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HOW DID COLUMBIA WORMS SURVIVE DISASTER
The 2003 Columbia disaster killed seven astronauts, but these tiny worms somehow survived the impact, and the reason was aluminiumWhen Space Shuttle Columbiabroke apart on February 1, 2003, all seven astronauts lost their lives. Yet one NASA experiment survived. Tiny C...- In 1869, Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell and nine others entered the unmapped Grand Canyon. What they discovered transformed geologyJohn Wesley Powell led a daring expedition down the Colorado River in 1869. He navigated violent rapids and towering canyon walls, document...
- Kerala flood volunteer Rajesh dies after handing life jacket to 61-year-old man he just rescued from riverKerala flood volunteer and swimming instructor R Rajesh died after he gave his own life jacket to a 61-year-old man he had just rescued fro...
- In 2016, Barack Obama's name ended up on a newly discovered parasite, but it was an honor, and scientists had this to sayBaracktrema obamai - the unusual name may attract attention, but its evolutionary significance is what makes the discovery truly fascinatin...
- In 2023, multiple deep-sea submersible trips found surprising samples, now a study traces ancient graveyard in Indian oceanWhale Graveyard: Why did so many whales die here? Maybe they were already living in the area and died of natural causes. A few could have p...
- In 1969, California biologist Phil Pister carried endangered Owens pupfish across hazardous terrain in two buckets; in 2024, a seventh refuge population was establishedIn a dramatic rescue in 1969, biologist Phil Pister painstakingly transported the last of the Owens pupfish through challenging landscapes ...
- House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 7 ending explained: Did Ulf betray Rhaenyra? How did Aegon's Sunfyre survive? Here's what happenedHouse of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 7 ending explained: House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 7 ends with Ulf the White apparently switchin...
- Pan Am: For 74 years, no one knew where this plane was—until nowSearch teams located the wreckage of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor after 74 years. This aircraft crashed in 1952, leading to significant airlin...
- In 2012, a 23-year-old dancer Rose Metcalf used her earring to help save 400 people as Costa Concordia sank on her first day at workRose Metcalf was just 23 and on her first day at work aboard the Costa Concordia when the ship began sinking. As panic spread, she helped g...
- 2008, Spain destroyed susceptible pines within 3 km after finding pine wood nematode in one tree; that outbreak was eradicatedA microscopic worm, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, caused a severe pine tree outbreak in Spain. Officials initially eradicated one infestation...
- In 2018, an Indonesian teenager’s floating fishing hut broke free during a storm; he drifted for 49 days as more than 10 ships passed without seeing himAn Indonesian teenager's remarkable survival story began when fierce winds snapped the ropes of his fishing platform, casting him into the ...
- In 1999, Swedish doctor Anna Bågenholm was trapped beneath river ice in Norway for 80 minutes, and her heart stopped; five months later, she returned to workAnna Bågenholm survived 80 minutes trapped in freezing water after a skiing accident. Her body temperature dropped to a record low of 13.7 ...
- In 2012, snowmobilers found a car buried under about a meter of snow in Sweden; inside was a driver who had survived close to two months with little or no foodA Swedish man survived nearly two months trapped inside his snow-buried car. He was found alive in February 2012 after disappearing in Dece...
- In 1983, 'doomsday argument' predicted how many humans will ever live, now a study reveals when will human civilization be wiped off the face of the earthPerhaps the greatest value of the doomsday argument lies not in predicting when humanity might disappear but in encouraging reflection on h...
- Dinosaurs dynasty came to end 66 million years ago but reason behind apex predator's extinction on earth may be due to asteroid force more than one billion times the strength of the atomic blasts at Hiroshima, NagasakiSixty-six million years later, the story of the dinosaurs remains one of nature's most dramatic reminders that life on Earth can change sud...
- Did violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? A landmark 2016 study linking the East African Rift Valley to Homo sapiens around 300,000 years ago says they may haveDid violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? New science says yes. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, massive eruptions shook the ...
- In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limitsNASA scientists made a groundbreaking discovery deep inside Alaskan permafrost. They defrosted 32,000-year-old bacteria frozen since the an...
- Humans have a 'third eye' in the brain: Study links it to a 600-million-year-old Cyclops ancestorHumans cyclops connection: Scientists claim our eyes and even a hormone-regulating gland in our brain trace back to a bizarre, one-eyed sea...
- In 1814, London witnessed beer flood after wooden vats of fermenting porter burst, triggering one of world's strangest industrial disastersLondon Beer Flood: A massive beer vat burst at a London brewery on 17 October 1814, unleashing a huge wave of porter through nearby streets...
- Titanic survivor's lifejacket sells for nearly $901,000: Why Laura Mabel Francatelli's 114-year-old relic became one of the rarest artefacts ever auctionedA rare Titanic lifejacket worn by survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for £670,000, and this historic flotation device fetched more than ...
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