The city of Pompeii was buried in a devastating volcanic eruption in AD, but archaeologists are still unearthing extraordinary structures in the area. On Saturday, they unveiled their new invention – a very well-preserved ancient “snack bar.” Officials said the Reggio V’s thermopolyum would be a shop selling hot food, …
Read More »A never-heard song leads to ocean discovery
(Newser) – Researchers studying whales in the western Indian Ocean stumped. They recorded a whale song they had never heard before, described by one as a “slow, throbbing ballad” New York Times. After some underwater drowsiness, they report happy discovery in the journal Endangered species research: The song is about …
Read More »Brighten up your epidemic life with Google’s new AR Animals
Google’s AR cat.Screenshots: Google Ever since I was little, I’ve always been a cat fan (although dogs are cute too). Still, my current landlord doesn’t allow me to take the cat, so I just compromise to follow the cute ones on Instagram. Considering I live alone, during epidemics I’ve often …
Read More »Astronomers are obscured by these haunted, unseen circles in space
In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska made a presentation showing interesting things while browsing our new radio astronomical data. She began to see very strange shapes that could not easily fit into any known type of to-budget. Of those, labeled by Anna WTF?, Was a picture of a haunted …
Read More »An astronomer has explored the universe for a possible message from its creator
The universe is a mysterious place. We don’t know why it is, and there are so many unanswered questions about how it is. But what if it was created on purpose by an intelligent entity? Is there a way we can find it? In 2005, a pair of physicists proposed …
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