Here's How to Watch the Great American Solar Eclipse Live

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

If you're not one of the 12 million people who live within the approximately 70-mile-wide (113 kilometers) path of totality, or one of the 1.85 million to 7.4 million people expected to travel to that path, there are still ways to watch the eclipse live. [Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Everything You Need to Know] NASA will host two live streams: One will follow the eclipse across the U.S.; the other will broadcast from Carbondale, Illinois, a spot that will be in the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse and also the 2024 eclipse. [Read More]

Holy Land Farming Began 5,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  739 words  |  Patria Henriques

AVDAT, Israel — For thousands of years, different groups of people have lived in the Negev desert, building stone walls and cities that survive to this day. But how did they make their living? The current thinking is that these desert denizens didn't practice agriculture before approximately the first century, surviving instead by raising animals, said Hendrik Bruins, a landscape archaeologist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. But new research suggests people in this area, the Negev highlands, practiced agriculture as long ago as 5000 B. [Read More]

How Personality Increases Risk of Drug Abuse

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  702 words  |  Patria Henriques

People with certain personality traits may at increased risk for drug use problems, and studying personality may help researchers better understand and treat these problems, according to a new review. Many studies have attempted to link genes to the condition researchers call substance use disorder, but they've largely failed to do so, even though the condition can run in families, said Dr. Sergi Ferré, a senior scientist and section chief at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. [Read More]

Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  357 words  |  Patria Henriques

A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed while trying to board a nuclear submarine in Russia, according to news reports. The sub was docked near the village of Rybachiy in Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, which has served as a submarine construction base since the 1960s. In a video shared on social media on Nov. 8, crewmembers aboard the sub watch as the two bears swim up from the adjacent bay and climb aboard the vessel's deck. [Read More]

North America's 'Loch Ness Monster' Spotted Again

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  680 words  |  Patria Henriques

Dubbed “North America’s Loch Ness Monster,” the purported leviathan of Lake Champlain, “Champ,” has just resurfaced. On Feb. 22, 2006, Good Morning America aired exclusive video footage of “something” just below the surface of the water, possibly the lake’s fabled creature. A pair of Vermont men, Dick Affolter and his 34-year-old stepson, Pete Bodette, had made the digital recordings the previous summer while salmon fishing. ABC consulted two retired FBI forensic image analysts, who concluded that the video appeared authentic, although they could not say what it depicted. [Read More]

Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' Has Vanished

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  299 words  |  Patria Henriques

A mud island that burst from the waters off the coast of Pakistan during a deadly earthquake in 2013 has disappeared beneath the waves. The 6-year-old island was the product of a "mud volcano," as Live Science reported at the time. Buried mud, subject to the intense pressures of the Arabian tectonic plate grinding against the Eurasian plate, liquefied and launched toward the surface. It moved so fast that it carried rocks and boulders on top of it. [Read More]

Pointing Your Finger Makes You Credible to Kids

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  684 words  |  Trudie Dory

Pointing makes kids believe you. And it may convey an air of authority to adults, too. That's the finding of a pair of psychologists at the University of Virginia. In a new study probing how young children make inferences about what other people know, co-authors Carolyn Palmquist and Vikram Jaswalfound that adults can convince a 4-year-old that they know something simply by pointing while delivering the message. This act even overrides all other evidence that the adult is clueless. [Read More]

Ptooey! Tree-Climbing Goats Spread Seeds by Spitting

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  421 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Tree-climbing goats in Morocco give their roosts where they feed a boost … by spitting the trees' seeds on the ground. Yes, Morocco has tree-climbing goats. Herders in the arid southern part of the country even encourage their domesticated goats to climb by pruning the thorny argan trees the animals love. Especially in autumn, when other vegetation is scarce, the fruit of the argan tree is an important source of calories for the goats. [Read More]

Save $100 on advanced Dyson Cool air purifier this Cyber Monday

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  574 words  |  Trudie Dory

As the weather gets cold and more people are staying indoors, air purifiers can keep out dust and other allergens to keep you breathing easy. And like other Dyson products, the company’s air purifiers come with all the bells and whistles, plus a sleek design to complement any home. And while Cyber Monday might be over, this deal on the Dyson Pure Cool purifying tower fan means you can still save $100 at Best Buy(opens in new tab). [Read More]

Shimmering 'night spiral' captured above Hawaii is actually a dying SpaceX rocket

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

(opens in new tab)A dying SpaceX rocket stage generated a strange and stunning "night spiral" over Hawaii. The Subaru Telescope captured a video of the "flying whirlpool," as SpaceWeather.com(opens in new tab) termed it, on Sunday (April 17) near Mauna Kea, hours after a California-based Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a spy satellite(opens in new tab) into orbit. SpaceX launched the spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). [Read More]