Black Holes Can Create Galactic “Tsunamis”
Next Gen News Team The region surrounding a supermassive black hole is truly an environment of extremes. Thanks to new computer simulations, researchers have gained some insights into what can happen in the gas…
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Do Brain Differences Trigger Transgender Identity?
Somewhere between 0.5% and 1.3% of individuals identify as transgender, adopting a gender that does not match their sex at birth. Is this biologically determined or socially constructed? Or perhaps…
New Mushroom Discovered Growing Out Of An Ancient Ant’s Butthole
Mycology is a fascinating branch of science, delving into the secret lives of fungi, whose beauty is often underrated and little celebrated. A mushroom found preserved in a 50-million-year-old piece…
4,400-Year-Old Shaman Staff’ Discovered in Finland
The 4,400-year-old snake staff was carved from a single piece of wood and is 21 inches long. Research believe it may have been used in “magical” rituals by a Stone…
Catastrophic Comet Strike Lead to the Dawn Of Civilization
Why is civilization the way it is? What caused humans to build societies? Could it have been different? The philosophical answers to these questions may be beyond our reach, but…
How Long Can Humans Live According to Science?
According to scientists, they have found proof that the maximum human lifespan tops out at about 150 years. Despite modern medicine and any kind of lifestyle interventions such as diet…
The Earth’s Core has an Unusual Growth – Scientists are Puzzled
A new study by seismologists at the University of California, Berkeley , has found that the Earth’s solid iron inner core has expanded faster on one side than the other,…
How Drought, Not War, Ended Some Ancient Civilizations
The changing climate has been a stress on human civilizations since they emerged thousands of years ago. When we think of ancient people we often think of wars and illness…
Pharmaceuticals Are Polluting the Ganges
The Ganges is one of the most influential and well know rivers in the world. Not only does it provide drinking water and irrigating fields for millions, the Ganges River…
2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record – Here’s How You Can Help
The report is in: 2020 tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA published Thursday. In 2020, the global average temperature was 1.84…