French police have been left baffled by a huge hole punched in the roof of a car – and believe a meteorite may be to blame. Firefighters were called to a vehicle in Strasbourg in the early hours of Monday morning following reports of a smoking car. They arrived to find a 50cm-wide hole in the roof of... Continue Reading →
AN extreme drop in oxygen could wipe out most life on Earth, according to a scientific study. The prediction is based on past oxidation events and the idea that habitable planets don't keep atmospheric oxygen forever. Science Alert highlighted the study which was published in the journal Nature back in 2021. The researchers wrote: "The lifespan of oxygen-based biosignatures in... Continue Reading →
Scientists have only scratched the surface of the Earth's oceans, meaning there is a host of marine life that we don't even know about yet. There are a lot more interesting things roaming around than just cute little fishes - but it's the things that eat them that we ought to be wary of. Reddit... Continue Reading →
An Icelandic volcanologist is sounding the alarm about a 3-foot deep sinkhole discovered near the site of a volcano threatening eruption. It's a sign that the volcanic eruption could reach the town limits of Grindavík, which was evacuated days ago. The sinkhole joins a growing list of signs that the volcano is threatening to erupt,... Continue Reading →
An Australian cattle farmer has managed to survive a crocodile attack after biting the huge predator on the eyelid. Colin Deveraux told national broadcaster ABC that he was working along the Finniss River in the Northern Territory when he stopped to check a billabong, an Australian term for a pond left when a river recedes.... Continue Reading →
Orcas have gone and done it again, demonstrating that they still despise boats for reasons scientists can't figure out. For months now, orcas, also known as killer whales, have been assaulting boats — especially, it seems, yachts — off the coasts of Spain and Morocco, sending several to the bottom of the sea. A Polish touring company,... Continue Reading →
The Italian government is planning for a possible evacuation of more than 300,000 people due to a nearby dormant super volcano showing signs of an eruption - one month after American researchers found one rumbling in the US. Campo Flegrei, west of Naples, has experienced more than 2,500 earthquakes in the past three months, with the largest hitting a... Continue Reading →
A snorkeler with an environmental passion made a deadly discovery on his goggles while he was gathering rubbish from underwater in Australia. Mat Rogerson shared a series of photos of the octopus after discovering it clinging to his goggles while cleaning up the ocean in Perth last week. He was horrified to realize it was a... Continue Reading →
An elderly Korean man has died after a still-wriggling piece of octopus he was eating became lodged in his throat. The victim, 82, was eating the local delicacy, which is known as san-nakji, in South Korea's southern city of Gwangju on Monday morning when the incident happened. He had a heart attack while choking and couldn't be... Continue Reading →
Passengers on a JetBlue flight were shocked when the plane popped a wheelie Sunday night after arriving at JFK Airport. Shocking images shared online show the Airbus A321ceo tipped back — its nose reaching skyward and the tail planted on the ground. Passengers were getting off Flight 662 from Bridgetown, Barbados, when the bizarre incident... Continue Reading →
