Unprecedented Rain Floods Houston, 5 Dead

April 19, 2016
Houston was flooded by a record-shattering rainfall on Tuesday. Almost 17 inches of rain had fallen by 2 PM Monday, and more rain is in the forecast. Large areas of the city were flooded, and the waters rose so fast that... continued

Black Holes Offer a New Surprise: They All Spin in the Same Direction

April 19, 2016
One of astronomy's most secretive phenomena, black holes, has yielded yet another fascinating puzzle to astronomers -- and in the process, offering what may be new insight into how the universe formed. A recent survey of a region of deep... continued

More States Sign Onto Investigation into Exxon Mobil’s Climate Change Cover-up

April 16, 2016
An investigation that was launched last fall into allegations that petroleum giant Exxon Mobil misled shareholders regarding what it knew about global warming has recently gained a large number of new backers. Attorneys general from 15 states, the District of... continued

Global Warming is Changing the Way the Earth Rotates

April 15, 2016
It might only have a subtle effect, but it's still measurable: the distribution of Earth's glacial ice has an impact on how the planet spins, both in terms of the speed of our blue sphere's rotation, and in the slow... continued

John Podesta Says the American Public Can Handle Disclosure

April 14, 2016
In a recent interview with CNN, John Podesta reiterated the intentions regarding UFO disclosure stated earlier by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Clinton had previously pledged that, if elected president, she will obtain and declassify as many records as the... continued

Ancient Yellowstone Eruptions have been Found to be Bigger than Previously Thought

April 13, 2016
A recent study has unveiled a new perspective on the ancient eruptions that formed the region now known as the Snake River Valley in Idaho and the Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming. The study, conducted out of the University of Leicester,... continued

Aussie Surfers Develop Ocean-Filtering ‘Seabin’

April 12, 2016
One of the growing problems on our oceans is the proliferation of garbage floating on the surface, plaguing not only shorelines but also forming into large patches of debris in the open ocean. This impacts not only aquatic wildlife, but... continued

The Building Blocks for Life Have Been Created in a Lab-Grown Comet

April 9, 2016
While life was once thought to just be a happy accident by mainstream science, the building blocks of DNA and RNA are proving to be not only tenacious, these organic molecules also appear to be able to form in the... continued

Exoplanets With Saltier Oceans Might Be Better Candidates for Alien Life — Perhaps Even More Likely Than for Life On Earth

April 8, 2016
The study of planets found outside our solar system has been booming over the past few decades, with over two-thousand of these fascinating exoplanets having been cataloged. One of the next obvious steps for researchers is to attempt to detect... continued

Human Carbon Release Rate is Greater than Any Other Event Since the Extinction of the Dinosaurs — By Ten Times

April 7, 2016
While the idea that human-generated carbon emissions are nothing new, and the impact of greenhouse gasses on global warming have been evident for quite some time, there has been a great deal of debate over exactly how much humans have... continued