Day: August 22, 2016

UBR Classic Episode 43: Saturn UFO, ISS for Sale, and New EarthUBR Classic Episode 43: Saturn UFO, ISS for Sale, and New Earth

August 22, 2016| tempestuniverse| 0 Comment | 4:18 pm

On this episode… We’re a day late, but here is what we have.. Dr. Norman Bergrun, a distinguished mechanical engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center is once

Chess grandmaster playing match against 140,000 people reveals expected result

A chess grandmaster who is playing a single game against 140,000 people thinks the match is heading for a draw. [...]

Magna Carta 'copy' miscatalogued in 1940s found to be original

An issue of the Magna Carta, which was wrongly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s, has been identified as original. [...]

Flying duck caught on speed camera could be repeat offender

A duck has been caught on a radar image breaking the speed limit in central Switzerland - and it could be a repeat offender. [...]

Mum in court accused of killing three people with poisonous mushrooms - what you need to know

An Australian woman accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt by serving them a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms is on trial. [...]

Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said. [...]

Woman who faked being a man to get into Magic Circle finally allowed in

How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet? [...]

Letter sheds possible new light on Shakespeare's marriage

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested. [...]

Just 303 DeLoreans left on Britain's roads, say DVLA

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads. [...]

Robots race half-marathon against humans for first time, one falls over

Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time. [...]

Four-foot-long caiman found and seized by police

A four-foot-long caiman has been seized by police during a search of a property in Essex. [...]

Who needs more exercise: Women or men?

Do the benefits of exercise differ by sex? The answer is yes, evidence suggests. [...]

Celestron Nature DX 8x42 binocular review

Does 8x magnification cut it for both stargazing and wildlife spotting, or is it just too small for either activity? [...]

AI models can't tell time or read a calendar, study reveals

Challenges in visual and spatial processing and a deficit in training data have revealed a surprising lack of timekeeping ability in AI systems [...]

Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean. [...]

Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. [...]

Why do elephants have big ears?

Elephants have the largest ears in the animal kingdom, and there's a practical reason for that. [...]

Science news this week: 2025's biggest solar flare and Yosemite's 'ghost' volcano

May 17, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. [...]

150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa

The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. [...]

Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why.

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them. [...]

NASA spacecraft snaps eerie image of eclipsed sun with an extra moon overhead. What's going on?

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning [...]

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