New footage shows members of the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa tribe in Indonesia watching as a digger noisily tears up their forest. The "shocking" video provides a snapshot of what some campaigners are calling a “genocidal” mistreatment of this land and the Indigenous people who call it home. As shown by the new video, logging and... Continue Reading →
More than 4 billion years ago, when the solar system was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object the size of Mars crashed into the Earth. The biggest piece that broke off of the early Earth formed our moon. But precisely when this happened has remained a mystery. In a new... Continue Reading →
Nature is, among other things, unpredictable; for example, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions notoriously and problematically defy forecasting. And sometimes unanticipated natural events can turn up equally (if not even more) unanticipated archeological finds. For evidence, look no further than the recent 7.6-magnitude earthquake near Mexico’s west coast. As reported by ScienceAlert, the humongous quake inadvertently led... Continue Reading →
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it blanketed the surrounding area with hot gases and volcanic mud. The eruption famously froze a number of Pompeii residents in place, but it also carbonized hundreds of papyrus scrolls in a luxury villa in the town of Herculaneum. These scrolls, like chunks of charcoal, would break apart... Continue Reading →
In a heartwarming tale that reads like a scene from a fairy tale, 19-year-old Esha Patel, a student at the University of Cardiff, found herself in an enchanting encounter with nature during a recent fishing trip with her dad. As they were out by the woods, three deer emerged, an occurrence that might not be... Continue Reading →
Vaquitas are little porpoises that live in the northern area of the Gulf of California. Due to overfishing, they are almost extinct. The vaquita, also known as the Phocoena sinus, is a small porpoise that is native to the northern area of the Gulf of California. This divine sea creature can grow to be approximately five... Continue Reading →
The Mona Lisa has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait. The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Chemical... Continue Reading →
People in some areas of California are noticing spiders falling from the sky. Spiders are parachuting down in silky balloons, leaving stringy sticky webs all over Northern California neighborhoods. The bizarre phenomenon is happening just in time for Halloween. Brook Shadwell recorded videos of the phenomenon. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Shadwell tells Inside Edition. “At first I actually... Continue Reading →
What do you do with more than 130 arsenic-tinged taxidermied animals with significant historical and academic value, languishing in a now-closed museum that may or may not be a public health hazard? When the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, makes a decision, they’ll let you know. The extensive collection of decades-old preserved animals at... Continue Reading →
Even arachnophobes may have to tip their hat to this beast, who seems to bend all the rules of his race by sporting electric blue hair gel. The story of its discovery is a fascinating one, but the exercise of plumbing the depths of a Thailand mangrove forest wasn’t merely scientific in nature, but humanitarian... Continue Reading →
