Conservationists in Indonesia have identified what is thought to be the single largest flower ever recorded. Named after British colonialist Sir Stamf… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333478/largest-example-of-worlds-largest-flower-found…
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The World’s Largest Corpse Flower Is Blooming Right Now (and It Stinks)
Conservationists in Indonesia discovered the largest-ever specimen of Rafflesia tuan-mudae, a parasitic plant known as the ‘corpse flower’ Source: https://www.livescience.com/largest-corpse-flower-bloom-discovered.html
Annular solar eclipse on December 26
The 3rd and final solar eclipse of the year falls on December 26. It’s 2019’s only annular or “ring” eclipse, taking place when the moon is near apogee, or its farthest point in orbit around Earth. At mid-eclipse, a ring of the sun’s surface will appear around the moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/annular-solar-eclipse-on-december-26…
Homo erectus lived recently enough that it may have met Denisovans
Homo erectus may have survived in Indonesia until 108,000 years ago – which may have been long enough to meet a second population called the Denisovans Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228015-homo-erectus-lived-recently-enough-that-it-may-have-met-denisovans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Internal FAA Review Saw High Risk of 737 MAX Crashes
U.S. regulators decided to allow Boeing’s 737 MAX jet to keep flying after its first fatal crash last fall even after their own analysis indicated it could become one of the most accident-prone airliners in decades without design changes [Editor’s link: the link may be paywalled], the Wall Street Journal reports. From the report: The November 2018 internal Federal Aviation Administration…
44,000-year-old hunting scene is earliest painted ‘story’ ever found
Cave paintings discovered in Indonesia reveal ancient artists were conjuring imagined scenes 20,000 years earlier than we thought – but who painted them? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432604-300-44000-year-old-hunting-scene-is-earliest-painted-story-ever-found/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A Billion Surveillance Cameras Forecast To Be Watching Within Two Years
As governments and companies invest more in security networks, hundreds of millions more surveillance cameras will be watching the world in 2021, mostly in China, according to a new report. From a report: The report, from industry researcher IHS Market, to be released Thursday, said the number of cameras used for surveillance would climb above 1 billion by the end of…
All you need to know: Geminid meteor shower in 2019
We just can’t catch a break. The Geminid meteor shower will peak around the mornings of December 13 and 14, 2019, though under the light of a bright waning gibbous moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower…
Study Reveals Music’s Universal Patterns Across Societies Worldwide
From love songs to dance tunes to lullabies, music made in disparate cultures worldwide displays certain universal patterns, according to a study by researchers who suggest a commonality in the way human minds create music. From a report: The study focused on musical recordings and ethnographic records from 60 societies around the world including such diverse cultures as the Highland Scots…
Young moon and 3 planets after sunset
Check out the picturesque scene in the west after sunset on November 27, 28 and 29, 2019. The young moon will sweep past 3 planets – Venus, Jupiter and Saturn – wow! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-3-bright-planets-at-dusk…