A strange string of events led archaeologists to uncover an ancient treasure trove, dating to the late Roman period, in a river valley cave in northern Spain. And it all started with a badger. After heavy snows hit the Iberian Peninsula amidst Storm Filomena in the winter of 2021, one Grado resident, Roberto Garcia, accompanied…
Foraging Badger Unearths Trove of Over 200 Roman Coins Dating Back to the 3rd Century in Cave in Spain
January 26, 2022
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Flying Car Certified to Fly, Paving Way for Mass Production of ‘Very Efficient Flying Cars’
A hybrid car-airplane known as “AirCar” has been issued a certificate of airworthiness by the Slovakian civil aviation authority, potentially paving the way for the future of flying vehicles. The dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, which looks like a sports car, was created by a team of eight highly-skilled specialists at the Slovakian company Klein Vision, which was founded…
Forest ‘Resilience’ May Translate to Fewer Trees: Study
January 24, 2022
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Scientists studying forest density in the Sierra Nevada have found that trees there were scarcer but physically larger in 1911 than in 2011, meaning that “resilient” forests could be remarkably thin by today’s standards. “Our findings suggest forests need to be treated more intensively than is often done when just reducing fuels, particularly greater reductions…
New Space Telescope Reaches Final Stop Million Miles Out
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The world’s biggest, most powerful space telescope arrived at its observation post 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe. On command, the James Webb Space Telescope fired its rocket thrusters for nearly five minutes to go into…
Solar-Powered Observatory Monitors Space Debris
A unique observatory in the Australian outback is using FM radio waves to track the thousands of satellites orbiting above the country. A world-first, the passive radar space observatory is tracking space debris as far as 10,000 kilometers (6214 miles) away. “We’re seeing increasing traffic in the space domain, so what we’re doing with sensors…
Australia’s Beaches With Most Plastic Revealed
A world-first citizen science project has revealed the beaches with the highest levels of plastics in Australia, after nearly 800 trained volunteers collected at least three million plastic fragments from over 300 beaches in the longitudinal research project. “This is the most substantial data we have on the scope and impact of microplastics in Australia’s…
All 100 Lab Monkeys Accounted for After Several Escape Crash
DANVILLE, Pa.—The last of the escaped monkeys from the crash of a truck towing a trailer load of 100 of the animals was accounted for by late Saturday, a day after the pickup collided with a dump truck on a Pennsylvania highway, authorities said. Several monkeys had escaped following Friday’s collision, Pennsylvania State Police said….
Research Paper Taken Down for Sourcing Non-Consensual DNA Samples From Tibetans and Uyghurs
January 23, 2022
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A respected science journal has withdrawn a study that collected DNA samples from Tibetans and Uyghurs without informed consent. It comes against the backdrop of China’s increasing crackdown on ethnic minorities in Tibet and the northwestern region of Xinjiang, using tactics such as cultural and religious suppression, mass internment, forced labor, and the separation of…
VIDEO: Astronomers Watch Red Supergiant 10X Bigger Than Our Sun Explode in Real Time for First Time Ever
January 23, 2022
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A dying red supergiant star, 10 times more massive than our sun, has collapsed—and for the first time ever, Earth observatories have imaged a Type II supernova explosion in real time. Astronomers at Hawaii’s Keck Observatory in the summer of 2020 were conducting the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE) transient survey when a bright light emanating from a…
British Medical Journal Demands Immediate Release of All COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment Data
January 21, 2022
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The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has demanded the full and immediate release of all data related to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, saying it is in the public’s interest to do so. BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical trade journal published by the trade union the British Medical Association, called for the release of the data in an editorial published on Wednesday….
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