Tag: Science News

Vivid Aurora Australis Light up Night Skies in Spectacular Display

New Zealand’s night sky lit up with streams of pink and green, treating viewers to a spectacle of the Aurora Australis. The lights, visible to the naked eye, were seen across the southern island, all the way up north to Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. Kiwis rushed to social media to share the sights, which was…


Scientists Identify Mind-Body Nexus in Human Brain

WASHINGTON—The relationship between the human mind and body has been a subject that has challenged great thinkers for millennia, including the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes. The answer, however, appears to reside in the very structure of the brain. Researchers said on Wednesday they have discovered that parts of the brain region called the motor cortex…


Severe Solar Storm Creates Dazzling Auroras Farther South

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual. A blast of superhot material from the sun late last week hurled scorching gases known as plasma toward Earth at nearly 2 million mph (3 million kph), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. Earth felt the…


New Purple Tomato Reaching Grocery Shelves This Year

A new tomato, genetically engineered to produce very high levels of the cancer-fighting antioxidant “anthocyanins”, which as a result have turned the usually red fruit into a deep purple, is set to be released in markets this year. Anthocyanins—also found in berries—are thought to offer protection against cardiovascular disease and age-related degenerative diseases as well….


10,000 Previously Unknown Viruses Found in Babies’ Diapers: Study

A study into the gut microbiota of babies identified 10,000 new viral species on dirty diapers, with scientists saying these previously unknown viruses most likely play an important role in keeping the babies healthy. For their study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark spent five years examining the diapers of 647 healthy one-year-old…


Researchers Call for Probiotics Long-Term Safety to Be Revised

New scientific evidence shows probiotics’ long-term safety needs to be looked at more closely after the good bacteria were newly assessed by a group of experts in food science, microbiology and other related medical fields. Their goal was to find out discover how safe probiotics are given that they are increasingly being used not only…


Study of 70 Household Spices Found Lead in Every Sample

An Australian study of 12 different brands of popular dried herbs and spices stocked on supermarket shelves revealed that all samples had traces of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and mercury. A 2021 U.S. consumer data advocate’s analysis of 126 herbs and spices discovered that roughly one-third of the tested products had significant…


Study of 70 Australian Household Spices Found Lead in Every Sample

An Australian study of 70 popular dried herbs and spices stocked on supermarket shelves revealed that all samples had traces of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and mercury. A 2021 U.S. consumer data advocate’s analysis of 126 herbs and spices discovered that roughly one-third of the tested products had significant levels of toxic…


In Award Winning Film, ‘The Quiet Epidemic,’ Technology Proves Existence of Chronic Lyme

After decades of being accused of being hypochondriacs, sufferers from chronic Lyme disease have been exonerated in an award-winning American documentary called “The Quiet Epidemic.” The 2022 film proves that Lyme spirochetes, in approximately 20 percent of those affected, remain active in the human body long after the customary three-week round of antibiotics. Doctors and…


Earth Day: Scientist Shares Inconvenient Facts

On Earth Day, I spoke with geologist and author Gregory Wrightstone of the CO2 Coalition. The group provides science and research that counter the indoctrination in the American education system. Wrightstone disputes the left’s climate alarmist philosophy by discussing global warming, natural disasters, the attempt to ban gas stoves, and more. In addition, he explains…