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Nate Makes Landfall in US as Category 1 Hurricane
October 8, 2017Hurricane Nate is moving at a remarkable speed of 23 miles an hour, the fastest on record in the Gulf of Mexico. This is fortunate, because if the storm had stalled over open gulf waters as Katrina and Harvey did,... continued
Saint Nicholas’ Tomb may have been Found in Modern-Day Turkey
October 7, 2017Do you believe in Santa Claus? Archaeologists in Turkey believe they may have found the true tomb of Hágios Nikólaos, better known in the west as Saint Nicholas, the fourth-century saint famous for his charity work and gift-giving, that eventually... continued
Tropical Storm Nate Expected to Hit US as a Hurricane Sunday
October 6, 2017A cluster of thunderstorms in the southwestern Caribbean has organized into the 16th tropical depression of the Atlantic's hurricane season, and is expected to become the season's 14th named storm, Nate. The storm is forecast to cut across the northeastern... continued
Ride the 37th Parallel: America’s UFO Highway
October 5, 2017A brother-sister team of paranormal researchers has found a pattern in the locations of anomalous phenomena, strewn along an east-west line following the 37th parallel, a formation they're dubbing America's "Paranormal Freeway". This latitude line is easy to pick out... continued
USDA Study Shows Livestock Methane Emissions were Significantly Underestimated
October 4, 2017A new study has found that a 2011 estimate of methane emissions generated by the planet's livestock was incorrect, with the new finding indicating that they were actually 11 percent higher than the numbers used by the Intergovernmental Panel on... continued
Fortean Events: Fish Rain from the Sky over Mexico
October 3, 2017Although it's (finally) not raining cats and dogs in Tamaulipas state in northeastern Mexico, on September 26 the coastal city of Tampico reported a rain of small fish from the sky, accompanying a light rainshower. Although a rare and extremely... continued
SpaceX’s Big [Freakin’] Rocket could carry Passengers to the Moon, Mars… and Manchester?
September 30, 2017No-one could possibly accuse entrepreneurial wunderkind Elon Musk of being less than ambitious: between revolutionizing the electric car industry (Tesla), expanding the solar-electric generation industry (SolarCity), and devising new rapid mass-transit methods (Hyperloop), it's a wonder he has time for... continued
Solar Storms may cause some Whales to Tragically Beach Themselves
September 29, 2017In early 2016, 29 male sperm whales beached themselves along the shores of shores of France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands; with the tragic incidents occurring over a period of time totaling less than a month from January 8... continued
Governor Jerry Brown Declares California, Canadian Provinces “insurgent forces” in the Fight against Global Warming
September 28, 2017California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a formal agreement between his state and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, linking the three regions' carbon-emission markets. The deal, going into effect on January 1, creates the largest carbon market in... continued
An Expedition has been Launched to find Chichen Itza’s Mysterious Lost Underworld
September 27, 2017A new expedition to explore the Mayan complex at Chichen Itza has been launched, that will include studying the 1,000-year-old Temple of Kukulkan, and the landscape's numerous sinkholes. The expedition's aim is an attempt to uncover the secrets of a... continued