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Scientists May Have Discovered Earth’s Twin
Astronomers have an exciting announcement — a planet about 600 light years away has been discovered in a “habitable zone”, which means it could potentially support life. The planet has a 260-day orbit, which puts it right in the middle of the “habitable zone” around a distant star. Continue reading
Discovery of 16 New “Super Earths” Renews Hope for Finding Alien Life
Chilean astronomers have announced the discovery of 16 new “Super Earths”, making scientists hopeful that we could make contact with extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years. Continue reading
Meteorites May Contain DNA Building Blocks
Scientists have found rare, “life-creating” chemicals on deep space meteorites — which lends new evidence to how humans may have come to be. Continue reading
Newly Discovered Dinosaur May Be Missing Link
A new dinosaur found in New Mexico may help to bridge the 200 million year gap that we have in attempting to understand and identify dinosaurs. Continue reading
An Asteroid is Following Us
Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that looks to have an identical orbit to that of our very own planet, Earth. Continue reading
Qatar to Use Artificial, Remote-Controlled Clouds for World Cup 2022
To help combat the oppressive heat of a Qatar summer, scientists have devised artificial clouds that can be controlled remotely. Continue reading
Journey to Nowhere Near the Center of the Earth
Fifty years after their first attempt to drill through the Earth’s crust to the mantle, say that they very well could do so again. For the first time. Continue reading
Female Baboons May Be Subject to Domestic Violence
Believe it or not, certain species of baboons may subject each other to a primitive form of domestic violence. Continue reading
Japanese Earthquake Shortened Earth’s Days
The earthquake that struck the coast of Japan in early March shifted Earth’s rotation to the point where it actually shortened days — by a microscopic amount. Continue reading
Humans Will Need Two Earths by 2030
Set the lasers for consume. According to the Living Planet Report, if humans maintain their rate of resource consumption, we’ll need the capacity of two Earths by the year 2030. The report states that human demands on natural resources have doubled in under 50 years, far outpacing what the Earth can provide. In fact, if everyone on Earth today lived the typical Western consumer lifestyle, humans would need 2.75 Earths, like, right now. Humans aren’t the only species feeling the... Continue reading
