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Researchers are studying lava tunnels in order to have humans colonize the moon by 2030. At the 2017 European Planetary Science Congress in Riga, Latvia, researchers laid out a plan for what life on the moon could look like. Village representative Bernard Foing spoke of families leaving Earth to live on the moon, and even […]

Octopuses have been discovered building their own underwater city off the East Coast of Australia, proving that the mysterious creatures aren’t necessarily as reclusive as previously thought. Hours of footage from Go-Pro cameras revealed the creatures to be surprisingly social. These octopuses—aptly-named octopus tetricus, or gloomy octopus—sculpted their own “dens” from piles of shells left over from creatures they’d […]

According to new studies, scientists have found sharks live longer than first thought. Scientists realized that previous methods of measuring the ages of shark species were faulty. Scientists would cut through the spines of the sharks and count the pairs of bands to measure age, Nature reported. They would measure age as if looking at […]

Researchers have recently discovered that bacteria aboard the International Space Station (ISS) show a “shape-shifting” behavior. In a recent study, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, researchers took cultured E. coli bacteria and exposed them to different concentrations of a common antibiotic, gentamicin sulfate, that is deadly to E. coli on Earth. What they observed is […]

A teenage girl who suffered from “Rapunzel syndrome,” an extremely rare intestinal condition that results from ingesting hair, has died after eating her own hair. It was reported this week on LincolnshireLive.com. Jasmine Beever, of Skegness in the United Kingdom, was hospitalized on Sept. 7. Jasmine suffered from peritonitis, where the thin membrane that covers […]

Part of a lost Roman city was discovered underwater, off the coast of Tunisia. Researchers hypothesized that part of the ancient city known as Neapolis was submerged in an ancient tsunami, 1,700 years ago. A team from the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari in Italy were put together to find Neapolis, […]

Asian carp videos have gone viral in recent years, showing the invasive fish springing from the water en masse. The video was captured several years ago near the Spoon River in Illinois, showing the fish jumping from the water as a boat passes by. It may be a humorous scene for some, but to federal […]

The so-called amazing monstrous whirpool of Dviete, Latvia, has captured the attention of tens of millions over the past several years. It’s a pretty mesmerizing scene, as the whirpool sucks everything down. Specifically, it was captured near the banks of the Daugava River.   “Swallowing everything dragged toward its direction,” reads the description from Janis […]

Longtime space advocate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next administrator of NASA. Bridenstine is known for his strong support for a new manned mission to the Moon and for his belief that the United States needs to challenge China’s ever-expanding presence in space. The nomination of […]

A mother of four said she underwent two operations after she was bitten by a spider while she was in the bathroom. Lauren Boddy, 27, of England, said she was using the bathroom when she spotted a red mark on her leg. It didn’t hurt much on the first day. But on the second day, […]

Human footprints were found imprinted an ancient seashore fossilized beneath the Greek Island of Crete. The find threatens to rewrite what all scientists currently know about human development. The finding comes after other recent European finds that question whether Africa indeed hosted the earliest humans. The Crete fossil is 5.7 million years old. The finding […]

A San Francisco startup is selling the blood of young people for $8,000. They are running experiments to see the health benefits of putting the blood of teenagers into older people, as BBC reported. The company hosts a procedure that takes 2.6 quarts of plasma from youngsters and injects it into older folks with a […]

Now’s the perfect time to get up close and personal with the Northern Lights. The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, are a natural phenomenon that light up the night sky most notably in the Arctic region. The dazzling spectacle – akin to a free laser show – is a hypnotic dance of colours […]

Here’s a great reason not to eat raw seafood. A 375-year-old mummy found in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection, and researchers think that he may have gotten the infection by eating raw shellfish. The man was identified as Jing Lee, who died in 1642 at the age of 63 in Cheongo, and his […]

Researchers traveled to the depths of the Amazon and found a monkey species that hadn’t been seen in 80 years. Saki monkey expert Laura Marsh was looking for anything that could lead her to the rare Vanzolini saki. She has been studying saki monkeys for 10 years. In 2014, she already identified five new species […]

The largest asteroid ever tracked by NASA will zoom nearby the planet Earth on Sept. 1, providing astronomy fans a rare treat shortly after the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. NASA estimates asteroid Florence to measure about 2.7 miles wide. Although it will not be the closest asteroid to pass near Earth, it […]

Which threat is greater for humanity than comets and asteroids crashing from outer space? According to one scientist from NASA’s Advisory Council on Planetary Defense, it’s a supervolcano sitting beneath one of the most beautiful places in America and the world—Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone Volcano gets regular media buzz because it explodes every 600,000 […]

A baby born near Mumbai, India, was born with his own half-formed twin brother inside his stomach. The deceased twin—which was nearly 3 inches in length and had formed in the other baby’s abdomen—had a brain, arm, and legs, according to the India Times. Dr. Neena Nichlani, who delivered the twins, said the case is rare, […]

A 2,000-year-old skeleton of a toddler was discovered in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula, showing that the boy had a cranial deformation. Scientists from the Archaeology Fund, a group that organizes digs across Central Russia, Crimea, and Northern Africa, described the finding as the “alien’s grave” due to the skull’s unusual shape, Russian […]

A team of Spanish archaeologists recently discovered a significant amount of embalming materials for the Vizier Ipi of Egypt’s 12th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom—dating back around 4,000 years. They’ve found urns, shrouds and bandages, oils, and natron salts. What’s more, the team found the alleged heart of Ipi, who was the overseer of Thebes […]