Bigfoot ‘Exists’
Imagine walking through a dense forest. The air is still, the ground covered in a soft carpet of fallen leaves. Suddenly, a sound—a knock, a howl—breaks the silence. You freeze…. Read More
Author: Jon Scaccia
Squeeze the Truth: Rethinking How We Measure Attractiveness
Have you ever wondered if our snap judgments about someone’s attractiveness go beyond the numbers we assign on a scale? Imagine expressing how attractive you find someone not by rating… Read More
Next Week in Science, December 20, 2024
Do we take a holiday break? Yes and no. We’ll still be using our normal monitoring systems, and the website will still be up and running. Maybe even some holiday-themed… Read More
Extreme Hurricanes Ahead: How Climate Change is Shaping the Future of Storm Seasons
Picture this: one year, the Atlantic is a hurricane hotspot with record-breaking storms. The next, it’s eerily calm. This dramatic flip-flop in storm activity is not just weather being moody—it’s… Read More
Predator’s Gaze: Why Eyes Capture Attention in Humans and Chimps
Imagine locking eyes with a lion. Even in a photo, that intense, piercing gaze sends a shiver down your spine. Why? New research suggests that the eyes of predators don’t… Read More
How Winds Shape Ocean Currents and Climate
Picture a fierce wind sweeping across the icy seas near Greenland’s southern tip. These winds, known as “tip jets,” are no ordinary gusts—they can reshape ocean currents, stir the deep… Read More
The Microbial Key to Earth’s Waterways
Every river is a bustling metropolis, not of humans, but of microbes—tiny organisms working day and night to maintain the planet’s water quality and nutrient cycles. While we often think… Read More
The Science Behind Spontaneous Human Combustion: Separating Fact from Fiction
What if a body could burst into flames without warning, leaving only ashes and a few intact limbs? Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) has fascinated and terrified people for centuries, often… Read More
Next Week in Science, December 13th.
Mystery drones! I think it’s interesting from a cultural perspective that people have jumped first to drones and not UFOs. The way the terminology has shifted over the last decade… Read More
How Dinosaurs Rose to Dominate the Earth
Picture walking on a landscape filled with towering ferns, fiery volcanoes, and strange creatures battling for survival. Some 200 million years ago, this was Earth during the Triassic-Jurassic transition—a world… Read More