2019-03-01
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New Device Converts Thoughts into Speech
June 1, 2016A new device developed by a research team at UC Berkeley is able to produce mechanical speech using only the thought of the word being produced from the subject. The researchers hope that this device will enable patients suffering from... continued
Freedom Doesn’t Come Cheap: Thank You For Giving It to Us
May 31, 2016The United States of America over its history has been involved in 80 wars and military operations in which soldiers lost their lives. They range from obscure battles in faraway places to titanic conflicts like the Revolutionary and Civil Wars... continued
Primitive Underground Megalith Found to be 176,500 Years Old
May 28, 2016Bruniquel Cave, in southern France, is home to a primitive stone circle, found deep in the darkest recesses of its subterranean chambers, and is considered to predate habitation in the region by modern humans. Much like Chauvet Cave, with it's... continued
Portugal Runs on Renewable Energy for Four Straight Days
May 27, 2016Earlier this month, the country of Portugal set a new landmark achievement in power usage, with the entire country running on electricity generated solely from renewable sources; including solar, wind, and hydro-electric for a little over four days straight. The... continued
Antarctica’s Largest Glacier Found to be ‘Fundamentally Unstable’ by New Study
May 26, 2016Large-scale glacial melt is one of the realities that is being addressed by researchers in regards to global warming, as these systems of ice are the chief source of water contributing to sea level rise as global temperatures increase. There... continued
Big Oil Knew About Global Warming — Nearly a Half-Century Ago
May 25, 2016Last fall, an expose on extensive research into what Exxon knew regarding the petroleum industry's impact on climate change was published, including evidence that they conducted extensive research into the issue in the 1970s and 1980s. Their findings resulted in... continued
High School Student Uses the Stars to find Lost Mayan City
May 24, 2016A new archaeological discovery has been made, and as with the previous discovery of undiscovered chambers in the Bent Pyramid in Egypt, the key to making the find was found in the cosmos: this time, the connection was made by... continued
List of Biosignature Elements to Help in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
May 22, 2016Due to the limitations presented by our culture's fledgling space travel technology, simply going to a planet orbiting another star isn't a practical way of determining whether or not there's any life there. Instead, researchers are using indirect methods of... continued
April 2016 Temperatures Marks 12th Straight Record-Breaking Month
May 21, 2016Breaking yet another record, the global average temperature for April of 2016 marked the 12th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th century average, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reporting levels a full 1.10ºC above normal. This makes... continued
Modern Archaeology Pushes Back Human Timeline for Habitation in the Americas
May 19, 2016The mainstream scientific theory that North and South America's indigenous cultures came across the Bering land bridge from Asia at the end of the last ice age appears to be in jeopardy, with the growing acceptance of archaeological finds across... continued