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Flying Higher Than Anyone in Over Fifty Years, the First Civilians Have Walked in Space
September 23, 2024The first spacewalk by a civilian was conducted on September 12 by tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an activity that has, until now, been the exclusive domain of professional astronauts, cosmonauts and taikonauts. On September 10 the Crew Dragon capsule Resilience that carried Isaacman and... continued
The Tentative First Steps To Removing Fukushima’s Nuclear Fuel Has Begun
September 20, 2024Decommissioning teams at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have begun a two-week operation aimed at retrieving a sample of the radioactive debris that remains inside the facility's stricken nuclear reactors, using a telescoping robot custom-built for the task, thirteen years after the... continued
Four Years Later, More Evidence for Life on Venus Has Been Found
September 18, 2024Four years ago a team of scientists found potential evidence of life in the atmosphere of our closest planetary neighbor, Venus, despite the metal-meltingly hot temperature and crushing pressure experienced on the surface; however, this discovery was followed shortly afterward by a... continued
More Liquid Water Has Been Found Beneath the Surface of Mars: This Time, It’s a Whole Ocean
September 9, 2024Although news of the presence of water on Mars is nothing new, the discovery of a massive amount of liquid water—enough to cover the planet's surface in a mile-deep ocean—has been made by a team that used seismic data to map the... continued
A Major Media Company Has Been Using Our Devices’ Microphones To Eavesdrop on Our Conversations
September 4, 2024"It's True. Your Devices Are Listening to You," stated the title for a sales pitch on the website of a major media conglomerate; however, the statement wasn't a warning about the invasive eavesdropping practice that many suspect that tech companies undertake,... continued
Cooling La Niña-Like Conditions Are Forming in the Atlantic, and Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why
September 3, 2024An unexpected mystery has appeared at the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, in the form of a sudden cooling trend in the surface waters, despite the ongoing record-breaking warming of the ocean surface and a lack of the conditions that... continued
Two New Shroud of Turin Studies Point to the Authenticity of the Holy Artifact
August 31, 2024Two new studies are adding to the possibility that the holy relic known as the Shroud of Turin is indeed the burial cloth of the historical Jesus Christ, and not the product of a medieval forgery as implied by the... continued
The Pentagon Appoints NSA Scientist as New AARO Director
August 29, 2024The U.S. Department of Defense has chosen a new head for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office [AARO], appointing Dr. Jon T. Kosloski as the new director of the Pentagon's UAP investigations team. Kosloski is replacing the office's interim director, Tim... continued
Earth’s Complex Lifeforms May Have Emerged 1.5 Billion Years Earlier Than Assumed
August 26, 2024While life on Earth appeared extremely early in the planet's history, it wasn't until a mere 600 million years ago that complex life exploded onto the scene, with the long-standing reign of single-celled organisms giving way to more complex lifeforms,... continued
Earth’s Oldest Solar Calendar Has Been Found at Göbekli Tepe & May Mark a Civilization-Altering Catastrophe
August 23, 2024A new analysis of the carvings engraved into the ancient stones at Göbekli Tepe have revealed what may be the world's oldest solar calendar, a system of timekeeping that, at over 12,000 years old, predates other ancient calendar systems by... continued