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Rare super bloody blue moon to be visible on January 31
The week will prove to be an absolute delight for the sky gazers, as on Wednesday, they are going to witness both the blue supermoon and a lunar eclipse at the same time. The phenomenon is extremely rare and will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for all. It happened over 130 years ago in the […]
6000-year-old past revealed as Norway’s glaciers are melting
The mountains surrounding the country of Norway were once used as a pathway to travel for many foragers and hunters about 6000 years ago. Many of these travelers used to leave behind artifacts acquired from their exploration at various places in the mountains. With nature acting as it should, these artifacts got covered in glaciers […]
Supercontinent Nuna brought together Australia and Canada 1.7 billion years ago
Pick a modern day map and you will see that the closest point between Canada and Australia is about 7,000 miles away. However, the world wasn’t the same millions of years ago. A recent study by the researchers at Curtin University in Australia has suggested that the Canada that we see today used to be […]
1.7 Billion year old chunks of North American land found in Australia suggest both were once connected
Curtin University researchers have recently made an astonishing discovery that links Australia and North America as a single unit. The researchers found rocks in northern Queensland, Australia, which bear striking similarities to those found in North America. The discovery suggests the two continents were part of a prominent single unit and separated over the course of […]
NASA officials confirm 2017 as the second hottest year after the year 1880
In a recent analysis conducted by the NASA officials, the worldwide surface temperature on our planet was the 2nd hottest in the year 2017. The first hottest year ever recorded was 1880. The scientists carried out this research after a report that mentioned the occurrence of the Mini Ice Age within a duration of three […]
Population boost for rare red hand fish in Tasmania
A fish that can walk is essentially nothing less than a miraculous discovery. The rare breed of fish known as ‘Red Hand’ was first discovered around the 1800s era near Port Arthur showing a declining population. However, Tasmania based divers have recently discovered another population of the species which sparks for the possibility of a […]
Venomous centipede could kill a prey 15 times its size: toxin decoded
Most centipedes that we know of are completely harmless; however, there are particular species of these creepy crawlers that contain toxin sufficient to kill its prey about 15 times larger its size. In this case, the Chinese red-headed centipede earns a bad name. A bite by this creature contains enough poison which can easily render […]
Ancient Bristle Worm opens up the door to an evolutionary puzzle
Scientists have recovered and studied beautifully preserved fossils of a weird yet soft-bodied worm in the British Columbia of Canada. Similar to any other bristle worm, this newly excavated creature has bristles coming out of his body that is the size of hairs. However, the weird thing about this worm was that its head was […]
Bush warblers from Hawaiian Islands might provide evolutionary insights
Japan based Bush warbler variety of birds were introduced in the year 1929 to the Oahu Island which is a part of the Hawaiian archipelago. A recent study of this variety has provided latest insight emerging from the evolution of bird species that were of the non-native kind present in the state. The study of […]