August 3, 2018 Clues to Mayan civilization's mysterious collapse may be held in ancient lake, study suggests The innovative Mayan empire — with is impressive temples, calendar and artwork — mystersiously collapsed nearly 1,000 years ago, leaving many scholars to question how such a seemingly advanced peoples could essentially disappear.
August 3, 2018 Amazing photo reveals a lunar eclipse like you've never seen it before If you've ever stood in the totality of a solar eclipse, you've seen something astonishing: the full width of the moon's dark shadow blocking out the sun, perfectly encircled by the dim, wispy rays of the sun's corona. And if you've also stood outside during a lunar eclipse, you might know that the effect is somewhat less dramatic. As Earth's shadow falls on the moon, it quickly swallows the smaller orbiting rock. The effect of the moon glowing bloody red with Earth's refracted twilight is beautiful, but the effect doesn't fully convey the scale of the astronomical phenomenon at work in the same in-your-face way as happens during a solar eclipse. The moon, much smaller than Earth's shadow, never shows the whole thing on its surface.
August 3, 2018 Earth's soil is hyperventilating thanks to climate change You know it's hot out there when even the soil is hyperventilating.
August 2, 2018 Extremely rare blue diamonds lurk deep in Earth's core The rarest diamonds on Earth were forged hundreds of miles below its surface, a team of scientists announced on Thursday.
August 1, 2018 Great white shark attacks seal off Massachusetts coast as surfers scramble to shore, video shows Surfers scrambled to the shore after a 15-foot great white shark attacked a seal in Cape Cod, Massachusetts over the weekend, video shows.
August 1, 2018 Bermuda Triangle mystery 'solved,' scientists claim British scientists believe 100ft ‘rogue’ waves could be the reason why so many boats have been sunk in the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
August 1, 2018 Hawaii lava bomb victim haunted by blast: 'I thought I was dying' A 20-year-old Illinois tourist hit by a lava bomb while on a tour boat near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano said Tuesday she thought they were getting dangerously close before an explosion sent debris flying through the roof of the vessel.
July 30, 2018 California wildfires: Satellite imagery reveals shocking blanket of thick smoke over western US New satellite imagery reveals thick blankets of smoke over California and Oregon from the raging wildfires that have incinerated hundreds of thousands of acres this summer.
July 27, 2018 Dead whale shark in Florida washes up on beach; red tide likely killer A dead whale shark that recently washed up on a beach in Sanibel Island in Florida was likely killed by the current red tide bloom, wildlife officials said.
July 27, 2018 Rare whale-dolphin hybrid discovered in Hawaii, scientists say There’s a new sea creature swimming in Hawaii waters, researchers with the Cascadia Research Collective recently confirmed: a whale-dolphin hybrid.
