A DNA analysis confirmed that the rare and little-known Pallas’ cat lives on the body of Mount Everest—three miles above sea level. The discovery was made along Sagarmatha National Park on Mount Everest’s Southern Flank in Nepal after a month-long expedition collecting environmental samples. Scat recovered from the two separate sites located 3.7 miles apart […]
In 2020, China was preparing for its second landing on the moon as part of a sample-return mission of lunar regolith. Dramatic belly-cam footage was captured of the lander’s descent and touchdown. It shows the craft approaching the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) region of the moon at high speed and at an angle. What […]
110 years ago today, Grand Central Terminal in New York City was officially opened to the traveling public. The distinctive architecture and interior design consisting of legitimate works of fine art, Grand Central Terminal’s station house has earned it several landmark designations, including as a National Historic Landmark. Grand Central is one of the world’s […]
In the future, millions of artificial dandelion seeds carrying pollen could be dispersed freely by natural winds and then steered by light toward specific areas with trees or flowers awaiting pollination. The genesis for such wild imagination is the recent invention of a polymer-assembly robot that flies by wind, is controlled by light, and inspired […]
Reprinted with Permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet focusing on travel, foreign policy, health and fitness, and more. Workers building a new highway in Romania were forced to call archaeologists when it became clear they were digging straight through the tomb walls of a “princely Hunnic warrior.” Dating to the 5th century […]
A hiker captured the incredibly rare phenomenon of an ice disk on a mountain walk in the Scottish Highlands. 32-year-old David Brown from Dunoon, Scotland was hiking up the “Munro,” a Scots word for a peak above 3,000 feet in elevation, when he came across the rare sight with his father. “I was hiking Beinn […]
A vaccine for the lethal Marburg virus has shown huge promise in early human trials with all participants easily tolerating the shot, and showing robust antibody responses. Developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) an additional Phase 1 safety trial is set to be performed in Kenya, Uganda, the […]
10 years ago today, London’s Shard opened its viewing platform to the paying public, allowing visitors to look out over the city through “tell:scopes” which give additional information about famous landmarks as you pass over them. The tallest building in the city—a set of glass spikes tapering up to the heavens, was originally disliked and […]
One of the most studied insect repellents in history, DEET has long been the first line of defense against mosquitoes for campers and field scientists alike. Now however, a combination of plant compounds has proved more effective for longer, and less irritative than commerical alternatives like DEET or picaridan. On its own, neither DEET, nor […]
A three-month-old western lowland gorilla named Bruno recently had his first steps caught on film. He wobbles a bit and leans on his mother Gracie for support before finally dropping back to the ground. Bruno (and what a perfect name for a gorilla) was born at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas in the early hours […]
A runestone was discovered in Norway recently that jumps back the origin date of runic writing by hundreds of years to a time before the fall of Rome. Based on carbon-dated organic remains, the reddish-brown sandstone block may have been carved as far back as 250 to 1 CE—making it the oldest ever found. Most […]
A rare Indigenous Canadian jacket believed to be more than 170 years old has turned up at a vintage clothing warehouse in the UK. The brown fringe jacket arrived at the Glass Onion vintage warehouse in Barnsley, South Yorkshire after it was brought to the UK from a clothing bale from America. After the authenticity […]