In a Reddit post simply captioned: ‘Checkmate flat Earth society’ user amazed spirit shared an image of him or someone they know posing for a selfie atop Mount Everest with the – you guessed it – curved edge of the planet in the backdrop.Everest, in case you skived every day of school, is the highest […]
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Amid rising concerns over the effects of global warming, a group of scientists has claimed that the Earth could in a little over a decade be hit by a “mini ice age” that would freeze major rivers. The startling prediction is based on a mathematical model of the Sun’s magnetic energy which also suggests that
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Tara Sharifi, a student at Aylesbury High School, recently took the Mensa IQ test in Oxford where she scored well above the “genius benchmark” of 140. The 11-year-old student scored 162 points on the test, which is two points ahead of Einstein, a theoretical physicist who is considered as one of the two pillars
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Celebrities often use their platforms to spread awareness on important issues. But while many of us have become numb to their warnings, there’s something about Harrison Ford that makes people sit up and listen.Maybe it’s the cult following he’s acquired from playing heroic characters like Indiana Jones and Han Solo.More likely, though, it’s because Ford
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In the 21st century, UFO encounters have become increasingly common, generating growing interest and speculation among the public. The difficulty in distinguishing between accidental sightings and true UFO sightings has added to the mystery. Now, a news story has captured the world’s attention: three gigantic spaceships are on their way to Earth!The increase in reports
Scientists say they have found a long–sought-after population of stem cells in the retina of human fetuses that could be used to develop therapies for one of the leading causes of blindness. The use of fetal tissue, a source of ethical debate and controversy in some countries, likely wouldn’t be necessary for an eventual therapy:
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The season in which you were conceived could have a surprising impact on how your metabolism works today. The largest study of its kind has found that individuals conceived in colder months store fat differently from those conceived in warmer months.Among 356 healthy young male volunteers, researchers in Japan found that those who were conceived
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The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies. In July 2022, Science magazine reported that a key 2006 research paper, published in the prestigious journal Nature, which identified a subtype of brain protein called beta-amyloid as the cause of Alzheimer’s, may have been based on fabricated data.
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New evidence has emerged that volcanoes were active on the Moon far more recently than previously believed. A study published in Science reveals that the Moon experienced volcanic eruptions as late as 120 million years ago, coinciding with the time of Earth’s dinosaurs. This discovery stems from the analysis of glass beads collected by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission in
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In early February, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to leave hospital with a virtually unbreakable heart made of metal. ‘Beating’ in his chest was a titanium pump about the size of a fist. For 105 days, the metal organ’s levitating propeller pushed blood to the man’s lungs
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