Scientist Discover Ancient Marine Reptile in Remote Antarctica
A team of Argentine scientists made an important discovery in a remote part of the Antarctic Peninsula: fossils of a plesiosaur, a marine reptile of the Jurassic period, the oldest recorded on this continent. The discovered fossil is over 150 million years old. Dr. Juan Patricio O’Gorman, researcher at the National University of La Plata, explained to Sputnik Mundo that … Continue reading
‘Life’ in the Universe is Common Based on Ancient Fossil Microorganisms
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. The microorganisms, from Western Australia, are 3.465 billion years old. Scientists from UCLA and the University of Wisconsin–Madison report today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that two of the species … Continue reading
Pulsar Planets Might be able to Support Life Despite Their Harsh Conditions
Pulsars, which are formed when a large star explodes in a supernova, doesn’t sound like the best place for a nice, cosy home, but new research suggests that there could be planets around pulsars that are hospitable to life. A study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics suggests that planets that are revolving around pulsars could actually facilitate life. … Continue reading
Flat-Earthers, Are They Being Serious?
Members of the Flat Earth Society claim to believe the Earth is flat. Walking around on the planet’s surface, it looks and feels flat, so they deem all evidence to the contrary, such as satellite photos of Earth as a sphere, to be fabrications of a “round Earth conspiracy” orchestrated by NASA and other government agencies. The belief that the … Continue reading
DARPA Believes Bioengineered Spy Plants Are “The Future Of Intelligence Gathering”
If any organization embodies our idea of the classic mad inventors, just running amock with crazy ideas, it’s DARPA. A jumping dog robot? Sure. Self-guiding bullets? What can go wrong? Vertical take-off plane? Well, why not? Bioengineered spy plants? Wait, what? Yes, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – DARPA – the part of the US Department of Defense responsible … Continue reading
Within 20 Years Man & Machine Will be Melded into One, Says IBM Expert
A senior IBM inventor has predicted that within 20 years humans will be injected with nanomachines that will be able to repair and enhance our bodies and augment our thoughts. In a submission to the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the UK’s House of Lords, John McNamara, who works at IBM’s Hursley Innovation Centre, said that the tiny robots will have … Continue reading
Planetary Collisions In Earth’s Distant Past Left Large Amounts of the Minerals Present Today
A new study by NASA scientists has led them to believe “planetary collisions are at the core of our solar system’s formation.” According to NASA, scientists have long believed that after the moon’s formation, Earth experienced an extended period of bombardment some 3.8 billion years ago, called ‘late accretion’. During this period, Earth was barraged with moon-sized planetary bodies, also … Continue reading
NASA Announces Discovery of Eight Planets Orbiting Distant Star (video)
In the above headline image, you can see the newly discovered planets and star compared to our solar system below it For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. It is the first star known to support as many planets as are orbiting … Continue reading
Study Indicates We Might All be ‘ET’, Reveals Potential Extraterrestrial Origins of Life
More and more scientific evidence is leaning toward the possibility that human and perhaps all life on Earth originated from outside of our planet. It is a very intriguing possibility and would add even more mystery to our already mysterious existence. Via RT: The prehistoric origins of life on Earth may have begun in space, a new study published in … Continue reading
Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand on AI?
In artificial intelligence (AI), machines carry out specific actions, observe the outcome, adapt their behavior accordingly, observe the new outcome, adapt their behavior once again, and so on, learning from this iterative process. But could this process spin out of control? Possibly. “AI will always seek to avoid human intervention and create a situation where it can’t be stopped,” says … Continue reading
