Mysteries

Benjamin Johnson May 25, 2018 38

A Multiverse — where our Universe is only one of many — might not be as inhospitable to life as previously thought, according to new research. Questions about whether other universes might exist as part of a larger Multiverse, and…

Benjamin Johnson May 01, 2018 288

China has had many stories of “floating” cities witnessed by thousands of citizens in the respective areas in the past few years. These floating cities have also stirred a hot debate on the possibility of a parallel universe or government-produced…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 30, 2018 15

Imperial experts have found a “breadcrumb trail” of debris from an 800,000-year-old meteor impact. Around 800,000 years ago, a 20 kilometer meteor collided with the Earth, producing a zone of debris in Australasia that covers a tenth of the Earth’s…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 17, 2018 2

Astronomers, using data from the Gemini and W. M. Keck Observatories in Hawai’i, have encountered a galaxy that appears to have almost no dark matter. Since the Universe is dominated by dark matter and it is the foundation upon which…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 13, 2018 28

An international team of physicists, including researchers at MIT, have reported the first results from an underground experiment designed to answer one of physics most fundamental questions: Why is our universe made mostly of matter? According to theory, the Big…

Benjamin Johnson Apr 12, 2018 6

For now, there are just a few things researchers and students at the University of Kansas want people to dig about the new dinosaur they recently excavated in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation. First off, it’s a “fabulous” complete section of the…

Benjamin Johnson Mar 12, 2018 35

“Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out…

Benjamin Johnson Feb 14, 2018 94

Every culture has its own unique take on ghosts and the supernatural, right from ancient to modern times. And in this regard, Chinese culture is not any different. From ghosts that have smelly hair to ghosts who plan revenge on…

Benjamin Johnson Feb 12, 2018 144

During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Japanese soldiers made an attack on Luyi County in Henan Province and tried to blow up a building located on Laojun Mountain. They fired 13 shells, but none of them exploded. The puzzled troops…

Benjamin Johnson Feb 08, 2018 9

There are plenty of strange facts about dreams on the Internet, but while dreams are a natural part of sleeping, it’s surprising that many things about dreams and their purpose remain unknown. Are your dreams warning you of your future,…