Digging all the way from China?

December 20, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

China is drilling a hole more than six miles deep into the Earth

In China?s Taklimakan Desert, engineers are drilling a scientific well over six miles deep to explore the Earth?s interior and test the limits of drilling technology.

www.earth.com

Mystery solved!

November 23, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

Why do vultures circle?

Circling vultures aren't waiting for you to die, and seeing them should be a welcome sight because of the benefits they bring, experts say.

www.livescience.com

You like /pəˈteɪtə/ and I like /pəˈtɑːtə/

August 16, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

The strange-but-true origin story of the humble potato

Scientists have long wondered about how the potato's genetic lineage came to be. Now they know: The plants are a cross between tomatoes and a plant known as Etuberosum.

www.npr.org

Again, we’re doomed

June 7, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

An Extreme Drop in Oxygen Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on Earth

For now, complex life flourishes on our planet thanks to its supply of oxygen.

www.sciencealert.com

We’re doomed

June 7, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

A Rogue Star Could Kick Earth Out of the Solar System

A passing star might be all it takes to throw our planet into chaos. Here?s what astronomers have just discovered.

dailygalaxy.com

Science in action

May 11, 2025 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

Attention Required! | Cloudflare

physics.aps.org

I’d never heard of nudibranchs

November 16, 2024 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

You learn something new every day. Isn’t science fascinating?

Ghostly Creature Deep in The Ocean Is Like Nothing We've Seen Before

Picture yourself sinking, slowly, beneath the waves.

www.sciencealert.com

What has mankind done to deserve this?

November 16, 2024 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

Giant spiders the size of a human hand are breeding faster than ever

A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species was found to be in terminal decline.

nypost.com

Eventually they might detect intelligons (theoretical particles that carry intelligence)

November 2, 2024 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment

It Might Be Possible To Detect Gravitons After All | Quanta Magazine

A new experimental proposal suggests detecting a particle of gravity is far easier than anyone imagined. Now physicists are debating what it would really prove.