2019-03-01
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You Can Choose Your Friends But They Could Be Your Family
July 17, 2014You can choose your friends but not your family, so the old saying goes. But do we really choose them, or are we genetically pre-disposed to connect with the people in our friendship groups? People who like to consider their... continued
British Company Produces “Alien” Black Material
July 15, 2014The unseen is always mysterious, but a British company has now developed the "un-seeable", a black material that is so dense it is totally incomprehensible to the human eye. The new record-breaking "alien" fabric is 10,000 times thinner than a... continued
Sleep Keeps Our Brains Young
July 15, 2014A new study using brain imaging has discovered that burning the candle at both ends could send us into premature aging. Brain shrinkage is a normal part of the aging process but the study, which was led by Dr. June... continued
Weekender: Organ donations – A Slice of Someone Else’s Life?
July 12, 2014In a world where our ability to play "make do and mend" with the human body seems to increase on a daily basis, Unknown Country looks at the subject of organ donation and its potential physical, mental and even spiritual... continued
Construction Work Halted By…Elves!
July 11, 2014Plans to build a new road in Iceland were halted recently when campaigners warned that it would disturb elves living in its path. Construction work had to be stopped until a solution could be found. " It's not every day... continued
Gravity Could Help To Predict Floods Months in Advance, Say Scientists
July 10, 2014A recent study could help scientists predict impending floods months before they occur. The study states that a pair of NASA satellites, known collectively as GRACE, have detected variations in gravitational pull from saturated river basins that appear to be... continued
New Earth-Like Planet Expands Astronomers’ Knowledge In The Hunt For Extra-Terrestrial Life
July 8, 2014A newly discovered planet in a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth is expanding astronomers’ notions of where Earth-like—and even potentially habitable—planets can form, and how to find them. At twice the mass of Earth, the planet orbits... continued
Chilean Government Declares Sighting “Can Be Qualified As A UFO”
July 8, 2014The Chilean government has released the results of a study that has declared two sightings of aerial phenomena as "genuine unidentified flying objects." The study, which has been conducted by the CEFAA (Committee for the Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena),... continued
Weekender – The Future Could Be Mind Controlled…
July 5, 2014Watching the first kick of the football at the start of this year's World Cup was a very special moment, as the kick was taken by a paraplegic wearing an amazing mind-controlled exo-skeleton. Juliano Pinto, a 29-year-old Brazilian man suffering... continued
Insects: Food of the Past – Bugs May Have Built Our Brains!
July 3, 2014Last week on Unknown Country we ran a story which put forward a theory that, if food supplies run short in the future, we could turn to the insect world to provide a source of protein for our nutritional needs.... continued