America’s deadliest volcano could be primed for another eruption – and it’s not Yellowstone. Scientists have discovered a giant, previously unknown lava pool beneath Mount St. Helens in Washington State that could fuel future eruptions at several different volcanoes. The ...
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Is The Truth About Global Warming Finally Emerging?
A group of prominent scientists is conducting an inquiry into the accuracy of temperature readings that are used to make predictions about global warming — and the investigation could dramatically change how we view the science. The inquiry was prompted ...
Read More »Major Solar Storm Stuns Scientists And Threatens Power Grid
A severe solar storm with the potential to disrupt wireless communications, GPS and the electric power grid took scientists by surprise on St. Patrick’s Day – and has experts worried because the federal government’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) did ...
Read More »Pond Virus Discovered That Makes People Slow, Dumb
A new virus found in algae in rivers, lakes and ponds could infect human beings and seriously slow brain activity, according to a group of scientists. Scientists found that people infected with the virus, called ACTV-1, were cognitively 10 to ...
Read More »After Reading This Study You May Never Eat A Doughnut Again
Let’s face it—it’s hard to stick to a diet. We start a diet on Monday and plan to stick with it. That is, until Friday comes along and the kids want pizza for dinner. Eventually, we give in and eat ...
Read More »Double Whammy: How California’s Drought Could Trigger ‘The Big One’
With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state’s Central Valley forced to pump groundwater from deep below to irrigate their crops, researchers are suggesting that removing the groundwater could ...
Read More »New Study Confirms Our Worst Fears About Fracking And Earthquakes
A waste disposal process related to fracking has made Oklahoma the second most earthquake-prone state in the US after California, new research indicates. Experts at the University of Colorado-Boulder and Cornell University say they have scientific evidence that the dumping ...
Read More »US Scientists Recreate Deadly Spanish Flu That Killed 50 Million
Scientists in a controversial experiment have created the virus blamed for the deadliest influenza epidemic in human history – the so-called Spanish Flu which is believed to have killed between 50 and 100 million people from 1918-1920. In 1918 alone, ...
Read More »New Research Shows Asteroids Could Strike Earth Every Decade
Earth is far more vulnerable than previously thought to asteroids like the one that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, injuring over 1,000 people and shattering windows for miles, say scientists in new research While experts previously ...
Read More »Astronauts and Scientists Challenge NASA’s Endorsement of Global Warming Science
FLORIDA – A group comprised of nearly 50 former astronauts and scientists claims that NASA is ruining its reputation in its championing of man-man global warming. Among the group were former Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Walt Cunningham along with ...
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