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Imagine you are at a Las Vegas casino and you’re approaching the roulette table.  You notice that the last eight numbers were black… so you think to yourself, “Holy smokes, what are the odds of that!” and you bet on red, thinking that the odds of another black number coming up are really small.  In […]

The word ‘tumbleweed’ generally conjures up images of wild west towns and cowboys. Two gunslingers standing in the main street, onlookers cowering in fear, harmonica music playing, a tumbleweed rolling through between the two men as they face-off. What you probably don’t think of is a modern paved road where the tumbleweeds can be found […]

You walk out across the frozen ground. Your boots crunching on the snow as you approach the orchard. The snow-dusted trees seem ominously dark compared to the rest of the landscape. You slowly enter the grove of trees and see the transparent ethereal fruit hanging from the tree branches before you reach out to pluck […]

The Nazca Lines have been around for centuries, but it was only 1927 when they were first properly seen out of the window of a plane. Since then they have captivated the minds of millions of people worldwide and spawned many theories as to their purpose. From ritual trails to the Ancient Astronaut theories claiming […]

Leonardo da Vinci was certainly one of the greatest inventors, artists, and humans of his time. Many prolific inventors have impressed mankind with their intelligence and ingenuity. They remarkably improved our way of life. From Thomas Edison’s light bulb to the Wright Brothers’ aircraft, they etched a permanent mark in human history. While countless inventors […]

Over the centuries, science has become increasingly successful in explaining the mysteries of the cosmos. We now know that the universe was created 13.7 billion years ago in a Big Bang and that it has been expanding ever since. Physicists have convincing theories and empirical evidence about how galaxies, stars and planets formed and why […]

How long has there been life on this planet? While that question is up for debate among scientists and religious factions, some of Earth’s history can be seen in the aftermath of natural disasters. With some of the most interesting finds, it begs the question as to how much more is there to our planet […]

  Scroll to the bottom for a true chemical reaction story that should definitely not be done at home.  In the meantime, you can safely look at the GIFs below:   This is the Pharaoh’s Serpent (or Black Snake firework). The disgusting, growing mutant arm coil thing is actually mercury thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) getting lit on […]

Over the centuries, there have been many great archaeological discoveries.  From the Headless Vikings of Dorset to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ten in the infographic below would surely make it onto any best-of list.  Which would you add? Source:  Archaeology Ireland  Caher Connell