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Weekender: Will Global Warming Result in “Endless Winter?”
February 22, 2014Winter has held North America and Northern Europe in a relentless grip for months, and scientists are saying that we may have to get used to experiencing such prolonged periods of bad weather. Recent research presented at the annual meeting of... continued
Could the Turin Shroud Have Been Created By An Earthquake?
February 20, 2014The Turin Shroud is one of the most enigmatic artefacts on earth. It is purported to be the burial cloth used to shroud the body of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion, and the faint image of a naked man imprinted... continued
Have the Loch Ness Monsters Become Extinct?
February 19, 2014The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most enduring legends of Scotland, bringing thousands of visitors to the country each year. A strange fate may have befallen our favourite cryptid, however, as there have not been any sightings of... continued
Another Asteroid Near Miss?
February 18, 2014In the last few hours, a "Deep Impact" style scenario has unfolded in space as a huge asteroid grazed past Earth last night at 27,000mph. The asteroid passed within 2 million miles of Earth, not exactly a "near miss" but... continued
Valentine’s Day Madness: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods and Superstorms
February 18, 2014Across the world it was a volatile Valentine's Day last week, with superstorms raging, the earth trembling and volcanoes erupting. More than 7,000 properties in England and Wales were left without power after gale force winds of up to 173km... continued
Weekender – Time Signature: How Music Plays With Our Perceptions
February 15, 2014We all know the feeling of being transported by a lilting melody, or enraptured by a rhapsody that seems to mute our senses to all else but its divine resonance. Yet we may not realise that music is a powerful... continued
NASA Images Suggest Flowing Water on Mars
February 14, 2014The quest to confirm the existence of liquids on Mars has been ongoing for decades; it was known to host water billions of years ago and water is has been found to exist there in the form of ice, but... continued
The Why of This Brutal Winter
February 12, 2014As predicted on Unknowncountry.com's Climate Watch last fall, this is proving to be a winter of extraordinary fury both in the United States and Europe. England is experiencing the worst flooding in 250 years, and winter records are being broken... continued
Scientists Find “Fingerprint” of the Oldest Star in the Universe
February 11, 2014At 13.7 billion years old, the universe is inconceivably ancient. As new stars are born every day, its cosmic inhabitants are constantly changing, but scientists have now discovered the oldest star existing in space. The old timer was identified by... continued
Weekender: Is Our Limited Understanding Preventing Us From Recognizing Alien Life Forms?
February 8, 2014The search for extraterrestrial life has been an ongoing quest for decades, but finding alien life relies on our ability to recognize it. Is there any guarantee that other life forms would manifest in a form that we would immediately... continued