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Welcome to a New Epoch: The Anthropocene

January 9, 2016
A international group of scientists have proposed that humankind's impact on the planet has been profound enough, with enough manmade materials deposited in the geological record, to re-define our current era as one shaped by humanity. The proposed name for... continued

Greenland Ice Sheet is Forming Massive Meltwater Rivers

January 8, 2016
A new study has discovered what is behind a new phenomenon that is being seen on the Greenland ice sheet in recent years, due to it's accelerated melting: the formation of large rivers of fresh meltwater flowing on the ice... continued

Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton to Seek Disclosure on UFOs

January 7, 2016
At a recent editorial board meeting with the New Hampshire newspaper The Conway Daily Sun, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reminisced with a reporter about a conversation they had in 2007, regarding the subject of UFOs. If she is elected president,... continued

Temperature at the North Pole Rises Above Freezing

January 5, 2016
Keeping in step with the record-breaking high temperatures that were experienced over the holidays, and over 2015 for that matter, the North Pole also saw unseasonably warm weather -- with one projection showing the temperature going above freezing for six... continued

DNA Tests on Ancient Peruvian Skulls Suggest They are not Human

January 4, 2016
Recent DNA testing has been conducted on a set of ancient elongated Peruvian skulls that have baffled researchers for decades, due to their unusual shape and size. While the DNA testing is not complete, the results seem to indicate that... continued

New Imaging Device uses Wi-Fi Signals to See Through Walls

December 31, 2015
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that can directly image a person through solid walls, in real time. The device, called RF-Capture, transmits regular wi-fi signals into the area being imaged: in the case of... continued

DARPA’s Hypersonic Craft Crashes after Hitting Mach 20

December 30, 2015
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced that their hypersonic HTV-2 test aircraft crashed during an August 11 flight test, but not before demonstrating that it could maintain control at twenty times the speed of sound -- for three minutes,... continued

Half of All Medical Literature My Be False, According to Medical Journal Editor

December 29, 2015
In a continuing trend within the scientific community, Dr. Richard Horton, the current editor-in-chief of respected medical journal The Lancet, has announced that a large portion of the medical literature being published today is false, with perhaps up to half... continued

Storms Predicted by UC Climatewatch Slam Much of US

December 28, 2015
Storms across the southern and central US have left at least 35 people dead and devastated many communities. While flooding and severe thunderstorms continued in the southeast on Sunday, north Texas and Oklahoma began to experience dramatic temperature drops and... continued

Did the Ancient Romans Visit America?

December 25, 2015
Over the years, the long-standing assumption that Christopher Columbus discovered North America has persisted in our history books, despite archaeological evidence that other European explorers landed here well before him, and even set up settlements, as was the case with... continued