What would happen to life if humans left the scene in a post-apocalyptic future? After all, humans are quite likely to go extinct long before the sun swells into a red giant and exterminates all life on Earth. Assuming that we do not eliminate all other life as we disappear (an improbable achievement given our special proclivity for causing extinction), history tells us that … [Read more...] about What Species Would Take Over the Earth If Humans Died Out?
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What Causes Certain Animals to Become Cannibalistic?
Study finds good reasons to go after your comrades—and some bad ones, too Jay Rosenheim had no clue his team's strategy to defend California's cotton crops would spark a cannibalism epidemic. Faced with the ever-destructive cotton aphids—a tiny ravenous green insect that sucks sap from crops, leaving moldy waste and a slew of deadly viruses in their wake—he and his … [Read more...] about What Causes Certain Animals to Become Cannibalistic?
A Touching Video Demonstrates What Love Can Do For A Sad Shelter Cat
"When he was finally in his new home, it’s like a switch flipped." Otie is currently curled up and purring, making it hard to believe that he was previously just another lonely cat looking for a loving home. But that's just how his mother, Alyssa Keeling, came across him when she went to her neighborhood animal shelter. According to Keeling, "He was obviously sad," The … [Read more...] about A Touching Video Demonstrates What Love Can Do For A Sad Shelter Cat
This is What Would Occur if a Massive Asteroid Struck The Sea
Disaster films rarely mention that an asteroid heading for Earth is most likely going to land in the ocean given that water makes up the majority of our globe. That situation still poses a threat to us helpless humans. A computer model was developed by researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory to examine what occurs when an asteroid impacts the ocean. At … [Read more...] about This is What Would Occur if a Massive Asteroid Struck The Sea
What is This Sinister Red Flame Illuminating The Pacific Ocean?
Internet sleuths are searching for explanations for a mysterious crimson light above the Pacific Ocean. Pilot Dustin Maggard captured a weird red glow below from his cockpit 31,000 feet over the ocean. He claimed, "We had no notion what we were looking at. We were cracking jokes about being in the midst of an extraterrestrial invasion or some type of military … [Read more...] about What is This Sinister Red Flame Illuminating The Pacific Ocean?