate scientists this week expressed alarm after “unprecedented” data showed the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream crossing the Equator. In a column on Tuesday, environmental blogger Robert Scribbler noted that the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream had merged with the Southern Hemisphere Jet Stream. “It’s the very picture of weather weirding due to climate change. Something that would absolutely not happen in … Continue reading
Ancient Earth Had More Than Two Magnetic Poles
Most of us don’t often think about Earth’s magnetic field, but without it, humans and most other life would be unable to exist. Earth’s magnetic field protects our planet from harsh radiation blasted out of the sun. It’s essential to everything we think of as life on Earth. Scientists believe our magnetic field comes from the rotation of Earth’s liquid … Continue reading
NASA Fears it Could START LIFE on Mars As it Gathers First Ever Red Planet Water Samples
NASA is about to collect the first ever water samples from Mars…but fears it may contaminate the Red Planet with bacteria from Earth when it does. *Editors comment: Or is this a clever way of planting the idea since they may already know life exists on Mars? The US space agency is weighing up how to use the Curiosity Rover, … Continue reading
The Hutchison Effect – Explained
People often ask, “What exactly is the Hutchison Effect?” This brief essay is an attempt to answer that question to the satisfaction of the majority. First of all, the Hutchison Effect is a collection of phenomena which were discovered accidentally by John Hutchison during attempts to study the longitudinal waves of Tesla back in 1979. In other words, the Hutchison … Continue reading
‘Zombie Gene’ Activation Tries to Revive Body After Death
A team of US researchers has discovered a number of “zombie genes” that come alive in the cells several days after a person dies, electronic library These genes can’t bring a person back to life, but this discovery has serious implications for forensics and organ donor recipients. “For us, this experiment was a chance to satisfy our scientific curiosity and … Continue reading
