The concentration of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere rose at a record-breaking rate in 2021, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), jumping by 17 parts per billion (ppb) over the course of the year, beating 2020’s precipitous rise of 15.3 ppb. The estimated 640 million tons ofread more
Nuclear waste: the radioactive material left over from numerous medical, industrial and military applications can persist for millions of years before its atomic structure decays into a more stable element. Although the long-term storage of toxic byproducts can mostly keep them out of harm’s way for hundreds of thousands ofread more
In January of 2021, Whitley interviewed famed medium Stewart Alexander. The first words of the first listener comment on the show were “how can I know this is real?” It was a good question, and Whitley did not forget it when he went to England where Stewart lives and conductsread more
Radio astronomers in China have observed what they believe to be an artificial radio signal from another star system, a system that is home to an exoplanet with characteristics extremely similar to that of the Earth. The research team that made the discovery included researchers from Beijing Normal University, theread more