An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth on the eastern coast of modern Mexico, resulting in up to three quarters of plant and animal species living on the planet going extinct — including the dinosaurs. Now, a team of researchers equipped with a supercomputer have managed to simulate the entire…
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Atom bombs offer clues to age of whale sharks
Scientists have found a way to determine how old whale sharks are using atomic fallout from the Cold War. Measuring up to 62ft in length, these giants… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336287/atom-bombs-offer-clues-to-age-of-whale-sharks…
Nuclear bombs could reveal how old whale sharks really are
Researchers dated the growth rings inside two whale shark bones using nuclear bomb carbon leftover from the Cold War. Source: https://www.livescience.com/whale-shark-bomb-carbon-dating.html
Study supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just ‘tip of the iceberg’
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of thousands of years and then building back up to become full-fledged novae once more. A new study is the first to fully model the work and incorporate all of the feedback…
Hiker finds bombs dropped into Mauna Loa volcano in 1935
A hiker in Hawaii rediscovered evidence of a 1935 attempt to use bombs to redirect a lava flow from Mauna Loa’s flank. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mauna-loa-bomb-found.html
The US Army Bombed a Hawaiian Lava Flow. It Didn’t Work.
An anonymous reader quotes the New York Times: Why were two apparently unexploded bombs sticking out of a lava tube on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa? That’s what Kawika Singson, a photographer, wondered in February when he was hiking on Mauna Loa, the colossal shield volcano that rises 55,700 feet from its base below the sea to its summit. Singson had stumbled upon…
Upside-down jellyfish release venom-filled ‘bombs’ in their snot
The water surrounding upside-down jellyfish often stings to the touch, and now scientists know why. Source: https://www.livescience.com/upside-down-jellyfish-make-venomous-mucus-bombs.html
Study examines effects of nuclear war on Earth’s oceans
Researchers concluded that even a contained nuclear conflict would take a toll on Earth’s oceans and potentially disrupt the human food web. “The impacts are huge,” a scientist said. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/study-toll-of-nuclear-war-earths-oceans…
What Makes A Dog Smart? Are Certain Dog Breeds Smarter?
Ever looked at your dog and wonder just what they’re thinking? That’s the question Dr. Brian Hare has spent his career trying to answer. He’s a scientist, New York Times bestselling author of the book, The Genius of Dogs, and Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina. His publications on dog cognition […]
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A TV satellite is about to explode following ‘irreversible’ battery damage
A Boeing satellite is being hastily moved into “graveyard orbit” following a devastating “anomaly” that turned its batteries into bombs. Source: https://www.livescience.com/exploding-directv-satellite-graveyard-orbit.html