News From Above
Giant dinosaur species discovered in Africa
A study has discovered a new giant species of dinosaur fossils in South Africa. The new species lived about 200 million years ago and was twice the size of the modern-day African elephant. According to the study this animal was ...
Asteroid Deflection Mission Launched By NASA
NASA has initiated the DART mission, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. It was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California to study the effects of asteroid deflection as a method to save the Earth from future devastating collisions by ...
70 Ways To Save The Earth
70 Ways To Save The Earth Unplug your electronics at night Certain electrical appliances need to be turned off at night instead of being left on "phantom power" - standby mode. An average home has about 40 products that drain ...
Signs of Deep Water Inside the Moon
Scientists are beginning to believe that there is a substantial amount of deep water inside the moon under its dusty exterior. When the astronauts were on the moon during the Apollo missions back in the 1970’s they found some glass ...
Wearable Vest Helps Deaf People Hear Music
The VEST is the brainchild of Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He designed the device based on the principles of sensory substitution, the theory that scientists can transmit data gathered by ...
Lung Cancer Vaccine Discovered In Cuba
When President Obama began lifting restrictions on travel, diplomatic and economic relations between the US and Cuba earlier this year, many Americans celebrated the fact that Cuban cigars and rum, among other things, would become more accessible. Now we hope for other ...
Alaska man shot himself – Waited 5 days to go to doctor
Alaska man shot himself - Waited 5 days to go to doctor An Alaska man who accidentally shot himself in the head self-treated his wound for five days with antibiotic ointment rather than go to a doctor. Police said that James ...
Two-legged dog becomes town celebrity
Born without her front legs and abandoned on the street by her original owners, Estrella, a one-and-a-half-year-old mutt, has not let her disability hold her back. Adopted by a couple running an animal shelter in the small Peruvian town of ...
The Lamb With The Human Face
In the Russian village Chirka, the fuss is all about a lamb. It was born with what appears to be a ‘human face’. Neighbors refer to it as the “angry old man with a big nose”. The farm owner could ...
Scaphism – Most Horrifying Ancient Torture Technique
Scaphism was a method of torture that caused its victims to be eaten to death by bugs. It's even more horriffic than it sounds. Scaphism, also called "the boats," was an ancient Persian method of torture and, inevitably, execution. The ...
