Scientists will launch a 10-year, $7-billion project to identify unknown viruses after admitting just 260 of the Earth’s 1.7 million pathogens have been identified. Illnesses such as avian flu and Zika, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, have caused many of history’s pandemics, yet only around 0.01 per cent of the viruses behind …

Researchers from Washington State University have seen life rebounding in South America’s Atacama Desert, which is thought to have very similar conditions to the Martian surface. A new study in the world’s driest desert suggests that there could be life lurking in the soils of Mars. Researchers from Washington State University have seen life rebounding …

“Normally, we are dealing with charged nuclei, binding electrons around them,” researcher Shuhei Yoshida said. “Here, we have an electron, binding neutral atoms.” Scientists have discovered an atom filled with atoms. The atom’s electrons orbit at such a great distance that there’s room for other atoms. The atoms within the “giant atom” form weak bonds, …

“We recorded 100 million distance values per second, corresponding to the fastest distance measurement so far demonstrated,” researcher Christian Koos said. Scientists in Europe have demonstrated the fastest optical distance measurement on record. The researchers used their new and improved LIDAR technology to measure a speeding bullet. “We managed to sample the surface structure of …

The bizarre sight was found by renowned conspiracist Tyler Glockner yesterday (February 23). In a video posted to his YouTube channel secureteam10, Tyler uses the Google software to scroll around the Earth. A straight line can be seen spanning the planet from the tip of Antarctica to the North Pole. The distance it covers, as …