A strange boom and “violent shaking” were reported in West Michigan on Sunday, and officials still have no explanation for their cause. It happened in the evening, with residents from multiple counties reporting the incident. Union County residents in particular ...
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Lightning During A Hawaiian Volcano Eruption
In July 2008, the ocean entry plume at Kalapana, Hawaii erupted with a spectacular display of lava, ash, and dark-clouded fury. But within those eruption clouds was something else entirely: Lightning. Apparently, this is a fairly common phenomenon, though it’s ...
Read More »Will We Ever Be Attacked By Giant Mutant Ants?
Giant ants. They stand alongside the greats of B-movie cinema: The Megasharks, the giant spiders, the…frogs. In the above trailer from the 1954 movie Them!, we see these monstrosities in action, brought to life with one part movie magic, two ...
Read More »Europa Likely Has More Water Than Earth
Europa stands as one of the most compelling heavenly bodies in our solar system. It’s Jupiter’s sixth moon, a frozen shell with one fairly powerful secret: There’s possibly more liquid water under its icy surface than there is on Planet Earth. In ...
Read More »What Really Caused The Tunguska Event?
It began with a “bluish light,” a glowing object as bright as the sun. It swept across the skies of Siberia in the early morning of June 30, 1908, at about 7:17 a.m. Then, a flash. A loud explosion. An ...
Read More »Meet The Aerial Robot That Can Perch
Just imagine: It’s a perfectly fine day, and you’re walking happily through the local park, or back home after a night at Showbiz Pizza. But then, suddenly and out of the blue, a robotic terror bird swoops down from the ...
Read More »Is The Mysterious Illness In Le Roy Driven By Social Networking?
Last year, a peculiar illness swept the community of Le Roy, New York. Students attending a local high school exhibited symptoms such as twitching, shaking, and uncontrollable speech, similar to Tourette’s Syndrome. At the time, it was written off as nothing ...
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