James J. Williams

Whales are stressed by the noise from the ships, researchers have shown

Sea researchers have found that noise from ships causes a high level of stress for whales nearby. Ships' propellers emit…

13 years ago

Breakthrough discovery: Antarctic Lake Vostok buried under the ice for 20 million years

A breakthrough discovery has been made by Russian scientists after they drilled down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to…

13 years ago

NASA set to pull the plug on its joint mission to Mars with ESA on ExoMars programme

NASA looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency (ESA), ExoMars…

13 years ago

Mimi Alford, ex-White House intern, described her 18-month affair with JFK in a new explosive book

An explosive book claims that John F. Kennedy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room,…

13 years ago

Greedy cormorant trying to swallow a 5 lb pike

A greedy cormorant came inland for a meal at the Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve in Kent, UK, and tried desperately to…

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Shifts in Earth’s axis are enough to trigger the ice ages, Harvard Prof. Peter Huybers proves

Peter Huybers, a Harvard earth sciences professor, has finally proved the idea that slight shifts in Earth's axis are enough to…

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The world’s largest virtual telescope have been created by linking four telescopes

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory in Chile have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope linking four telescopes, so that…

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Barred spiral galaxy image captured by Hubble space telescope

An image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way has been captured…

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“Supergiant” amphipod found in the waters of Kermadec Trench in New Zealand

A “supergiant” crustacean has been found lurking 7 km down in the waters of the Kermadec Trench off New Zealand.…

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Huge Burmese python caught in Everglades before it could lay 59 baby snakes eggs

A huge Burmese python was caught by rangers in Everglades, Florida, before it could lay eggs containing the 59 super-predators…

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Rocky planet with liquid water and temperature similar to Earth discovered by ESO

Astronomers from European Southern Observatory (ESO) have found a planet which is one of the best candidates for life ever found…

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Recordings of the conversations between Air Force One and White House after JFK’s assassination were made public

Recordings of the conversations between Air Force One and the White House communications office immediately after President John F. Kennedy…

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First detailed pictures of uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe in Manú National Park from Peru

The incredible pictures of an isolated Amazon tribe are the most detailed ever recorded of a previously uncontacted Indian tribe…

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EU will spend 3 million Euros to research the potential of insects as an alternative source of proteins

European Union has decided to spend 3 million Euros to research “the potential of insects as an alternative source of…

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European scientists are developing an asteroid shield

European scientists are developing a system to protect Earth from the giant asteroids which travel around the Milky Way. The…

13 years ago

Anti-matter could be the answer to anti-gravity question

According to a Physics Review Letters report, the question of whether normal matter's shadowy counterpart anti-matter exerts a kind of…

13 years ago

Argus One, the “Flying Sperm” spy plane from Pentagon

Argus One is the Pentagon's newest unmanned spy plane, which cheeky observers are already calling it the “Flying Sperm”. The…

13 years ago

Graphene: the miracle material can be used to distil alcohol

A new study in Science journal shows that membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil…

13 years ago

The world’s largest cut emerald is set to go up for auction at $1.15 million

Teodora, the world's largest cut emerald, which is the size of a watermelon, is set to go up for auction…

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Bus-sized asteroid is set to pass extremely close to Earth today

NASA announces that an asteroid the size of a bus is set to pass extremely close to Earth today. Asteroid…

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3-D object has been cloaked from all angles

Researchers from Austin, Texas, have "cloaked" a 3-D object, making it invisible from all angles, for the first time. However, the…

13 years ago

Starbursting activity in the early Universe lead to biggest galaxies

A new research suggests that frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in…

13 years ago

JFK’s final recordings released by presidential library

John F. Kennedy's presidential library has released the final 45 hours of his private recordings, representing the last months of…

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Sun is today bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in 7 years

Specialists announce that the sun is today bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in almost seven years,…

13 years ago

Huge dome of freshwater has been discovered in the Arctic Ocean

A huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean has been detected by British scientists. The…

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