50,000-Year-Old Sewing Needle Unearthed in Siberia — but was Not Made by Humans

September 6, 2016
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 50,000-year-old sewing needle, made from bone, that was excavated from a cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains. This well-preserved sewing implement sports a hole for guiding the thread, and is still appears to be... continued

World’s Smartest Physicist Thinks We Can’t Crack Consciousness.

September 2, 2016
Despite the progress made by modern science over the past few centuries, one of the biggest questions that has been on the mind of man since time immemorial, and yet remaining perhaps the most elusive, is that of the nature... continued

Meet Dragonfly 44: The Milky Way’s Dark-Matter Twin

September 2, 2016
Astronomers have discovered something strange about an ultra-diffuse galaxy in the Coma Cluster called Dragonfly 44. It went largely overlooked by astronomers until recently, due to it only emitting 1 percent of the light that the Milky Way does, hence... continued

New High-Powered Computer Simulations May Determine if we are Living in a High-Powered Computer Simulation

September 1, 2016
A growing number of scientists are starting to seriously consider the possibility that we are living in a Matrix-like computer simulation, including influential physicists such as Dr. Michio Kaku. And some are actively looking for scientific clues as to whether... continued

Costa Rica Runs on 100% Renewable Energy for nearly an Entire Year!

August 31, 2016
Earlier this year, we reported that the countries of Portugal and Germany had set new records by generating electricity using renewable resources, with Portugal running on 100 percent renewables for four-and-a-half days, and Germany reaching 95 percent over the duration... continued

Global Warming May Cancel Future Summer Olympic Events

August 30, 2016
As we wind down from another meeting of the world's greatest athletes at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a new report is warning that global warming may dramatically reduce the number of cities that can host the event... continued

Million-Year-Old Stone Tools may have been Hunting Weapons for Early Humans

August 27, 2016
A new theory put forward by a team of researchers may indicate the use of stone weapons by ancient humans from nearly 2 million years ago. The round stones, first excavated in South Africa's Cave of Hearths 30 years ago,... continued

An Earth-Like Planet has been Found Orbiting the Closest Star to Earth — So Close Will Soon be able to Reach It!

August 26, 2016
Astronomers with the Pale Red Dot Project have announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to Earth. The newfound planet, currently called "Proxima b", has the fortune of being 1.3 times the mass of... continued

Native Alaskan Village Forced to Move due to Climate Change

August 24, 2016
The erosion of the shoreline of Alaska's Sarichef Island from rising sea levels has prompted the residents of the island's village of Shishmaref to decide to relocate, before their traditional island home is overcome by the sea. Home to 650... continued

China’s ‘Quantum Satellite’ to Provide Hack-Proof Communication Network

August 24, 2016
On August 1, China launched their Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. This satellite, a joint Austrian-Chinese collaboration, is intended to facilitate long-distance experiments in quantum optics, to allow... continued