In an effort to understand what makes one species functionally eternal, researchers have just matched its DNA to that of its mortal relatives. There is immortality, but you have to be a jellyfish, not a deity or a vampire, to obtain it. Additionally, Turritopsis dohrnii, a species of cnidarian, is the only one known to have discovered the key to eternal life. The DNA of T. … [Read more...] about Natural Phenomenon Causes Hummingbird Wings to Turn into Tiny Rainbows
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In A Few Decades, The World’s Population Will Decline For The First Time In Centuries
"This will truly be a new world, one we should be preparing for today." Within the next century, it is anticipated that the world's population will begin to drop for the first time in modern history, ushering in a "revolution in the tale of our human civilization" and significant changes in how people spend their lives. At this time, there are about 7.8 billion people on … [Read more...] about In A Few Decades, The World’s Population Will Decline For The First Time In Centuries
Greenland’s Melting Ice Has Already Locked In A Rise In Sea Level Of 27 Centimeters
Even if the world stopped warming tomorrow seas will rise almost a foot worldwide from Greenland alone. The fact that many of the effects of climate change are delayed and will continue to occur long after people have ceased fiddling with the planet's thermostat is one of its most frightening features. The amount of ice Greenland will lose due to the warming that has already … [Read more...] about Greenland’s Melting Ice Has Already Locked In A Rise In Sea Level Of 27 Centimeters
Mammal Ancestors’ Flattened Mummies Discovered 250 Million Years After Extinction Event
The basin revealed several specimens with their skin remarkably intact. Lystrosaurus was spotted in a couple sequences in Jurassic World Dominion (including a deleted one in which it chomps the head off an Oviraptor). While the silver screen may be the last place we'll ever see such an animal alive and well, mummified specimens discovered in South Africa have revealed … [Read more...] about Mammal Ancestors’ Flattened Mummies Discovered 250 Million Years After Extinction Event
America’s Subterranean “Lost Sea” Is So Vast It’s Never Been Fully Explored
Divers have tried to find the end of the lake, but their attempts failed. America's "Lost Sea" can be found deep beneath an unassuming corner of Tennessee: the largest non-subglacial underground lake in the US, and perhaps the second largest in the world. This massive body of underground water is found in the Craighead Caverns and is so vast that no one knows how big it … [Read more...] about America’s Subterranean “Lost Sea” Is So Vast It’s Never Been Fully Explored