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The Oceans are Heating Up at a Rate of Several Nuclear Bombs… per Second!
January 27, 2020Although 2019 was only the second hottest year on record for the Earth's atmosphere, it turns out that it was the hottest for a major portion of the planet that we tend to forget about: the world's oceans. The oceans have... continued
Virulent Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts High-Level Quarantine in Central China
January 24, 2020An outbreak involving a novel coronavirus is currently underway in China's city of Wuhan, causing a flu-like illness in over 1,354 people, with at least 41 deaths having been reported. The disease's virulent nature has prompted Chinese authorities to suspend... continued
Dimming Supergiants and Strange Gravity Waves: Is Betelgeuse About to Explode?
January 22, 2020For the past month the star Betelgeuse has been acting strangely, having dimmed to a luminosity lower than at any point in history, prompting speculation that the supergiant star might be about to explode into a supernova. Although astronomers point... continued
Release of UFO Documents Would Compromise Us National Security, According to US Navy
January 20, 2020In early December 2019, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that the US Navy has media in the form of top-secret presentation slides and video regarding the "Tic-Tac" UFO encountered by the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group off of... continued
The 2010s Were the Hottest Decade on Record
January 17, 20202019 is now officially the second warmest year on record, according to a joint press release from NASA and NOAA, with 2016 still holding the dubious distinction of being at the top of the global warming thermometer. Unfortunately, because the... continued
Winter Is Coming—At Least for Artificial Intelligence
January 16, 2020The 2010s were a decade that saw huge developments in the field of artificial intelligence, with machines being built with the capacity to teach themselves how to play (and win at) strategy-based board games, take a stroll through the woods,... continued
The Birds of The Nazca Lines: Astronomical Illustrations or Sacred Signposts?
January 13, 2020Researchers studying the morphological traits of the birds of Peru's famous Nazca Lines have made an interesting revelation regarding the animals depicted by the massive earthworks: none of them are native to the Nazca region, but instead represent coastal creatures,... continued
Why Have 100 of the Galaxy’s Stars Gone Missing?
January 11, 2020A recent comparison of star catalogues taken nearly two-thirds of a century apart have revealed that our local stellar neighborhood has lost at least 100 stars since the 1950s. The team of researchers that conducted the survey are at a... continued
Iran’s 13 “Revenge Scenarios” Likely Involve Cyber Attacks. Texas Ag Department Already Hit
January 8, 2020The January 3 assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani by a US missile strike has prompted calls for revenge against the US from Iran's top officials, with the secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, considering... continued
Australia’s Deadly Wildfires: “Unprecedented”
January 6, 2020An "unprecedented" series of massive wildfires have been burning for more than a month in numerous areas across Australia, especially in New South Wales, displacing tens of thousands of people and leaving 25 dead. Despite being an annual occurrence, this... continued