In 1855, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the gruesome murder of a bride by her new husband. The story came from the French countryside, where the woman’s parents had initially prevented the couple’s engagement “on account of the strangeness…
The Cullinan diamond was mined in Premier Mine in South Africa in 1905. The same mine has yielded superdeep diamonds, which could hold secrets to the quakes occurring in the mantle’s transition zone. SAN FRANCISCO — Deep under Earth’s surface,…
Scientists analyzed ancient proteins in fossils from the enormous primate Gigantopithecus to identify its closest living relative. The mythical and elusive “Bigfoot” is a creature of legend, but for millions of years, the original Bigfoot — a shaggy, bipedal ape…
AN air crash investigator revealed why a team of researchers originally thought MH370 had been hit by a missile, stating in her book the claim was “never reported”. MH370 left Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8, 2014, destined for Beijing, China…
AN ‘interesting’ structure has been found on the Moon and conspiracy theorists believe it is “100 percent” proof of alien life. Inside the Tycho crater, one of the Moon’s biggest craters and found in the southern hemisphere, conspiracy theorists believe…
A COMPANY in the United States is offering insurance in the eventual case of an alien abduction – and the firm has just added ‘Area 51 Coverage’ in light of the Facebook event. Almost two million people have signed up…
A panoramic image shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy. Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren’t sure why. The find dramatically increases the number of galaxies that appear to be missing…
Data from the Planck satellite reveals the cosmic microwave background. The shape of the universe is one of the most important questions in cosmology, with far-reaching implications, up to and including the ultimate fate of the cosmos. For decades, we’ve…
The model on the right shows water flow in northern Greenland in the presence of a valley extending under glacial ice. SAN FRANCISCO — Far below the frozen cover of the Greenland ice sheet sprawls miles of bedrock — and…
The scientists on the expedition hope that two specialized arrays of metal detectors, towed by snowmobiles, will reveal iron meteorites from the early solar system just below the icy surface. Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare…