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Deep Impact: From Fantasy to Fact?
May 6, 2014Unknown Country has been keeping a keen eye on the skies just recently, and with good cause: following the revelation last week that the Earth had narrowly escaped serious damage from 26 very sizeable asteroids over the past few years,... continued
Whales Affected By Sonar More Profoundly Than Previously Thought
May 6, 2014A recent study suggests that killer whales and other marine mammals are far more likely to pick up sonar signals than was previously thought. Scientists have discovered that commercially available sonar systems, which are designed to create signals beyond the... continued
Weekender: Is Forgiveness Good for the Body and the Soul?
May 3, 2014A particularly reflective air seems to pervade today, on this, the third anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death. Whatever your personal views are on who perpetrated the worst terrorist atrocity ever committed; whether you subscribe to the theory that al... continued
Brain Waves: Are Our Brains Merely Sophisticated Biological Computers?
May 2, 2014The most common perception regarding the purpose of our brain is the major processor for all of our thought, that this is where an individual's "mind" resides, along with their essence of self and identity. Certainly, brain damage can affect... continued
Deadly Virus Spreads Throughout Middle East
April 30, 2014It seems that the world is being assaulted by an almost biblical torrent of floods, plagues and pestilence.Our crops are being annihilated by pests and diseases, severe weather is affecting all corners of the globe, and now mysterious viruses are... continued
Has Global Warming Caused a State of Emergency in Florida?
April 30, 2014A state of emergency has been declared in the state of Florida after a monster storm caused the worst floods in decades. In some areas over 2 feet of water accumulated in 26 hours, flooding homes and leaving motorists stranded,... continued
Is Climate Change Encouraging the Spread of Dangerous Diseases?
April 29, 2014Unprecedented plagues and diseases are threatening crops across the globe, and the results could be disastrous according to scientists. Bananas are one such crop that has fallen victim to a variety of bugs and fungal infections, which are spreading so... continued
Risk from Major Asteroid Strike Higher Than Previously Thought
April 29, 2014The risk of a sizeable asteroid colliding with the earth has always been purported to be extremely low, with scientists reporting that such an event was only likely to occur every twenty million years or so. Unfortunately, our collective sigh... continued
Weekender: Could the Chilling Fate of Flight MH370 Soon Be Revealed?
April 26, 2014The search for the missing plane, Malaysia flight MH370, goes on, with not a single shred of evidence being uncovered to date. The aircraft went missing on March 8, as it travelled from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Any morsel of... continued
Earthquakes Rock America – Could Fracking Bring The “Big One” Closer?
April 25, 2014It's been a shaky 2014 so far across America, with a series of fairly major earthquakes rocking several regions of the continent from North to South. As Californians were gently shaken from their slumber this morning by a 2.7 magnitude... continued