The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is one of the most sensitive efforts to track down brand-new, never-before-seen dark matter particles. But what if dark matter particles aren’t something new after all? Could we have already discovered dark matter? That’s the…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll explore an idea that originated thousands of years ago, and despite plenty of scientific evidence to the contrary, it mysteriously persists today — the notion that the world is flat. What proof…
MH370 and MH17 were both tragic Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777s that suffered disaster within months of each other – but there is another connection that is far less known, it has been claimed. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing six…
Archaeologists have discovered a 14th-century cesspit that underwent an extreme makeover over the centuries, transforming from a receptacle for human excrement into a fashionable cellar with a latrine. Since discovering the cesspool in London at the end of 2019, archaeologists…
You can see the different layers of rock laid down over time in Utah’s slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. From the emergence of life to mass extinctions, Earth has gone through incredible changes in its 4.6 billion years.…
Illustration of Chlamydia bacteria Deep under the Arctic Ocean seafloor lurks several newfound species of chlamydia bacteria. The species, cousins to the one that causes the sexually transmitted infection (STI), seem to survive despite a lack of oxygen and obvious…
The patient, who showed no symptoms of Covid-19, was tested at a hospital in the Japanese city of Gamagori after both his parents – whom he lives with – contracted the virus Coronavirus cases in Japan have risen over 1,000…
Figures released by China show the spread of coronavirus is rapidly slowing, suggesting the state’s hardline measures are working, as quarantine measures in some cities are relaxed China appears to be winning the war on coronavirus with new cases dropping…
MH370 went missing six years ago today and its disappearance remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries in world history. So what happened to MH370? On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to…
With more than 378 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. and more than 15 associated deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively monitoring, and trying to contain, the transmission of the disease, called COVID-19. In some…