A man in Pulaski, New York awoke to an unsettling surprise late last month: a boa constrictor. The snake fell from the ceiling and landed on the man, who was not identified, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday. Matt Foster, a department agent, arrived at the home on June 29 after “a […] More
One of the artifacts gets excavated from a layer that is 2.1 million years old. The artifact here is a stone from which three flakes were removed. Credit: Zhaoyu Zhu Our ancient human relatives got around more than scientists previously thought. Researchers in China excavated stone tools that were likely made by our human ancestors […] More
The star system Eta Carinae erupted in the 1840s, from Earth’s perspective, creating the Homunculus Nebula visible in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. New work shows the system spitting ultrafast cosmic rays. Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team A huge star system 7,500 light-years away is shooting out radiation at […] More
The giant black granite sarcophagus discovered in Alexandria, Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities) A mysterious ancient black granite sarcophagus has been discovered in Egypt. The tomb, which dates back to the Ptolemaic period between 305 B.C. and 30 B.C., was uncovered in the city of Alexandria. In a Facebook post, Dr. Mostafa Waziri, general secretary […] More
The young male bear was found dead in Warner Robins, police said. (Warner Robins Police Department) Authorities with the Warner Robins Police Department found a dead bear on Wednesday, marking the eighth to be hit and killed in middle Georgia so far this year, wildlife officials said. The male bear, approximately a year-and-a-half old, was […] More
Brown recluse spiders are dead in a trap inside of Angela Wright’s home. (Angela Wright) A Brentwood, Tenn. woman who was recently treated for a brown recluse spider bite later found dozens more in her apartment, she claims. Angela Wright was rushed to the hospital, unable to walk and hallucinating, after she was bitten by […] More
A California kayaker fishing for halibut got a surprise visit from a 12-foot great white shark off the coast of Monterey this week. Eddy Willis, a California native who now works for the Department of Wildlife in Nevada, captured the exciting encounter on video. “Great white shark. There he is!” Hill exclaimed, while dipping the camera […] More
Pre-launch photo of NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA) NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover remains silent as a giant dust storm continues to swirl on the Red Planet. The storm began on May 30 and grew to encircle the entire planet a few weeks later. With so much dust in the air, the […] More
An 81-year-old man in Texas is thankful to be alive after being stung by hundreds of bees. Fox 26 reports that Thomas Mizell, a farmer who lives in Liberty County, was clearing land for a fence line on his property when he was suddenly attacked by a massive number of bees. No one was around […] More
A private Japanese rocket bursts into flames as it crashes to Earth after a failed launch attempt in Taiki, a town on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, on June 30, 2018. The rocket, Momo-2, would have been the first privately built Japanese rocket to reach outer space. (Kyodo News/Getty) A private Japanese rocket crashed […] More
The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs on July 27 – this is what you need to know. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire Moon enters Earth’s shadow. The July 27 eclipse will last for 1 hour and 43 minutes, according to NASA. The Moon will turn a red or […] More
The Pömmelte henge in Germany was active for some 300 years, starting from 2300BCE. A reconstruction is seen in 2016. (AP) Sites such as Stonehenge are older than memory itself. Stories of Druids and magical rites arose long after the standing stones true purpose was forgotten. Little can be inferred about the role such monuments […] More