Sri Lanka’s prime minister announced that his country has just a single day of gasoline left because of an economic crisis. Fuel isn’t the only thing the country has in short supply; medicine and food are also lacking. There’s a chance that the country gets more fuel from India. But, according to the prime minister, […]
An hours-long sandstorm in Iraq grounded flights at Baghdad airport and sent hundreds to the hospital. It’s the fifth time sandstorm in the past month. The sandstorms cause often cause respiratory problems and make transportation difficult, if not impossible. Experts say climate change is to blame, while others point to water mismanagement. Could you imagine going on […]
A city in South Korea has an ambitious new project: a floating, self-sustainable city. The plans include three separate platforms, all connected to each other and land by bridges. Initially designed for approximately twelve thousand people, a fully realized city would have twenty platforms and accommodate one hundred thousand people. No cars will be allowed; everyone […]
Recent research from scientists at the Institut Pasteur in France has shown that neurons “detect variations in bacterial activity and adapt appetite and body temperature accordingly.” In short, it’s evidence that shows there’s a connection between the gut and the brain. It’s important to note that the study was performed on mice and not on […]
A young man was playing PlayStation when he felt something hit his head. “It felt like if you’re wearing a bike helmet and someone just smacks the top of your head,” he said. He looked around and saw a bullet hole in his window. Then, he freaked out, worried he’d been shot in the head. […]
Charles Darwin's notebooks contain an important sketch of a tree, the forerunner of his famous theory of evolution, written in the 1830s. They were last seen in Cambridge University's library in 2000 when they were taken out for pictures. Librarians discovered the notebooks were missing two months later, presumed lost among millions of items. Finally, […]
Popular in the Philippines, Axie Infinity is an NFT-based video game based on Ethereum. (That's a lot of buzzwords—in short, it's a crypto video game). The game involves breeding and battling "Axies," short for the axolotl, a type of salamander. You can watch people playing the unique game here. Part of the game's infrastructure is a bridge, letting […]
Part of the US Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services slaughtered 1.75 million animals last year. Crunching the numbers, that turns out to be 200 animals every hour, for all of 2021. The government division culls the animals to protect agriculture, threatened species, and humans. European Starlings, feral swine, and a type of invasive fish are the […]
Ravenser Odd was a prosperous port town in Yorkshire, England, during the medieval period. It was founded in 1235 at the mouth of an estuary before being submerged by a storm in 1362. Drawing comparisons to Atlantis, the town was large enough to send two members to parliament. Scientists hope to find the town’s location using […]
Archaeologists found an iron dagger in King Tut’s tomb, one of many treasures unearthed decades ago. The problem? The Iron Age hadn’t started. So, where did the dagger’s iron come from? Meteorites. After researchers discovered the iron’s source, they determined the likely production method by performing an x-ray analysis. But tracing where the dagger was made took a […]
