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Mysterious Sleeping Sickness Affects Russian Village
December 17, 2014An inexplicable sleeping sickness is affecting one in ten residents of a village in Kazakhstan in Russia. Villagers in Kalachi have been affected by the mysterious disease for the past two years, but to date, no cause for the illness... continued
Unidentified Signal From Space Could Reveal Dark Matter
December 15, 2014Despite the fact that it is believed to make up around eighty per cent of the matter in the universe, so-called "dark matter" remains an enigma to scientists. It is totally invisible as it neither absorbs or emits light, and... continued
Weekender: Mars Life is Probable Say Scientists
December 13, 2014In 1976, the Viking program's orbiter and lander reached Mars, and the lander's life experiments returned data that the scientists who had designed them had expected to see if living organisms were present in the soil. However, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,... continued
Warmer Oceans Could Release Millions of Tons of Undersea Methane
December 11, 2014Off the West Coast of the United States, methane gas is trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor. New research from the University of Washington shows that water at intermediate depths is warming enough to cause these carbon deposits to... continued
Massive Asteroid on Course for Earth
December 11, 2014Earth seems to have had a number of lucky escapes recent years; several asteroids have passed uncomfortably close to our home planet, and one exploded without warning in 2013 over Chelyabinsk in Russia, causing injuries to residents and extensive damage... continued
The History Of The “Red Planet” May Help Us To Understand Climate Change on Earth
December 10, 2014The question of whether life ever existed on Mars has inspired scientists - and songwriters - for decades. The Red Planet is currently an arid, icy desert where no sign of life remains, but was it always this way? It... continued
It’s Too Late To “Save The Planet” Says Scientist; We Need To Save Ourselves
December 8, 2014Back in 1965, maverick scientist James Lovelock, warned an oil company that the year 2000 would not be dominated by fusion-powered cars or advanced technology, but by the changing climate. "It will be worsening then to such an extent that... continued
Weekender: ASpIRE – New Voice Recognition Software Creates Limitless Potential To Spy On Any Conversation
December 5, 2014You have something personal to discuss with a friend. You arrange to meet for a coffee and a chat in a public restaurant. It's noisy, and you have a good heart to heart in the belief that nobody else can... continued
Is There A Russian Satellite Saboteur In Space?
December 5, 2014Circling high above us in space, a mysterious object is being tracked by the US military. The strange object, which has been entitled Object 2014-28E, was secretly launched in May by the Russian military, but nobody knows its purpose and... continued
Forget The Threat From Artificial Intelligence – Could Super-Intelligent Animals Be The Biggest Threat To Mankind?
December 4, 2014Last month, Unknown Country reported the views of technology heavyweights such as Elon Musk that artificial intelligence could be the most significant threat to the future of mankind. Now Stephen Hawking has added his voice to their ever-increasing concerns regarding... continued