He was born with the body of a woman, but 27 years later, he managed to become what he always wanted. After many battles – both physical and mental – Thomas Page McBee transformed himself into a transgender boxer, who, in addition to fighting in the ring, writes literature and shares his experience with the world, […]
A huge lake buried thousands of feet underneath Antarctica’s ice is about to yield its secrets, after scientists drilled through the ice to reach it. After two days of drilling using a high-pressure hot water drill, the scientists broke through on Sunday – finding a lake ‘twice the size of Manhattan’. The scientists will lower […]
Featured Image: Researchers think that the Cow may be a very rare, unusual type of supernova – the death of a massive star. The image shows the remnant of RCW 86, the oldest documented supernova, observed in 185 A.D. For the first time, researchers observed a stellar death before their eyes – a supernova and […]
An unidentified flying object(UFO) that beams a dazzling light to the ground has been reported in the Palatine Lake Zurich area and is being investigated by members of Northwestern University’s astronomy department it was learned yesterday. By Chicago Tribune5-25-1969 The object which was described as saucer-shaped, frightened two teenage boys and caused the […]
There’s been an interesting discussion on Twitter about senior scientists who pressure their students or postdocs into scientific misconduct or otherwise poor science: Bullying students into providing the “right” results: research misconduct by proxy? This is probably among the worst but receives little attention — Simon Eickhoff (@INM7_ISN) January 19, 2019 Today, I was made […]
On October 19, 2017, astronomers at the University of Hawaii spotted a strange object travelling through our solar system, which they later described as “a red and extremely elongated asteroid.” It was the first interstellar object to be detected within our solar system; the scientists named it ‘Oumuamua, the Hawaiian word for a scout or messenger. […]
Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice. To achieve this feat, the team exploited a weird pathway that metastasising cancer cells have; their results are just a first step, but it’s a truly promising approach. When you cut your finger, […]
Erik Rintamaki was searching for rocks on a Michigan beach last summer when he made what he calls a “mind blowing” discovery. Resting among the thousands of pebbles covering the Lake Superior beach, Rintamaki saw a glowing rock. The gem and mineral dealer told CBS News he often goes rock hunting. But on this particular […]
UFO sightings across the US have become an almost daily occurrence since the 1940s, but certain states seem to be more welcoming to extraterrestrial visitors than others. Here is a map of the most likely place in the USA to see UFOs. Researchers at Casino.org trawled back through decades worth of UFO sightings to narrow down the highest concentrations of […]
On December 24, 2018 the SOHO Lasers Lasso C2 and C3 captured a large spherical object that emerged from the sun. Once again on January 7, 2019, both satellites captured another spherical object leaving the surface of the Sun. According to some ufological researchers, these spherical objects are huge dimensional portals or StarGate used by alien […]
The video seems to show a large group of objects on the surface of the planet, spanning miles. And another angle seems to reveal open parts of the area that are said to be feeding areas for animals. Speaking to the Daily Star Online exclusively, conspiracy theorist Neal Evans has stated that this is proof […]
A new, bizarre spider-like creature has just been discovered in Southeast Asia, having been encased in amber during the Cretaceous period some 100 million years ago, and it might be more terrifying than any of the creepy-crawlies lurking in the dark corners of your basement. Amber mined for centuries in Myanmar for jewelry is a treasure […]
Dinosaurs extinction has been one of the world’s most dramatic mass extinctions. The cause of extinction, though attempted to be explained by many theories, has been a matter of debate with no clear consensus. One of the theories says that about 66 million years ago, a massive meteorite (event referred as Chicxulub catastrophe) slammed our […]
In recent years, the world of fashion and advertising has distastefully blurred the lines between right and wrong, creating a pronounced grey area of supposedly acceptable imagery which includes everything from BDSM and rape to abuse, aggression, and underage perversion. And this phenomenon can’t simply be narrowed down to ‘artistry’ when the symbolism is so blatantly sexist and even […]
The word “yeti” conjures up a specific image in the folklore of Nepal and Tibet — a massive, shaggy, distinctly ape-like beast that wanders the frigid and desolate Himalayan snowscape. It certainly doesn’t evoke anything that looks like it’s about to impart wisdom about stopping forest fires. But, according to a recent study published in the journal Proceedings […]