Deep Resonance: The Hum of the Earth has been Recorded from the Ocean Floor

December 16, 2017
Despite the trials and tribulations experienced by humanity, the Earth itself continues to hum along through space -- quite literally, as researchers have made new recordings of the faint, yet steady low-level hum the Earth generates, using sensitive seismic instruments... continued

Footage of a Starving Polar Bear Graphically Illustrates the Impact of Global Warming on Animals in the Arctic

December 15, 2017
 Warning: The video attached to this article will be a heartbreaker for some readers. A chance encounter between a malnourished polar bear and the conservation group Sea Legacy provided photographer Paul Nicklen with the chance to document the sad state... continued

The 1998-2012 Global Warming Pause Didn’t Happen, according to a New Study

December 14, 2017
A new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Tsinghua University in Beijing has found that the global warming pause that was supposed to have occurred between 1998 and 2012 didn't actually happen. The discrepancy was apparently due to... continued

Breakthrough Listen to Investigate Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua for Artificial Radio Signals

December 13, 2017
One of the founders of the Breakthrough Listen Project, Yuri Milner, has announced that they will be investigating the Solar System's first recorded interstellar visitor, the asteroid ‘Oumuamua, for any potential artificial signals originating from the object. Although Milner admits... continued

Biological Molecules have been found to be able to Stabilize Quantum States

December 12, 2017
Over the course of an experiment involving the quantum entanglement of photons produced from naturally-occurring bioluminescent material, a team of researchers from Northwestern University has discovered that the special structure of proteins that were part of the bio-material somehow protected... continued

Halszkaraptor is One Weird Dinosaur: Part Penguin, Part Swan… All Raptor

December 9, 2017
After having been hidden away in a private collection for a decade-and-a-half, a new, extremely novel species of dinosaur has been discovered -- and it's one that's odd-looking enough for researchers to have assumed at first that it might have... continued

No Sonic Weapon involved in Attacks on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba — But What Caused Their Injuries?

December 8, 2017
Information regarding the condition of 24 U.S. diplomats working in Cuba that succumbed to what appeared to be a sonic attack earlier this year has been leaked by an anonymous source, offering new insight into the situation, and possibly ruling... continued

The Sudden Breakup of an Antarctic Iceberg has Researchers Worried about its Parent Glacier

December 6, 2017
In September 2017, a large iceberg roughly four times the size of Manhattan calved off of the Pine Island glacier in Antarctica (not to be confused with last July's massive iceberg that originated from the Larcen C ice shelf further... continued

2018 might be an Earthquake-Heavy Year

December 5, 2017
An increase in the number of devastating earthquakes around the world is being predicted for 2018, according to the University of Colorado's Roger Bilham and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana. The two geologists have made a detailed study... continued

DARPA’s New Device can Boost the Brain’s Learning Ability by 40 Percent

December 3, 2017
A new, non-invasive technique has been developed by researchers working for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that can boost the brain's cognitive ability by up to 40 percent. The international team, working under DARPA’s Restoring Active Memory (RAM)... continued