This Harvard professor claims an alien spaceship visited us in 2017

This Harvard professor claims an alien spaceship visited us in 2017 Sanity checks He may or may not be right, and there is no way of proving or disproving this idea. But claims like this, especially from experienced scientists are disliked by the scientific community for many reasons. If we decide that anything slightly odd that we don’t understand completely in astronomy could be aliens, then we have a lot of potential evidence for aliens – there is an awful lotwe don’t understand....

3 min · 582 words · Jessica Davis

This hi-tech polar vehicle was built to break the South Pole overland record

“In December 2011 our 3 man team will set out in our revolutionary Polar Vehicle with the aim of beating the Guinness World Record for the fastest overland journey to the South Pole which is currently 2 days, 21 hours and 21 minutes”. World records, revolutionary cars and the South Pole. There’s nothing in that gambit that doesn’t draw you in and want to learn more – so that’s exactly what I did....

4 min · 745 words · Lorraine Norris

This highly rated Google Play Store language learning app is now on sale

This highly rated Google Play Store language learning app is now on sale What others are saying Memrise has emerged as one of the most respected and best-reviewed methods out there for learning a new language online. A winner of a Google Play Award for best app as well as a PC Mag Editor’s Choice honoree, even the venerable CNET called Memrise the “best (app) for learning to speak casually in a new language....

2 min · 381 words · Theresa Robertson

This ice giant shaped our solar system — here’s how

This ice giant shaped our solar system — here’s how You should be a model The research team ran more than 6,000 simulations of the evolution of the Solar System, revealing an unexpected finding aboutJupiter and Saturn. Astrophysicists typically thought the two planets orbited in a 3:2 ratio — for every three orbits around the Sun made by Jupiter, Saturn was thought to trace out three trips around our parent star....

3 min · 515 words · Lee Rowe

This Indian district will punish you for taking selfies

We all have known people who go to extreme lengths to take selfies anywhere. But being adventurous for selfies could lead to fatal accidents, and to prevent that, an Indian district is strictly banning selfies — especially at tourist spots. The district of Dang, situated in the western state of Gujarat, is home to Saputara hills — a famous tourist attraction. According to a report fromthe Times of India, the local authorities issued an order last week that categorizes taking selfies as a criminal offense:...

2 min · 352 words · Bethany King
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