Author: Martin J. Clemens
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Two billion years ago, nature built a working nuclear reactor. Even more remarkable is how a tiny discrepancy in uranium discovered in 1972 allowed scientists to reconstruct what happened—and even determine how the ancient reactor operated.
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For six terrifying years, something stalked the people of Gévaudan, France, leaving death, fear, and rumours of a werewolf in its wake. Wolves were hunted, monsters were killed, and even the King became involved—but more than 250 years later, the…
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Nature is full of strange and wonderful things, but few are quite as unexpected as animals that explode. From bloated whales and unfortunate toads to ants that deliberately blow themselves apart, sometimes the natural world goes out with a bang.
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Exciting news from the field of brain scanning technology is poised to make big waves across multiple scientific disciplines. Researchers have devised a portable PET scanner! That might not seem as exciting to you as it does to me, but…
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Nine Russian students, experienced hikers – seven men, two women –massacred by an unknown force in the early morning hours of February 2nd 1959 on the high slopes of Kholat Syakhl, a mountain peak in the Northern Ural range. No…
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Last week, citizen-scientist astronomers combing through data provided by the Kelper Space Observatory, identified what has been called “alien megastructures” orbiting a distant star called KIC 8462852. News outlets everywhere exploded with speculation and wonderment, printing and reprinting the same…
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Greetings, and welcome. I want to play a game. There are some people for whom those words cause a chill, from the bottom of their spine all the way up to those little hairs on the back of their neck. …
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You’re standing on the middle of the dance floor of a crowded nightclub, a rather large crowded nightclub. Your friends have deserted you, more or less – they’ve found more interesting people, likely of the opposite sex, with whom to…
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As a land made famous for its strange temples, monuments, carvings, and cultures, Guatemala is home to more unsolved mysteries than almost anywhere in the world. With a tumultuous past, and a people ravaged by war, conquest, disease, and economic…
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For years, a photograph supposedly showing the human soul leaving the body has circulated online. Attributed to Russian scientist Konstantin Korotkov, the image has been linked to Kirlian photography—but the famous “soul photograph” doesn’t actually exist. So where did the…
