A group of baboons that escaped a Texas research facility over the weekend propped up a barrel near a wall, climbed it and then fled their open-air enclosure, officials said Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Oceans’ mysterious magnetic field is mapped in stunning detail from space
Satellites circling Earth have mapped an elusive, invisible force in unprecedented detail: the magnetic field created by the currents in the planet’s salty oceans, according to new research. Continue reading →
{FD} Greenland has a mysterious ‘dark zone’ — and it’s getting even darker
From above, Greenland’s ice sheet looks like a vast field of brilliant white — for the most part. Continue reading →
{FD} What if the ocean’s climate-controlling ‘conveyor belt’ came to a halt?
Freak floods drown buildings, bone-chilling air flash-freezes pedestrians and ice encases the Statue of Liberty. Continue reading →
{FD} Exoplanet exploration: The search continues for new, exciting worlds
Thousands of fascinating new worlds have been discovered beyond our own solar system, ranging from supersize gas giant planets to small rocky bodies — and the search continues to better understand these distant worlds. Continue reading →
{FD} Asteroid the size of a football field makes ‘surprise’ flyby close to Earth
A football-sized asteroid – labeled 2018 GE3 – buzzed by Earth Sunday in one of the closest encounters we’ve seen in awhile. Continue reading →
{FD} Fishermen reel in ‘rare’ 10-foot shark off Florida coast
A group of tourists from Illinois wrestled with a 10-foot shortfin mako shark for more than hour before dragging the creature into their boat. Continue reading →
{FD} Asteroid the size of a football field makes ‘surprise’ flyby past Earth
A football-sized asteroid – labeled 2018 GE3 – buzzed by Earth Sunday in one of the closest encounters we’ve seen in awhile. Continue reading →
{FD} Alligator casually strolls around Florida motel: ‘Maybe he was just looking for the tiki bar’
An alligator was caught checking out rooms at a Quality Inn hotel in Sebring, Florida, over the weekend. Continue reading →
{FD} Mysterious 600-year-old dodgy dice discovered in medieval ‘gambling den’
Cheating is apparently as old as time itself, if the discovery of a mysterious 600-year-old dodgy dice is anything to go by. Continue reading →
{FD} Viking treasures discovered: ‘Thor’s hammer’ among silver haul found on Baltic island
An incredible trove of silver treasure linked to the era of a famous Viking king has been discovered on an island in the Baltic Sea. Continue reading →
{FD} New planets may be forming around young nearby stars, dusty disks suggest
Diverse disks of dusty material have been spotted around nearby young stars, suggesting new planets are sprouting up around the alien stars. Continue reading →
{FD} Huge solar ‘tornadoes’ don’t spin after all, study shows
Giant plasma “tornadoes” raging across the surface of the sun don’t actually spin like astronomers once thought, new research shows. Continue reading →
{FD} NASA’s TESS satellite will super charge search for nearby, Earth-like worlds
On Monday, April 16, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Continue reading →
Researchers work to free whale with jaw wrapped in fishing line for years
Researchers in Massachusetts are hopeful they’ll finally be able to free an endangered North Atlantic right whale named who has had a fishing line wrapped around her jaw for several years. Continue reading →
{FD} WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Greedy snake tries to eat 8 chicken eggs at once, fails miserably
Never has the idiom “one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach” been more true than for this greedy King cobra snake. Continue reading →
{FD} NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scout
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Look up at the sky tonight. Every star you see — plus hundreds of thousands, even millions more — will come under the intense stare of NASA’s newest planet hunter. Continue reading →
{FD} ‘Superflares’ may make it hard for life to thrive on Earth’s nearest exoplanet
The nearest exoplanet to Earth may get hit hard by damaging ultraviolet radiation, making it tough for life to survive there, a new study suggests. Continue reading →
{FD} Titanic stunner: Menu from first meal served on doomed ocean liner up for auction
An extraordinarily rare copy of a lunch menu from the RMS Titanic is going up for auction later this month. The menu, one of just two known to man, offers a rare insight into the lunch served to those on the ship. Continue reading →
{FD} The next Ninja Turtle? Green-haired turtle with unique ability added to endangered species list
While striking in both appearance and ability, the Mary river turtle may not be the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but it is now one of the most endangered species on the planet. Continue reading →
