Scientists have documented the world’s first known case of a shark eaten by a larger predator in the open sea southwest of Bermuda. In one of the incidents, a reproductive female porbeagle shark native to the Atlantic not only lost her life, but also of all her developing pups. TheContinue Reading
Scientists in Bangladesh have documented a 10-foot-long Burmese python swallowing alive a reticulated python, an unprecedented encounter involving two of the world’s largest snake species. Wildlife researchers at the Akiz Wildlife Farm in Chittagong spotted the Burmese python coiling tightly around the other snake and swallowing it up from itsContinue Reading
Scientists have developed a new, non-invasive brain-stimulating device to interrupt problematic signals associated with chronic body pain. While pain is a crucial warning system for the body, some conditions can cause these signals to malfunction. For instance, in chronic pain sufferers, faulty signals originating deep in the brain can triggerContinue Reading
A “floating road” being built over a peat bog near the north coast of Scotland is nearly complete, as work to transform the site into a spaceport for satellite launches continues. The Forres-based company Orbex aims to carry out its first launch from the “carbon neutral” spaceport next year, usingContinue Reading
There was no warning before the earthquake in Lisbon on Monday morning last week. Worse, the computer system of Portugal’s oceanic and atmospheric agency crashed shortly after the shaking began at 5.11am. No injuries have been reported, but residents, who were mostly fast asleep when it hit, have told ofContinue Reading
Scientists in Bangladesh have documented a 10-foot-long Burmese python swallowing alive a reticulated python, an unprecedented encounter involving two of the world’s largest snake species. Wildlife researchers at the Akiz Wildlife Farm in Chittagong spotted the Burmese python coiling tightly around the other snake and swallowing it up from itsContinue Reading
Scientists have documented the world’s first known case of a shark eaten by a larger predator in the open sea southwest of Bermuda. In one of the incidents, a reproductive female porbeagle shark native to the Atlantic not only lost her life, but also of all her developing pups. TheContinue Reading
Strange noises have been heard from inside the Boeing Starliner spaceship. Astronaut Butch Wilmore radioed Mission Control at Johnson Space Center from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday (31 August) to enquire about the sound. Wilmore said: “There is a strange noise coming from the speaker, I don’t knowContinue Reading
An “elite grave” from the 12th century uncovered in Mongolia sheds fresh light on the poorly understood period before the rise of the world’s greatest conqueror, Ghengis Khan. The grave, now called the Khar Nuur burial, was built in the years between the collapse of the Khitan Empire around 1125ADContinue Reading
A submerged bridge made by ancient humans has been discovered in a Spanish cave, revealing human colonisation of the western Mediterranean happened much earlier than previously thought. Archaeologists unearthed the 25-foot submerged bridge at a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca, providing the earliest uncontested evidence of human activityContinue Reading
