The Tragedy of Lake Nyos: What Ended the Lives of 1,800 People in One Night?
The event that occurred in 1986 at Lake Nyos in Cameroon stands as one of the most enigmatic and lethal natural disasters of the 20th …
Environment
Scientist Figures Out How Many T. Rex Ever Existed, And It’s Terrifying
The Tyrannosaurus rex is dinosaur royalty, an iconic and instantly identifiable species – and according to a new study, as many as 1.7 billion of …
Scientists actually managed to translate chimpanzee language for the first time
Scientists have moved one step closer to decoding the languages that animals like chimpanzees use to communicate. According to a new study published, chimpanzees have …
Puzzle of how dinosaurs got so big finally solved
The puzzle of how dinosaurs got to be so big has finally been solved. From the Jurassic to the Cretaceous, when our ancestors were the …
New group of butterflies named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron
Scientists have paid homage to an eye-conic villain from the Lord of the Rings in the name of a group of butterflies. While there are …
Video shows elusive ‘alien-looking’ squid swimming in the Atlantic Ocean
Scanning the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists searched for a type of deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Instead, they spotted a rarely seen squid swimming along. …
China records first H3N8 bird flu death, WHO says
A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported – the first known human fatality from the avian influenza …
Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan
Scientists photographed a snailfish swimming 8,336 meters below sea level near Japan, making it the deepest recorded fish ever caught on camera. Previously, the deepest …
How to Hatch Chicks Outside of their Shell: A Step-by-Step Guide
Hatching chicks outside of their shell is an intriguing experiment that has gained popularity after a group of Japanese students successfully accomplished it. This article …
The world’s oldest preserved brain found in a 319-million-year-old fish fossil
In general, fish are not known to be intelligent creatures with tremendous brain power. Many believe that Goldfish, in particular, have memory lapses of three …
