UK to Release Delayed UFO Documents After June’s General Election

May 28, 2017
The United Kingdom's National Archives has announced that 18 documents pertaining to UFOs that were withheld from release alongside thousands of other UFO documents in 2013 won't be released until after the UK's general election in June. UFO researchers are... continued

Brain Stimulation of Patients in a Vegetative State Helps Them to Communicate

May 27, 2017
 Researchers in Belgium have developed a technique that allows coma patients that are in a minimally-conscious state to become aware enough to communicate -- for up to a week -- using mild electrical stimulation to their brains. Building on the... continued

Top-Secret Russian Satellites are using Next-Generation Ion Engines to Rendezvous with Other Orbital Objects

May 26, 2017
Three top-secret satellites launched by Russia between 2013 and 2015 have recently been reactivated, and appear to be carrying out missions to rendezvous with other man-made objects in orbit, performing comparatively dramatic maneuvers to make their intercepts. Despite assurances from... continued

Global Warming Causes the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to Spring a Leak

May 25, 2017
The Officials in charge of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault have reported that water from melting permafrost and heavy rain, brought about by record-high temperatures in the Arctic over the past winter, has leaked into the entrance tunnel leading to... continued

Homo Neledi ‘s Young Age Upends Modern Theories on the Development of Human Culture and Technology

May 20, 2017
The definitive dating of the remains of the extinct hominin Homo naledi has been completed, and the results have left researchers' original assumptions about the age of the creature in the dust: initially thought to be 2.5 million years old,... continued

A Human-Made Forcefield is Helping Protect the Earth from Radiation from Outer Space

May 19, 2017
The study of space weather has taken on an increased importance in recent decades, as the importance of the effects of the day-to-day conditions of our immediate solar system continue to be uncovered, with the effects here on Earth ranging... continued

2002 DoD Manual Instructs Military Personnel on how to Handle UFO Photos

May 18, 2017
Following the official closure of the Air Force's Project Blue Book in December of 1969, it was assumed that all branches of the U.S. government and military had washed their hands of the issue of investigating UFOs. However, the decades... continued

WannaCry Ransomware Stopped by a Simple URL; and Microsoft Calls for the End of the Weaponization of Cyber Exploits

May 17, 2017
The actions of a quick thinking cyber security expert may have saved untold thousands of computers around the world from infection from the ransomware known as "WannaCry", a form of malware that crippled hundreds of thousands of computer systems around... continued

Searching for Alien Civilizations — Right Here on Earth?

May 16, 2017
What if we're looking for alien life in all the wrong places? In response to the current search for alien life in sources beyond Earth, Penn State astronomer Jason Wright has published a paper titled "Prior Indigenous Technological Species", putting... continued

Unknowncountry Climate Watch Update

May 14, 2017
Climate Watch predicts fewer but more violent storms across the summer of 2017, with generally mild temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere. However, if circulation extends into the upper stratosphere where temperature differences are now unprecedented, storms will rapidly and suddenly increase... continued