Medicine & TechnologyA tiny village in Norway is experiencing the visit of a large group of travelers due to a Google map error. They were about to visit some other place, but Google map navigation sent them here.
The collapse of Mexican Society during the 16th century was linked to the genomes of known bacteria. The evidence of the catastrophic outbreak could be proven by the study.
A rather rare occurrence, happening once every year or two, a total eclipse of the sun is a pretty big deal in the sky-watching community. Not only is it special because the sun’s disk entirely covered by the moon, but also because it’s a cosmic occurrence right in our back yard. But for those not living in the Arctic or on the Faroe Islands archipelago between Norway and Iceland, tonights events may be a little hard to see.
Think of star-gazing and astronomy as a particularly safe hobby? Think again. It turns out that while looking at the cosmos, hundreds of thousands of light-years away, local astronomers may be too preoccupied to realize the threats much closer to home.