When it comes to the issue of what really happened on what was once known as the Foster Ranch, Lincoln County, New Mexico in early July 1947, there are things we know, things we suspect, and things we will probably never know. But, that something happened – something which caused the U.S. Air Force to offer multiple explanations for the event – is not a matter of any doubt at all. It was an incident…
Could quantum mechanics — a field that Albert Einstein once derided as “spooky” — affect us in a highly personal way? Quite possibly. Theoretical research is beginning to suggest that quantum effects could drive mutations in human DNA. If true, this could change how we understand cancer, genetic disease, and even the origins of life. Scientists once thought biological systems too warm, wet, and chaotic to experience weird quantum effects like proton tunneling, in which…
For several years, people around the world have reported hearing strange noises coming from the sky. These noises have been described as loud booms, metallic clangs, humming, or even trumpet-like sounds. Some people have recorded these sounds and uploaded them to social media platforms, where they have generated curiosity and speculation. What are these mysterious sounds and where do they come from? A series of loud and unusual sounds from an invisible source, which began…
It has been nearly two months since a Chinese-owned and operated high-altitude balloon was spotted on January 28, 2023, in North American airspace over Alaska and then tracked over western Canada and parts of the United States before it was shot down on February 4 off the coast of South Carolina by a U.S. Air Force jet and the wreckage recovered and sent to an FBI lab. Three more high-altitude unidentified objects, most likely balloons,…
Over the last decade and a half, several reports have brought attention to a growing crisis in science. Many scientific studies, especially in the life sciences cannot be replicated. For instance, a major reproducibility project that sought to replicate 193 experiments from 53 high-profile cancer biology research papers ran into multiple barriers. In the end, it could only repeat 50 experiments from 23 papers. Understandably, the replication crisis questions the foundation of knowledge generation. If…
