Our sun is the source of all life, but it could mean the end… for sharing cat pictures and Twitter if there’s another Carrington Event. How prepared is America, let alone the world, for such an eventuality? Brandon Spektor has the price tag in dollarsand human lives to satisfy your curiosity. Even if geomagnetic storm […]
Pareidolia continues to plague humanity, but it also tickles our imagination and sparks hope in discovering something novel. Since Percival Lowell, folks have been seeing things on the red planet. Sometimes projecting their beliefs upon it, and Natalie Wolchover enumerates some of the major mysteries which have proven illusory up to now. Often times humans […]
Peter Dockrill’s, or his editor’s, headline sums up the odyssey of Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez but doesn’t answer the question, “What did Gonzalo see, if anything?” As for the circumstances surrounding the rumors of his death, there may be one clue worth investigating here. (CS) — Delivered by Feed43 service
With albinism, one is intimately aware of how nature is red in tooth and claw. Case in point — an albino chimpanzee who survived only a handful of days ’til his tribe set upon him. Nioletta Lanese’s narrative is haunting, and it’s hard not to anthropomorphize these actions for an understanding of the real story […]
Paleolithic life was demanding, requiring potent foodstuffs to power primitive humans and ensure their survival. But why did cavemen need such big brains? The answer may have something to do with the loss of large prey animals and humanity’s knack for improvisation. Hear out Stephanie Pappas as she digs into Miki Ben-Dor and Ran Barkai’s […]
Nobody credible is saying cytherean life is a certainty, Adam Mann. I hope your editor wrote that headline because you deserve better considering the fact you merely present the facts, rather than pounding out a polemic to which many will tip their fedoras. Honestly the arguments against the phosphine are worth considering, but appreciate the […]
The interstellar comet that didn’t particularly act like a comet is still a complicated issue for astronomers. Using data from the estimated age of ‘Oumuamua, its trajectory, and lack of a coma, Avi Loeb lets Rafi Letzter in on his argument that aliens shouldn’t be thrown out with the cosmic bathwater. Something else to ponder […]
Don’t let the term “orc” fool you, as Mara Johnson-Groh isn’t talking about pig-nosed brutes with 1d8 hit dice. These odd radio circles are unlike anything seen before, and they’re only visible in radio wavelengths which is leading to some wild speculation based on what they aren’t. Also from astronomical circles, Natalie Wolchover notes The […]
Architeuthis dÅ may be elusive, but they’re leaving evidence everywhere just like bigfoot. While typical proof is often found on sperm whales, Brandon Specktor spotted a snap where an oceanic whitetip shark proudly bears the scars of their scuffle. But who was hunting who? If you’re keen on spotting bigfoot this summer, despite mandatory mask-wearing […]
Be kind, most likely Laura Geggel’s editor banged out the headline. Not her. Hacking away from the clickbait and other online media disparagements, it appears science has solved the mystery behind one hum which has haunted humans and the story begins somewhere around… Madagascar? Bolstering our meager science section for Saturday’s edition of The Anomalist, […]