A fleet of DIY solar-powered, high-altitude research balloons have recorded a mysterious low-frequency sound high in the upper atmosphere that repeats a number of times each hour. The sound occurs in the infrasound range, meaning it’s below the threshold of human hearing, only occasionally spiking as high as 25read more
A rash of neurological injuries suffered by diplomats assigned to U.S. embassies in Cuba and China were likely caused by directed microwave energy, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences. The report, titled “An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseasread more
Astronomers may have solved the mystery behind the source of the enigmatic phenomenon called fast radio bursts, powerful blasts of radio waves from far outside the Milky Way Galaxy that last for mere fractions of a second, with a recently-discovered celestial body that is surprisingly close to our homeread more
A team of researchers from Brazil, Japan and the US may have solved the mystery regarding how the evolution of verbal language as used by humans got its start, using the connection between ancient cave art and the acoustic properties of the caves that they are found in. The authorsread more