In 1881, archaeologists came across Deir El Bahri valley which hid the mummies of some of the greatest Egyptian pharaohs – Rameses the Great, Seti I and Tuthmosis III. Five years later, they came across the mummy of a young man – his hands and feet bound, face contorted in extreme pain. Named as the ‘Screaming Mummy’, this Egyptian corpse baffled scientists and discoverers for more than a century. After […]
Kodinhi, a remote and sleepy village in Kerala’s Malappuram district, continues to be a mystery to researchers. This village has the largest number of twins in the country. According to estimates, there are at least 400 pairs of twins in the village that has a population of 2000 families. While official estimates in 2008 pegged the number of twins in the village to 280 pairs, the number has only increased […]
Research suggests that Einstein’s Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy. Astronomers are testing an idea developed by Albert Einstein about a century ago to resolve a longstanding puzzle over what is driving the accelerated expansion of the universe. Researchers have long sought to determine how the universe’s accelerated expansion is being driven. Calculations in a new study by researchers at the University of […]
There have been a spate of deaths in India’s nuclear and atomic energy sector which are worrying but the government hasn’t given any security cover to the scientists working on its strategically important projects; in fact it describes the incidents as routine accidents and refuses to investigate any further. As per the latest data provided by in government of India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), between 2009 and 2013, 11 […]
University of Geneva researchers studied panther chameleons They found the reptiles are capable of rearranging crystals inside specialised skin cells called iridophores to change colour Crystals allow the lizard to shift rapidly from efficient camouflage to spectacular mating displays and also protect it from overheating. The chameleon’s ability to change colour may seem magical, but scientists have finally solved the riddle of how the reptile can blend into the background […]
As science has steadily undermined the long-held beliefs of religion, almost all that remains for people of faith is to say that God is and will forever be a mystery. Insofar as Einstein was religious, he possessed a feeling of awe and wonder at the mystery of the universe. But science hasn’t stopped chipping away at mystery, promising to reduce spiritual experience to measurable brain activity. It’s doubtful that belief […]
A team of scientists say they believe they have solved the mystery of how hundreds of rocks slide mysteriously across a dry lake bed in Death Valley, Calif. The “sailing rocks” at the Racetrack Playa, a dry lake bed, have been under investigation by researchers since the 1940s. The rocks, some weighing as much as 320 kilograms, move across the lake bed over a period of years, leaving tracks. A […]
Astral projections and out-of-body experiences, or what some people call “astral trips,” are rather common these days as while some experience it through near death experiences, psychedelic experiences or sensory deprivation, many are practices astral project on their own as it can be seen as a similar practice to meditation only with different end results. The Study Recently, and for the very first time, a team of scientists found someone […]
From the air, the Namibian desert looks like it has a bad case of chicken pox. Spread across 1,100 miles of a narrow strip sit a smattering of barren polka dots, otherwise known as fairy circles. These sizable craters measure 10- to 65-feet in diameter, and represent one of nature’s greatest mysteries. Over the decades, a number of theories, from alien invasion to poisonous gasses have been put forth to […]
