By: Jonathan O’Callaghan/IFL Science Seven days. Seven flares. Is the end of times upon us? A week ago, the Sun unleashed its biggest solar flare in more than a decade, a monster X9.3 storm that knocked out radio communications on Earth. This was the second of the week, but the Sun was just getting started. Over…
Rising Sea Levels Have Caused Eight Islands In The Pacific To Completely Disappear
By: James Felton/IFL Science Last year it became apparent that five islands had disappeared into the Pacific ocean. Part of the Soloman Islands, the low-lying reef islands were completely submerged by rising sea levels, all since the mid-20th century. The islands weren’t inhabited, but other nearby ones were. On six of these, large areas of land were completely…
Scientists Find “Evidence” Of A Multidimensional Universe INSIDE Our Brain
By: Educate Inspire Change An exciting finding has been made by scientists as they have discovered that the human brain contains structures and shapes that may have up to eleven dimensions. Neuroscientists welcome the findings stating: “We have found a world that we had never imagined before.” With the help of Mathematical methods of algebraic topology, scientists have found…
3,700 Year-Old Babylonian Tablet Decoded
By: Stephen Luntz/IFL Science Almost a century ago, Edgar Banks – the inspiration for Indiana Jones – dug up a clay tablet in southern Iraq, but it took until now for its meaning to be understood. With this explanation has come insight into Babylonian mathematics, which operated on a different, and in some ways preferable, system than our own. In 1945,…
Public Asked To Look Out For These Warning Signs After The Plague Is Found In Two Counties
By: James Felton/IFL Science Navajo County, Arizona, has issued a public health warning after fleas collected in the county tested positive for the plague. The county made a statement warning residents of the symptoms of bubonic plague, including buboes, fever, and muscle pain. Fleas collected in Coconino County, Arizona, also tested positive for Yersinia pestis, which causes three…
Giant Sloth Fossil Discovered In Sinkhole In Mexico
By: Kristy Hamilton/IFL Science Buried deep within a water-filled sinkhole in the Yucatán peninsula, researchers have found the fossilized remains of an unknown species of giant sloth. The creature likely died just over 10,000 years ago, possibly falling into the sinkhole when it was dry or had little water in it. Sinkholes in Mexico, known as “cenotes”, are natural pits…
Intense Energies Flooding The Planet This Week
By: Educate Inspire Change As the Total Solar Eclipse gets closer and closer to its arrival date, energies are rising more rapidly than ever. Just in the last few weeks, things have become increasingly intense and ‘rough.’ Have you noticed people acting out of normal? Like a person who is normally chilled out becoming anxious? This…
Conspiracy Theorists Predict Coming Eclipse Signals End Of The World
By: James Felton/IFL Science Conspiracy theorist David Meade has claimed that the eclipse taking place later this month will signal the end of the world. The author of such classics as Rapture 2015 and Planet X and Hitler’s Escape to Argentina says Planet X will collide with Earth shortly after the solar eclipse, moving his previous prediction forward from October. Conspiracy theorists…
Loneliness And Social Isolation Could Be Deadlier Than Obesity
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Although we’re more connected than ever in some ways, many parts of the world are facing what’s being called a “loneliness epidemic”, with over 42 million adults over age 45 in the US suffering from chronic loneliness. New research says that this widespread social isolation is a major threat to public health, perhaps even…