What a Trump Presidency Means for the Environment

November 12, 2016
It would be a gross understatement to say that president-elect Donald Trump hasn't kept his intentions regarding environmental policy a secret -- he's outright declared climate change to be a hoax, promised to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, pull out... continued

Voyager 2 may have been Hacked by Extraterrestrials

November 11, 2016
On May 23, 2010, as it was hurtling toward the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space, the Voyager 2 space probe, having traveled 10 billion miles (16 billion kilometers) over 33 years, suffered a strange malfunction. Or, at... continued

Mysterious Sonar Pings Recorded in Canada’s Arctic Territory

November 10, 2016
A mysterious pinging sound has been reported over the past year coming from the waters of Fury and Hecla Strait in Canada's Nunavut territory. The sound, apparently readily detectable by sonar equipment, is being blamed for a sudden scarcity of... continued

U.S. Intelligence Warns of Retaliation if Russian Hackers Disrupt the Presidential Election

November 8, 2016
U.S. intelligence officials are warning that the United States is considering launching cyber attacks against Russian interests, in retaliation for potential interference by Russian hackers in the upcoming American presidential election. NBC News reports of the existence of "top-secret cyber... continued

Cyberweapon Test in Africa Suggests Massive Internet Attack Coming

November 5, 2016
Over the past week, the African country of Liberia has been the target of a series of high-bandwidth directed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, nearly crippling the nation's fledgling internet service. The attacks originated from a network called Mirai botnet... continued

One of the Solar System’s Largest Storms has Changed Color from Blue to Gold

November 4, 2016
One of the solar system's largest -- and perhaps the most geometric -- storm systems surrounds the north pole of Saturn. This prominent feature of Saturn's atmosphere not only appears as a geometric hexagonal pattern, but it has also sported... continued

Renewable Energy Made Up Three-Quarters of New Electricity Sources in 2015

November 3, 2016
While the steady increase of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and the rise of global temperatures can make the state of affairs for the future of our climate seem bleak, there is positive progress being made in regards to how... continued

Archaeological Dig Finds Modern Pharmaceuticals Among Ancient Remedies

November 2, 2016
Due to a regional drought in 2007, a previously-unexplored portion of the ancient Greek city of Bathonea, situated on the shore of Lake Kucukcekmece in modern-day Turkey, was exposed, and is now accessible for archaeologists to excavate. One of the... continued

September 2016 Doesn’t Break a Monthly Temperature Record — Finally!

November 1, 2016
After 16 consecutive months of record-breaking global average temperatures, the month of September, 2016, came in merely as the second-highest in the 137-year record, 0.04°C (0.07°F) cooler than the current record holder, September 2015. While we might congratulate last September... continued

Hillary Clinton Wants to Publicly Discuss the UFO Phenomenon

October 27, 2016
It's no secret that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman John Podesta have a keen interest in the subject of unidentified flying objects -- both have publicly discussed this interest, and their intention to instigate disclosure of... continued