‘Incredibly rare’ grave of 2,000-year-old Iron Age warrior armed with sword found
The ‘incredibly rare’ grave was discovered during excavations ahead of the building of 175 new homes near Chichester, West
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End of the world: 50-year-old simulator predicted eerie-accurate approaching doomsday
THE END OF THE WORLD will happen during this generation’s lifetime, according to a chilling prediction from a 1973 computer simulator, which eerily reflects the planet’s current state of affairs. Just days ago, the Doomsday Clock’s big hand was pushed…
Coronavirus screening expands to 20 US airports; researchers start work on a new vaccine
Coronaviruses in lung tissue Fifteen additional U.S. airports will begin screening for travelers who may carry the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today (Jan. 28). As the total number of confirmed cases…
Bubbling carbon dioxide vent discovered on the seafloor off the Philippines
A researcher collects gas samples at the newly discovered Soda Springs in the Philippines. Diving hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean off the coast of the Philippines, scientists came across a bubbling hotspot of carbon dioxide. And…
2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Thursday
The The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) orbits the Earth in this illustration. Two defunct satellites will zip past each other at 32,800 mph (14.7 kilometers per second) in the sky over Pittsburgh on Thursday evening (Jan. 29). If the two…
In rare surgery, hospital swaps man’s lost thumb for a big toe
Cobbler David Lee underwent toe-to-thumb reconstruction, meaning surgeons replaced a thumb he lost with one of his big toes. (left) A cobbler lost his thumb while trimming the heel of a shoe, but thankfully, surgeons were able to replace the…