Do we live in a computer simulation? If we don’t, we might be doomed0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- October 25, 2021
Not living in a simulation might be humanity’s worst option.
Not living in a simulation might be humanity’s worst option.
It’s true: Crabs keep turning up in nature, and it’s bothering scientists so much that they’ve been given federal grants to get to the bottom of it.
Such a horrible sight.
A new study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things at the end of the Cretaceous. The authors say that this devastating extinction event was a form of ‘creative destruction’ that allowed snakes to diversify into new niches, previously filled by their competitors.
You may think your cat or dog shares a lot of your personality, but there may be another fluffy animal near your home that acts more like you — the squirrel, according to new research.
A billion years have vanished from the geological record – and over 152 years after this was first discovered, scientists can’t agree on why.
A full-on impact by this giant likely would have broken the already unstable ice shelf.
Whether you choose to kill insects or not, there is one bug across the northeastern United States health officials want you to take care of immediately: the spotted lanternfly.
No hate to the Greek philosopher, but he wasn’t the first to use Pythagorean triples.
The new island, resulting from an eruption from the undersea Fukutoku-Okanoba volcano, is located about 1,200 kilometres south of Tokyo, near Iwo Jima.