Category: NATURE/SPACE

February 27, 2024 at 3:46 pm

People Who Climb Mount Everest Are Being Asked To Bring Their Waste Back To Base Camp With Them. – ‘Our mountains have begun to stink.’

People Who Climb Mount Everest Are Being Asked To Bring Their Waste Back To Base Camp With Them. - 'Our mountains have begun to stink.'

Personally, I think everything to do with climbing Mount Everest is slightly weird, morbid, and gross (to varying degrees). That said, the build-up of left behind poop is definitely somewhere on that scale. Because it’s a lot of poop. The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee says that literal tons of excrement have been dumped between Camp One…

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February 26, 2024 at 12:33 pm

NASA Spots Ghostly Skeleton Hand 16,000 Light-Years Away

Source: Chandra X-Ray Observatory

This is so cool!

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February 25, 2024 at 11:37 am

The Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found Weighed As Much As A Grown Man And Would Be Worth $2 Million Today

The Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found Weighed As Much As A Grown Man And Would Be Worth $2 Million Today

158.7 pounds and was 24 inches long!

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February 23, 2024 at 3:29 pm

What Are The Mysterious “Pyramids” Discovered In Antarctica?

What Are The Mysterious "Pyramids" Discovered In Antarctica?

People have their theories… and those are fun

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February 23, 2024 at 12:29 pm

How Many Cells Have Existed Since The Dawn Of Time? It’s A Really, Really Big Number.

How Many Cells Have Existed Since The Dawn Of Time? It's A Really, Really Big Number.

These numbers seem impossible.

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February 23, 2024 at 10:48 am

The Wolves In Chernobyl Have Developed Genetic Mutations That Protect Them From Cancer

The Wolves In Chernobyl Have Developed Genetic Mutations That Protect Them From Cancer

If only that was the priority for the rest of the world.

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February 21, 2024 at 7:41 pm

Earth’s Priciest Precious Metal Isn’t Gold Or Platinum And Costs Over $10,000 An Ounce

Earth's Priciest Precious Metal Isn't Gold Or Platinum And Costs Over $10,000 An Ounce

Wish you had some of this lying around!

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February 20, 2024 at 10:48 am

How Many Times Has Earth Orbited The Sun?

How Many Times Has Earth Orbited The Sun?

It’s a lot of trips.

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February 20, 2024 at 5:46 am

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will “Touch” The Sun For The First Time

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Will "Touch" The Sun For The First Time

This is pretty amazing!

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February 19, 2024 at 11:33 am

NASA Has Finally Recorded A “Song” Coming From A Black Hole

NASA Has Finally Recorded A "Song" Coming From A Black Hole

Fascinating!

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