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Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer

Beautiful, Giant, And Nearly Frozen Waves Are Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer Photographer Jonathan Nimerfroh found himself staring at an ocean full of Slurpee. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean looked like it due to the unusually cold temperatures that were making it freeze. Lakes freeze every year, but oceans freezing is a rare sight. The photographer/surfer/ocean enthusiast se

NASA Saw Something Come Out Of A Black Hole For The First Time Ever

(NuSTAR) You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes typically suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA just spotted something mighty strange at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335. Two of NASA’s space telescopes, including the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), miraculously observed a black hole’s corona “launched” away from

NASA’s $1 Billion Jupiter Probe Just Sent Back Stunning New Photos Of Jupiter

Traveling above Jupiter at more than 130,000 miles per hour, NASA's $1 billion Juno probe took its ninth set of stunning flyby images on October 24. But the sun slipped between the giant planet and Earth for more than a week, blocking the spacecraft from beaming home its precious bounty of data. Now that the conjunction is over, however, new raw image data from Juno's ninth perijove — as the

‘Demon’ shark with snake’s head caught for the first time

During an offshore trawl in southern Portugal earlier this year, researchers caught a bizarre deep-sea animal: a frilled shark. The one-and-a-half-metre male shark was pulled up near the Algarve region back in August, but the discovery began grabbing headlines this week. Some of the details accompanying the story, however, aren't entirely accurate. The male shark was caught by trawlers in Au

Nurse sneaks into patient’s room, seconds later camera catches her kind gesture

Sometimes it feels like papers, newstands and news reports are filled with all the terrible things happening all around the world. Everyday we wake only to be shocked at just how terrible people can be. Terror attacks seem to be happening more than ever and many people are afraid of what will happen next. But every now and then we get to read something nice instead. It really warms my h

Scientist: Don’t give up your seat for elderly on the bus

I was taught at a young age that if I see an elderly standing on a bus or a train that I should give up my seat and offer it to to them. As an adult I still think this is the right thing to do and teach my kids the same thing. But researchers now say that you really shouldn’t do that. Standing is good for you There should be no doubt about offering your seat on any public transport to an ol

This mom’s punishment for her son is getting praise from all over the world

One mom caught her son using his phone after bedtime, something he knew was against the rules. She grounded him. In order to end his punishment, he had to earn points. 500 whole points. However, he could choose how to do it. His mother came up with a rather clever list containing a variety of household chores, each with a point value. Here’s what she wrote: Congratulations! You

Photographer Travels To The Coldest Village On Earth Where The Temperature Can Reach -71.2C (-96F)

If you think that winter has already come to your city, pictures from Oymyakon, Russia, the coldest village on Earth, might change your mind. With the lowest temperature of −71.2 °C (−96 °F), recorded in 1924, and the average for January being -50°C (-60°F), this village is the coldest permanently inhabited place on this planet. New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple decided to go on

Scientists Discover Another Earth!

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope recently discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star within the habitable zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is approximately 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also known as the Goldilocks zone, is the region around a star within which planetary-mass objects with sufficient atmospheric pressure can support liquid

How to Make a Sparkle Ball

If you’ve waited till last minute to decorate for Christmas, this idea is easy and quick… And it’ll look awesome once you’re done… All you need is plastic cups, LED lights, and a stapler…