Two German broadsheets — the 16th-century equivalent of newspapers — now preserved in a Zurich library depict a bizarre incident that occurred on April 16, 1561, in the skies over Nuremberg, Germany. An eyewitness, professional illustrator Hans Glasser, made an engraving that shows a variety of enormous objects — globes, airplanelike flying crosses, and long [...]
Worms have survived their first space mission in liquid form. The result, published in a Royal Society journal, means worm colonies can be established on space stations without the need for researchers to tend to them. The animals are helping scientists understand the effects of weightlessness and high radiation levels experienced in space. Lessons learned [...]
Remarkable video of something flying erratically in the night sky over Australia. This is what the uploader Alicia5D on YouTube has to say about it Now it sounds like the “police” helicopter is doing the rounds there has been a plane or helicopter flying over Geelong for the last few hours, every few mins I [...]
If you want to know how our ancestors lived 1.2 million years ago, all you need to do is follow the happenings at Olorgesailie prehistoric site, for it is the best dated prehistoric site in the world for that period. The 300 square kilometre site, on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, an hour’s [...]
For many Christians, it’s a foregone conclusion that Jesus was not only a real person, but a god. The god. While this position doesn’t hold any water in academic circles, there is a legitimate question to ask: Was there a real person whose life was the inspiration for either the gospel, Paul’s epistles, or both? [...]
Archaeologists led by the University of Birmingham with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection have discovered evidence of two huge pits positioned on celestial alignment at Stonehenge. Shedding new light on the significant association of the monument with the sun, these pits may have contained tall stones, wooden posts or even fires to mark [...]
NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST). “We are very excited about sending the world’s most advanced scientific [...]
Stephen Hawking says the colonization of outer space is key to the survival of humankind, predicting it will be difficult for the world’s inhabitants “to avoid disaster in the next hundred years.” WHERE TO GO? SEE OPTIONS BELOW The renowned astrophysicist explores some of the most remarkable advancements in technology and health with the new [...]
Welcoming the local authorities’ move to the dark side, Darth Vader has asked for a land plot in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa to park his space ship. An Odessite dressed as the Star Wars villain visited the mayor’s office this week to claim a free land plot citing Ukrainian legislation which grants [...]
The gold still glistened after a more than 1,000 years underground; the gemstones glinted at their first touch of sunlight, undimmed by a millennium in the dirt. “It’s a necklace,” said a Polish archaeologist breathless with excitement. “They’ve found a gold necklace!” As the fine grey sand of Afghanistan’s sun-bleached mountains was gently sieved away, [...]