A Seemingly Infinite Sea Of Millions Of Blue Flowers Engulf A Japanese Park
10 Of the Creepiest And Most Spine-Chilling Creatures Of The Deep
10 Of the Creepiest And Most Spine-Chilling Creatures Of The Deep
The Hole In The Ozone Layer Is The Smallest It’s Been In Almost 30 Years
By: Tom Hale/IFLScience The hole in the ozone layer – once a powerful symbol of humans’ meddling with the environment – is the smallest it’s been in almost 30 years. Is this good news about the environment for once!? Well, you’re not exactly wrong, but it’s also not quite as simple as it seems. NASA and NOAA announced…
New Aerial Images Show Mysterious Lost City In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean
By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science Nan Madol is an ancient and remote city that has long been out of reach for archaeologists. Now, new tech has given scholars unprecedented access to the site, which was once the seat of the Saudeleur Dynasty (1100 CE to 1600 CE). The “floating” city sits on a coral reef in the Pacific…
Extraordinary “Atlas Of The Underworld” Showcases Earth’s 94 Hidden Tectonic Plates
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Earth’s tectonic plates make our world unique. Thanks to these colossal continentals and oceanic islands floating atop a partly molten hellish mantle, we have oceans and mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and even an atmosphere. That’s why a team of Dutch scientists from Utrecht University has conjured up a new database containing everything…
A Huge Hole Has Opened In Antarctica But No One Is Quite Sure Why
By: Jonathan O’Callaghan/IFLScience A huge hole has opened up in Antarctica and, well, scientists aren’t really sure what it’s doing there. The discovery is said to be as large as the state of Maine, notes Motherboard, and bigger than the Netherlands. In September it was 60,000 square kilometers (23,000 square miles) in size, but at its biggest,…
What Happens When Two Hurricanes Collide?
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Eager to get in on all the hurricane action, the British tabloid press screamed of “DOUBLE HURRICANE HELL” as weather models showed the remnants of Hurricanes Maria and Lee merging to form a “Giant Atlantic SUPERSTORM.” Apart from the fact that, as you may suspect, this apocalyptic vision is somewhat oversold – it’ll just be a tad windy…
NASA Responds To Claims That The World Is Going To End Tomorrow
By: Jonathan O’Callaghan/IFL Science Sadly, tomorrow is the end of the world. I know, I know, you’ve still got stuff you want to do. But an expert has made the claim and, well, there’s no going back now. The mysterious planet Nibiru is going to slam into our planet, killing us all. NASA, however, is having none…
Someone Actually Tried To Prove The Earth Is Flat With This Sign
By: James Felton/IFLScience A flat-Earth conspiracy theorist has been mocked online after leaving a bizarre sign at a beach. Stephen Voss was walking St Kilda beach in Dunedin, New Zealand, when he came across a sign. Rather than giving a usual warning, such as “mind your step” or “look out! Sharks!”, it appeared to be telling…