Tag: Science

Drained Lake Reveals Remnants of Lost Italian Village

ROME—The eerie image of a church bell tower emerging from Lake Resia in northern Italy became so famous it inspired a book and a Netflix series. Now the remains of the surrounding village, which has been under water for more than 70 years, have been revealed again. The village of Curon once had some 900…


Handwritten Example of Famous Einstein Equation Gets $1.2 Million

BOSTON—A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E = mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get, Boston-based RR Auction said Friday. Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology and the…


‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse to Appear in the Sky Next Month—Here’s What You Need to Know:

A “ring of fire” eclipse will occur next month over Canada and its environs; and will be visible from the remote areas of north Ontario, Russia, Greenland, and Polar Bear Provincial Park (located on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay). The annular solar eclipse—where the outer edge of the Sun is visible behind the Moon—will…


Supreme Court Revives Oil and Gas Company Federal Appeal in Climate Change Case

The Supreme Court on Monday has backed a bid by oil and gas companies to keep a lawsuit against them in the federal courts after a lower federal court ruled that the case should be heard in a state court. The oil and gas companies, including Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron, had asked the nation’s…


UK Farmer Unearths WWII Amphibious Assault Tank That Disappeared 74 Years Ago

A Crowland, UK, farmer recently dug up an amphibious WWII military vehicle that was buried under 30 feet of earth. Now, he is working to restore the Buffalo LVT-4—once thought to be lost to history. An excavation involving 50 men to exhume the tank in Lincolnshire Fens has afforded farmer Daniel Abbott the opportunity to…


Pentagon: ‘UFO’ Footage From US Navy Is Under Investigation

The Pentagon has confirmed that images and footage of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) released to the public last month were taken by U.S. Navy personnel, and are currently under investigation by its UAP Task Force. It comes after documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell shared media on YouTube, writing that the U.S. Navy “photographed and filmed ‘pyramid’…


Pentagon Says ‘UFO’ Footage From US Navy Is Under Investigation

The Pentagon has confirmed that images and footage of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) released to the public last month were taken by U.S. Navy personnel, and are currently under investigation by its UAP Task Force. It comes after documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell shared media on YouTube, writing that the U.S. Navy “photographed and filmed ‘pyramid’…


Human Evolution Theories Face Serious Challenges From Fossils, Study Finds

The origin of humans has always been one of the ultimate questions in science. Ever since Charles Darwin wrote his book “On the Origin of Species,” paving the way for many scientists to reject the idea of divine creation, evolutionists have been trying to find a satisfactory explanation for how humans originated. Darwin himself speculated…


Microplastic Warning: Experts Recommend Washing Rice to Avoid Eating Plastic

Australian researchers recommend we rinse our rice to avoid ingesting plastics, according to a world-first study measuring the levels of microplastic in rice. The lead author of the research, Jake O’Brien, said that people might consume 3 to 4 mg of plastic through a single-serve of uncooked rice. Plastics in instant rice, which undergoes more processing, were…


Faraway NASA Probe Detects the Eerie Hum of Interstellar Space

WASHINGTON—The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” was advertised with the memorable tagline, “In space no can hear you scream.” It did not say anything about humming. Instruments aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which nine years ago exited our solar system’s outer reaches, have detected a faint monotonous hum caused by the constant vibrations of…