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A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth’s tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia subduction zone. Geologists from Louisiana State University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used high-resolution seismic imaging, similar to an ‘ultrasound’ of the Earth. They noticed the Juan de Fuca plate is fracturing into smaller pieces as it sinks…
New study sparks debate if Easter Island invented writing on its own. Image credit – Gemini An ancient script from Easter Island is set to rewrite human history. A scientific study sparked debates about whether this remote island had invented writing independently. Researchers discovered a new clue from one of the world’s most isolated islands,…
A dead star is “pulsing” every 20 days, pointing to Einstein’s theory. Image credit – Gemini Black holes are famous for hiding secrets. Scientists have discovered a periodic signal originating from what was once a star destroyed by a black hole. The signal repeats itself once every 20 days in the form of pulsations, suggesting…
A hidden mineral beneath a Korean town could change batteries, beauty, and more. Image credit – Gemini Korean skincare has already taken the internet by storm. But what if geologists discover a tiny mineral in your skincare and mobile phone, beneath a Korean town, that could change the future? A rural county in South Korea…
The James Webb Space Telescope recently managed to capture a direct image of Epsilon Indi Ab, a ‘Super-Jupiter’ just a dozen light-years away, marking a significant step forward in our understanding of planets outside our solar system. Using its Mid-Infrared Instrument, an international team of researchers found signs in the atmosphere that strongly suggested patchy…
A huge pink heart-shaped structure has recently been sighted by NASA’s astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). This giant heart covers an area close to 10 kilometres and is located in Argentina. Although this image looks extremely romantic, the pink heart-shaped structure is the result of a natural occurrence and not symbolic at all….
Why do humans fear the dark? How can the science of evolutionary biology explain this primitive instinct? Fear of the dark, an instinctual fear related to the human ability to survive in the natural world, is one that exists firmly in modern psychology. According to evolutionary biology, fear of the dark is an adaptation that…
Why NASA keeps watching this 30-mile-wide “eye” in the Sahara from space? Image credits – Wikimedia Looking down from space, astronauts on board the International Space Station spotted a fascinating landform in the Sahara Desert. This resembles a huge eye looking back up into space. The eye of the Sahara has been officially named the…
The warning was always there; scientists are finally starting to understand them. Image Credits: Google Gemini Think about the last time you were under serious pressure. Maybe you calmed down for a minute and then just snapped. Turns out, rocks are pretty much the same. We spent a long time thinking that rocks just broke,…
The sea change that should alarm all of us. Image Credits: Google Gemini Picture this: every winter, like clockwork, cold winds sweep across Central America, stirring up the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panama. That stirring pulls up cold, nutrient-rich water from the depths, a process called upwelling, and everything that depends on it…
