2019-03-01
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Michigan Meteor Causes 2.0 Earthquake — and may have Reached the Earth’s Surface
January 19, 2018The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that a bright meteor that broke up over the Detroit area on the evening of January 16 caused a 2.0 magnitude earthquake in Michigan. The meteorite fell about five miles (8 kilometers) from... continued
Massive Reservoirs of Ice have been Found just under the Surface of Mars
January 18, 2018A significant layer of water ice has been spotted across the mid latitudes of Mars, located just a few feet below the planet's surface. This new finding adds a new layer to the geological history of the Red Planet, and... continued
Australian Firehawks Deliberately Start Wildfires to Flush Out Prey
January 17, 2018Adding to the list of animals that make use of tools, it turns out that Australian raptors deliberately set fires to flush out prey, picking up burning sticks from an existing fire and dropping them onto dry grass to start... continued
Does the Mysterious Big Void in the Great Pyramid hold a Throne made from Extraterrestrial Metal?
January 16, 2018Last November, the Scan Pyramids project unveiled evidence that there is a 30-meter (100-foot) chamber running above the Grand Gallery in the Great Pyramid at Giza. The image of the chamber, produced by muon tomography (basically an x-ray of the... continued
Researchers use AI to Decode Human Thought Patterns
January 13, 2018Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University have developed a new artificial intelligence program that can be used to decode human thought patterns, translating brain scans into pictures of not only what the subject is looking at, but also simply remembering, into... continued
The Hypatia Stone Meteorite may be Older than the Solar System — or from Somewhere Else Altogether
January 12, 2018A new analysis of a small rock called the Hypatia Stone, presumed to be a fragment from a comet, reveals that it might either be from outside the Solar System, or older than the Sun itself. Discovered in 1996 in... continued
2017 was the Second Hottest Year on Record, Barely Beating an El Niño-Fueled 2016
January 11, 2018Europe's Copernicus Programme has announced that 2017 was the world's second hottest year on record, coming in at only 0.1ºC cooler than 2016's El Niño-influenced record at 1.2ºC (2.2ºF) above pre-industrial levels, with 2017 actually being the hottest year on... continued
Cybersecurity Flaws ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ Affect Nearly Every Computer on the Planet
January 10, 2018On January 3, a group of cybersecurity experts announced the existence of two security flaws affecting virtually every microprocessor on the planet, codenamed 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre': the Meltdown exploit affects computer processors that were built by Intel over the past... continued
The Beaufort Gyre is stuck in a Clockwise Pattern, Worrying Researchers
January 9, 2018The Beaufort Gyre is a wind-driven circular current in the western half of the Arctic Ocean, that alternates between a clockwise and counter-clockwise motion: when it circulates clockwise, it traps ice and melted freshwater, and when it spins counter-clockwise, it... continued
“Eat me!” A New Study shows how a Common Parasite Turns Mice into Cat-Seeking Zombies
January 6, 2018While we tend to think of the concept of a cat-and-mouse chase to be a one-way affair, this isn't always the case with the animals that originated the phrase: a parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, can create a suicidal aggressiveness in... continued