A topographic map of Zealandia, a sunken continent that includes New Zealand. The hidden undersea continent of Zealandia underwent an upheaval at the time of the birth of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Zealandia is a chunk of continental crust…
CORONAVIRUS has killed more than 1,000 people in China, fuelling conspiracy theories of unleashed bioweapons and lab experiments gone wrong – but what do experts have to say about these coronavirus theories? The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic has infected more…
MH370 used a special aviation technique to avoid disputed territory and avoid detection, an expert has suggested. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The…
On June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT, the sun shot out a solar flare (left side), which was followed by an eruption of solar material shooting through the sun’s atmosphere. The sun constantly bombards Earth with wispy belches of…
An artist’s depiction of the 2019-nCov novel coronavirus. Coronaviruses get their name for the spikey projections on their surface that resemble the prongs of a crown. Coronaviruses make up a large family of viruses that can infect birds and mammals,…
MH370 may have landed at Yubileyniy Airport in Kazakhstan after it disappeared over six years ago, an expert has claimed. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people…
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE mystery may have been solved thanks to an image taken by one of NASA’s satellites orbiting in space. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the North Atlantic Ocean, where…
UFO sightings in the UK will be disclosed this year as the Government could reveal its alien secrets. The ‘British X-Files’ will be released on official government websites “some time within the first quarter of 2020”. The UFO sightings were…
THE END OF THE WORLD will see “life turn upside down” according to the Pope, who may just be the final part of the jigsaw if a bizarre 900-year-old prophecy is right. The Prophecy of the Popes was a prediction…
Ocean currents visualized using data gathered between 2005 and 2007. New evidence suggests ocean currents are moving faster now than they did two decades ago. Ocean currents are moving faster today than they did two decades ago. New research, published…
It’s been an amazing month for the Live Science team as our forums hit 1,000 members! To celebrate, we’re declaring February our Month of Discovery. Tell us about your favorite discovery in this thread for a chance to win a…
Trees struggle to remain upright in a lake formed by abrupt permafrost thaw. Arctic permafrost can thaw so quickly that it triggers landslides, drowns forests and opens gaping sinkholes. This rapid melt, described in a new study, can dramatically reshape…