California just became the first state in the US to require all new homes to be built with rooftop solar panels. The California Energy Commission hearing room was packed full on Wednesday as the commission voted unanimously in favor of the proposed rule. Starting on 1 January, 2020 any new home that’s three stories tall […]
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An Experiment With 100,000 Gamers Just Proved Einstein Got It Wrong About ‘Spooky Action’
A new study involving more than 100,000 volunteer gamers is the latest to show that quantum entanglement works. It’s a phenomenon Einstein was famously uncertain about, calling it “spooky action at a distance”. And that description sums it up pretty well – it’s the idea that particles can influence each other when they’re not connected, […]
The Trump Administration Just Jeopardized The World’s Ability to Measure Carbon Emissions
Apparently, withdrawing from the Paris climate accord wasn’t enough. Now, the Trump administration wants to restrict the world’s ability to measure carbon emissions. According to a new report from the journal Science, the Trump administration has quietly killed NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) – a $10 million-a-year research project, which monitors the flow of Earth’s […]
This Crow in Japan Stole a Credit Card to Buy a Train Ticket
We know crows are like, really smart, but are they use-a-credit-card-to-buy-a-train-ticket smart? Well, actually… maybe. One crow has been caught in the act of appearing to try just that after stealing a woman’s credit card in Japan. In the video from Tokyo’s Kinshichō Station, originally posted to Twitter by user @kinoshi42155049, the corvid is filmed […]
California Just Became The First State to Require Solar Panels on All New Homes
For years, the state of California has been leading the nation in solar production, employing more than 86,000 workers in its local solar industry. And, as of last year, the state generated about 16 percent of its energy needs from solar power alone. Now, the Golden State is about to go even greener. On Wednesday, […]
Search for MH370 Finds Mysterious Shipwrecks Instead
In 1883, the West Ridge sank while carrying British coal to India. The ship and its 28-person crew were never found. In 1877, the W.Gordon sank while sailing from Scotland to Australia and the ship and its 10-person crew were never found. In 1882, the Magdala disappeared on a voyage from Wales to Indonesia and […]
Mothman: A Shapeshifter?
As with the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and the Chupacabra, you don’t need to have any real interest in strange creatures to know of Mothman. But, it does help! The controversy began on November 12, 1966. Although Mothman is so deeply tied to the city of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the first encounter – on […]
Lesser-Known Morphing Monsters
The United Kingdom is home to the eerie, body-morphing creature known as the Phantom Black Dog. On rare occasions people have describe the mysterious, red-eyed dogs taking on multiple forms, including large cats and even bear-like animals. And walking upright, no less. The United States has its very own supernatural equivalent of the PBD. It’s […]
Alien Hunting on America’s Bizarre UFO Highway
There seem to be places in this world which draw to themselves strangeness in all of its forms. Whatever bizarre phenomenon it may be, these locations seem to to hold them fast, pulling them in with forces beyond our comprehension. One such place can be found sprawled out right through the center of the United […]
MRI Scans Show That Reptilian Brains Love Music
Are you worried about the Reptilians? Would you like to get on their good side or at least have a game plan to fight back when they show up at your door? Then make sure you have some classical music cued up on your cellphone or stereo at all times. A new study used MRI […]