What Is the Scientific Mystery Behind the Bermuda Triangle?
WEBJan 4, 2024 · The Bermuda Triangle has been the site of a number of high-profile and still-mysterious naval and aviation disappearances. But that those disasters are the result of anything sinister, as opposed to the logical conjunction of environment and statistics, is extremely doubtful. Still, a number of people have proposed scientifically valid ...
A Complete Dinosaur Timeline to Extinction: How Long Did They …
WEBJun 21, 2023 · The dawn of dinosaurs began with the Permian mass extinction, also known as the Great Dying.This event, around 252 million years ago, killed more than 90 percent of life on Earth at the time. Scientists are unclear on what actually caused this mass die-off (warming temperatures and volcanic activity likely played a role) but it is widely …
The Evolution of DNA Forensics and Its Impact on Solving Crimes
WEBOct 26, 2023 · DNA evidence was first used in the criminal case of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in 1986. The police approached Jeffreys's team, asking for help on a double rape and murder case of two teenagers from Narborough, just 5 miles southeast of his university. Though the crimes were two and a half years apart, 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn …
How Deep Is the Mariana Trench and What Have We Found in its …
WEBNov 29, 2023 · Some measurements in the Mariana Trench have charted depths exceeding 6.5 miles (or 36,000 feet) in the deepest spot, dubbed Challenger Deep. The average depth of the world’s oceans comes in around 12,000 feet, or 2.3 miles, according to a comprehensive research effort with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
The Dawn of Fire: When Did Early Humans First Discover Fire?
WEBSep 21, 2023 · The evidence for humans making fires themselves (and cooking more regularly with them) suggests it first started around 800,000 years ago, with some researchers speculating it began as early as 1.5 million years ago. It’s around this time that humans begin to cook and gather around fires. Once humans started cooking regularly, …
What Was Life Like on Pangea 250 Million Years Ago?
WEBSep 20, 2023 · Roughly 250 million years ago, Earth’s land masses lay together in one supercontinent known as Pangea. Surrounded by a single ocean, known as Panthalassa, it saw the rise of the dinosaurs. Pangea was roughly shaped like Pac-Man, with land reaching to both north and south poles and a chunk biting into the middle that contained the …
10 Famous Scientists and Their Contributions - Discover Magazine
WEBOct 19, 2023 · Get to know the greatest scientists in the world. Learn how these famous scientists changed the world as we know it through their contributions and discoveries. By Gemma Tarlach, Nathaniel Scharping, Lacy Schley, Bill Andrews, Eric Betz, Carl Engelking, Elisa Neckar, Ashley Braun, and Mark Barna. Oct 19, 2023 1:45 PMOct 19, 2023 1:43 PM.
10 Scientific Discoveries That Changed The World
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is often credited with proposing the first heliocentric model of the universe. In 1543, he published his great work, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, which explained his theories. Among them was that day and night was created by the Earth spinning on its axis. Copernican …
Why Do We Always See the Same Side of the Moon?
WEBOct 29, 2014 · For starters, the moon is not stuck in place with one side facing us. Our lunar companion rotates while it orbits Earth. It’s just that the amount of time it takes the moon to complete a revolution on its axis is the same it takes to circle our planet — about 27 days. As a result, the same lunar hemisphere always faces Earth.
Who Were the Ancient Sumerians? - Discover Magazine
WEBNov 10, 2020 · The ancient Sumerians created one of humanity’s first great civilizations. Their homeland in Mesopotamia, called Sumer, emerged roughly 6,000 years ago along the floodplains between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq and Syria. The Sumerians learned to farm on a grand scale in the so-called Fertile Crescent, a thin, …