Courtship cut short for termites trapped in 38 million-year-old amber fossil
A rare piece of amber has preserved the mating behavior of 38 million-year-old termites, researchers have revealed. The amber, or fossilized tree resin, holds […]
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“Unresolved”: US Government Releases Fresh Batch Of UFO Footage To The Public
The US Government has released a fresh batch of footage taken of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) around the world, as well as explanations that turn […]
Nikola Tesla Thought He’d Picked Up A Signal From Intelligent Aliens
Nikola Tesla, famed for his work on alternating current, was one hell of an inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist. His inventions have been found to […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Opinions On The Scientific Accuracy Of Dune
If you haven’t seen Dune or Dune II, now is a very confusing time to be on social media, seeing posts about some guy named […]
NASA Reveals New “Golden Record” Being Sent To Jupiter On Europa Clipper
In October, NASA will launch Europa Clipper – a mission that aims to study the intriguing icy moon of Jupiter like no other spacecraft has […]
India’s evolutionary past tied to huge migration 50,000 years ago and to now-extinct human relatives
Researchers have gleaned new insights into India’s evolutionary history after conducting the largest genome study of its kind. Scientists analyzed more than 2,700 modern Indian […]
Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say
Plague pits containing the remains of at least 1,000 victims have been unearthed in southern Germany. The pits could together form the largest mass grave […]
New ‘petabit-scale’ optical disc can store as much information as 15,000 DVDs
Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase information storage capacity to the “petabit” level — 125 terabytes of data, or […]
3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities
A 3,300-year-old clay tablet from central Turkey describes a catastrophic foreign invasion of the Hittite Empire, a mysterious Bronze Age state. The invasion took place […]
Patagonian mara: The monogamous rodents that mate only a few times a year but pee on each other constantly
Name: Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) Where it lives: Arid grasslands and brush lands in central and southern Argentina What it eats: Grasses, cacti, seeds, fruits, […]
