Ever had poison ivy? If so, you probably noticed that scratching made the rash much worse. But scratching an itch, especially one as intense as that caused by poison ivy, is nigh irresistible — and feels so satisfying.
If you think about it,…
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Meet the Solar Engineer Transforming Lebanon’s Power Grid
In Mira Daher’s home country of Lebanon, the national grid provides power for only a few hours a day. The country’s state-owned energy provider, Electricity of Lebanon (EDL), has long struggled to meet demand, and a crippling economic crisis…
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A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt’s cult of the sun
The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence of the moon passing perfectly between the…
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UK scientists crack puzzle to purify moon water in extreme conditions
Back in 2018, ISRO’s Chandrayan-1 spacecraft confirmed the presence of water ice beneath the lunar surface, and then in 2023, NASA released a detailed, wide-area map revealing areas where water could be found on the moon.
Lunar water could…
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Astronomers Investigate Whether Dying Star’s Blast of Deadly Gamma Radiation Will Hit Earth
For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth.
The so-called “Death Star,” which is also famed for looking like a glowing pinwheel, has caused a lot of lost sleep…
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Rethinking the Origin of Life: Scientists Propose New Soda Lake Theory
Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation for how prebiotic chemistry could have taken place despite phosphorus scarcity. Phosphorus, along with nitrogen and…
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Earth’s inner core is rapidly changing and now ‘rotating backwards’
It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied scientists for generations. It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller than the Moon yet massive enough to play a…
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Pictures show stunning glimpse of partial solar eclipse across the UK
People across the UK looked to the skies on Saturday to witness a partial solar eclipse.
The…
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Why We’ll Never Find A Frozen Dinosaur, But There Are Mummified Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (well, apart from those feathered ones still alive today), but despite the incredible age of their fossils, we do find soft tissues intact. These mummified samples have provided snapshots into…
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2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid packed with coins, weapons discovered
Archaeologists have unearthed a massive and enigmatic pyramidal structure, containing remarkably well-preserved artifacts, during an unprecedented excavation in Israel’s Judean Desert.
The Israel Antiquities Authority recently announced…
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