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Ghostly lights dancing in midair in swamps, forests, and even graveyards have been reported by cultures all over the world, for centuries. According to a new study, there could be a logical explanation after all: a strange form of ‘microlightning’. Often called will-o’-the-wisps, jack-o’-lanterns, or ignis fatuus, these bizarre floating flames have understandably inspired many a colorful back story. They’re …

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is calling on the Supreme Court to rule in her favor as President Donald Trump’s effort to remove her from her role continues. The counsel for Cook argued to the justices on Thursday that they should reject Trump’s request that he should be allowed to fire her, dependent on the outcome of her lawsuit, which …

An eerie, red-coloured stream has been flowing in Antarctica for centuries, which stands out so much against the icy white landscape that it looks like the glacier is bleeding. “Blood Falls” flows from the tongue of the 35-nautical-mile-long Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in the east …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 15:07 pm The British Royal family held its first Catholic funeral in modern history on Tuesday for the duchess of Kent, the first senior British royal to be received into the Church since the 17th century.  The duchess died on Sept. 4 at the age of 92 and asked that …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 NASA explores americium-241 for its potential to power spacecraft over centuries. 🚀 The new isotope could extend the reach of missions beyond current limitations. 🔋 Nuclear batteries convert heat from radioactive decay into electricity for deep space exploration. 🔍 Ongoing research focuses on reliable conversion systems like the Stirling engine for effective energy use. NASA’s pursuit …

Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years. Tiny shrews barely make it a year. Some sea sponge species are over 15,000 years old. That gap raises a straightforward question: what’s different at the biological level? Instead of hunting for a single “longevity gene,” researchers looked for patterns across sets of related genes that might scale up in species with …

Credit: ZME Science/Midjorney. In 2024, scientists studying ancient sediments in the eastern United States reported signs of a comet exploding in Earth’s skies 12,800 years ago. That event, they suggested, might have plunged the planet into a thousand-year cold spell known as the Younger Dryas.  Now, a new study has taken the search deep beneath the ocean, and the results …

A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve, where the volcano is located. Images released by state media showed …

A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve, where the volcano is located. Images released by state media showed …

A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve, where the volcano is located. Images released by state media showed …