2019-03-01
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New High-Powered Computer Simulations May Determine if we are Living in a High-Powered Computer Simulation
September 1, 2016A 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, 2016Earlier 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, 2016As 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, 2016A 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, 2016Astronomers 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, 2016The 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, 2016On 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
Global Warming may Uncover Secret Army Base in Greenland — Including its Cache of Toxic Waste
August 23, 2016In 1960, the United States Army launched a program called "Project Iceworm", a plan to build launch sites for nuclear missiles under the northern Greenland ice sheet, to provide the missiles with closer access to the Soviet Union. To test... continued
And You Thought You Were Old: Greenland Sharks can Live to at Least 400 Years
August 19, 2016A new study on the lifespan of the Greenland shark has established that this fish may be the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth. While marine biologists have long suspected that this species of shark had a long lifespan -- one individual,... continued
New Findings Overturn Long-Standing Theory on Human Migration into the Americas
August 18, 2016First posited by the 16th century Spanish naturalist, José de Acosta, it has been a long-standing theory that the indigenous human populations in North and South America arrived there at the end of the last ice age, via the Bering... continued