Why Have There Been So Many Shark Attacks in Eastern Australia? Surfers down under, beware- within the last month, the Eastern coast of Australia has seen an alarming number of shark attacks. Although the eastern coast has been known to be sharky, over the span of the past five weeks, there have been four shark attacks. Of those four attacks, three have tragically been reported fatal. Related: VIDEO: Great White Shark […] Surf Spencer Cox | July 21, 2020 0 Comments
Hike, Ski, Kayak, and More in the Name of Science Scientists and dirtbags unite! While this may seem to be an unlikely duo, Adventure Scientists founder, Gregg Treinish believes otherwise. For the past nine years, Treinish has been enlisting the help of ski bums, river rats, and dirtbags of all creeds to go adventure in the name of science. Related: Where Did the Term “Dirtbag” Come From? In 2011, Treinish […] Industry News Spencer Cox | July 10, 2020 0 Comments
Study Finds Climate Change Has Stopped 6,500 Years of Global Cooling A recent paleoclimatology study shows that climate change has reversed a major global cooling event. The study lays out that before roughly 150 years ago, the Earth, on average, was cooling for over six millennia. On June 30, the study was published in Nature Research’s Scientific Data revealing the most comprehensive data set ever studied in this line of research. […] Brains Ryan Flynn | July 8, 2020 0 Comments
Scientists Researching How Arctic Plant Was Brought Back To Life After 32,000 Years [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHYGchvcytc&feature=emb_title"] Sebastian Opazo | July 3, 2020 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
New Research Into What Determines The Height Of A Mountain Ever wondered what determines the height of a mountain? It has been long thought that climate and erosion play a large part in the height of mountains with tectonic movement. A new study published by Nature, from researchers with the GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience and the University of Münster presents new ideas. The new theory suggests actual mountain […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | June 25, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Lindsey Vonn Explains the Boot Science that Can Determine Whether She Wins or Crashes [arve url="https://youtu.be/hz_VYCQeqEU"] SnowBrains | June 23, 2020 141 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
Scientists Find a Massive Unknown Structure in Earth Using machine learning techniques, scientists have found a massive unknown structure in Earth. The structure is made out of an unknown dense material and was discovered at the boundary between Earth’s liquid outer core and mantel. Scientists used thirty years of earthquake data to discover the anomaly. The structure is an Ultra Low Velocity Zone, or ULVZ. It is an […] Brains Lynn Barlow | June 19, 2020 0 Comments
From The Wide Space To The Deep Ocean Kathryn D. Sullivan at 68 years old has become the first person to walk through space and also reach the bottom of the ocean, with her arrival at Challenger Deep last week. More than 500 people have visited space, 65 of them women, and 8 people have reached Challenger Deep, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 18, 2020 0 Comments