Todd hemmingArchaeology Archaeologists discover mysterious monument hidden in plain sight verified_publisherNational Geographic - Tom ClynesTo the naked eye—and on archeologists’ maps—it looked like just another hill amid the undulating landscape of Tikal, the ancient Maya city-state in the lowlands of northern Guatemala. But when researchers...
Todd hemmingMeteorites Geochemists uncover evidence of massive Antarctic meteorite explosion 430,000 years ago chemistryworld.com - Jamie Durrani Around 430,000 years ago, a giant meteorite exploded in mid-air over Antarctica, scattering vaporised material thousands of miles across the …
Todd hemmingSpace The Richat Structure: The “Eye of the Sahara” is One of Earth’s Strangest Marvels thedebrief.org - Micah Hanks On June 3, 1965, at the height of both the Cold War and the great Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Gemini IV mission …
Todd hemmingBirds See the stunning moment when a murmuration of starlings join together to form an even larger bird | Boing Boing boingboing.net - Thom Dunn This stunning footage was captured by Colin Hogg, a Geophysics Fieldwork Technician at the Geophysics Section of Dublin Institute for Advanced …
Todd hemmingProcrastination Dark personality traits linked to “social zapping”: New study examines people who cancel plans at the last minute psypost.org - Beth Ellwood A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences suggests that people who tend to make last-minute cancellations score higher in the …
Todd hemmingUniversity of Calgary Calgary wastewater samples show recent spike in coronavirus calgaryherald.com - Brodie Thomas A project that monitors Calgary sewage for the presence of the virus responsible for COVID-19 is showing a significant spike since mid-March.The …
Todd hemmingBears Polar bears are mating with grizzlies to become ‘Pizzly Bears’ New York Post - By Ben Cost The Prius isn’t the only environmentally conscious hybrid out there. With climate change pushing polar bears toward the brink, nature has devised a …
Todd hemmingDiets 4,300 Years of Bat Poop From The Depths of a Jamaican Cave Have Revealed Earth's Past verified_publisherScienceAlert - David Nield You may not give a pile of bat poop gathered over 4,300 years a second look – but to a group of scientists, it's provided an intriguing insight into …
Todd hemmingJoy-Con How to fix Joy-Con drift on Nintendo Switch verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Jacob Roach Shortly after launch, Nintendo Switch owners started noticing a problem. Their thumbstick would start moving without any input. Known as Joy-Con …
Todd hemmingNeanderthals 100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand Live Science - Tom Metcalfe They could be Europe's oldest. Some 100,000 years ago, an extended family of 36 Neanderthals walked along a beach, with the kids jumping and …
Todd hemmingWest Africa Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution theconversation.com - Eleanor Scerri Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material …
Todd hemmingtravel news Bozouls: The Tiny French Village Built Around A Giant, Mysterious Hole travelawaits.com - Greg Robertson Residents of the French city of Bozouls have a unique view from their living rooms -- a direct, 300-foot drop down. Located in the Aveyron region of …
Todd hemmingBiology Researchers identify a bacterium that enables its host to breath nitrate instead of oxygen massivesci.com - Irene Zhang Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own This is your brain on …
Todd hemmingArchaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the Lost City of Luxor, Known as the 'Egyptian Pompeii,' Stunningly Preserved in Time artnet.com - Sarah Cascone The city dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, King Tut's grandfather. Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they’ve dubbed the “lost golden …
Todd hemmingStonehenge Drought Reveals “Spanish Stonehenge” That Had Been Hiding In a Reservoir For Over 50 Years verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisMegaliths are large stones used by prehistoric peoples to build monuments or structures. Perhaps the most famous example of a megalithic structure is Stonehenge in England. However, ancient (and often...
Todd hemmingHorror Movies Church organist plays utterly spine-chilling version of ‘The Exorcist’ main theme classicfm.com - Sian Moore This cover of Mike Oldfield’s ‘Tubular Bells’ is nightmare fuel. As if the score to William Friedkin’s cult horror The Exorcist wasn’t already …
Todd hemmingCulture 'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt verified_publisherNational Geographic - Erin BlakemoreThree thousand four hundred years ago, a contentious ancient Egyptian king abandoned his name, his religion, and his capital in Thebes (modern Luxor). Archaeologists know what happened next: The pharaoh...
Todd hemmingCIA Found: Page 25 of the CIA’s Gateway Report on Astral Projection verified_publisherVICE - Thobey CampionAnd wow does it really tie the universe together. Page 25 of the CIA’s “Analysis and Assessment of The Gateway Process” hitched a ride with an email one evening and landed in my inbox. A digital attachment...
Todd hemmingFBI After FBI seizure of safe deposit boxes in Beverly Hills, legal challenges mount verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Michael FinneganA retired flooring contractor was watching television one night last month when he saw a news report about federal agents raiding U.S. Private Vaults, a store in a Beverly Hills strip mall that let customers...
Todd hemmingClimate Earth nearly lost all its oxygen 2.3 billion years ago Live Science - Stephanie Pappas A new study pushes the permanent rise of oxygen in the atmosphere to 100 million years later than previously believed. Earth's transition to …
Todd hemmingAsteroids A half million years ago, Antarctica was hit by a blowtorch from space verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Sometime a bit less than a half million years ago, a decent-sized asteroid impacted over Antarctica. But it didn't hit the ground. Instead, it …
Todd hemmingOptical Illusions This painting has a shocking and sinister secret creativebloq.com - Daniel Piper Beware the friendly fisherman. There's nothing the internet loves more than a good old optical illusion, and we've had our brains fried by many a …
Todd hemmingDiets For 2 million years, humans ate meat and little else — study timesofisrael.com - TOI staff Israeli researchers studying the nutrition of Stone Age humans say the species spent some 2 million years as hyper-carnivorous “apex predators” that …
Todd hemmingPrehistory Our Oldest Secret: We Have Been Super-predators for 2 Million Years haaretz.com - Ariel David Israeli archaeologists reveal mistakes in the paradigm, and a terrifying truth about our nature: We are a super-predator hardwired by evolution to …
Todd hemmingNatural Disasters Photographer Captures Aurora Over Iceland's Erupting Volcano petapixel.com - Michael Zhang When the Geldingadalur volcano in Iceland erupted last month, photographer Christopher Mathews set out to capture memorable photos of it. After …
Todd hemmingBiology Mysterious 'blobs' near Norway are full of squid mucus and embryos, study finds Live Science - Brandon Specktor Each blob could contain hundreds of thousands of squid eggs, a DNA analysis revealed. Several years ago, divers exploring the western coast of Norway …
Todd hemmingForests The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created the Amazon Rain Forest scientificamerican.com - Rachel Nuwer Dinosaur and fossil aficionados are intimately familiar with the meteorite strike that drove Tyrannosaurus rex and all nonavian dinosaurs to …
Todd hemmingClimate NASA just released the first direct evidence that humans are causing climate change zmescience.com - Tibi Puiu It was clear humans were warming the planet for some time -- now we have official confirmation.
Todd hemmingNarcissism There Are Two Types of Narcissist, And The Difference Is Crucial, Researchers Say verified_publisherScienceAlert - Tessa Koumoundouros In a time when flaunting your best self on social media has become a norm, narcissistic traits seem to be everywhere. In today's slang, off-putting …
