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Japanese Satellite Destroyed by Unknown Causes : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
The two greatest mysteries left for science to unravel could be summed up by two questions. What’s out there? What’s in there? The first question refers to the infinitely large while the second questions refers to the infinitely small. On both of these issues, every time we think we know
New Study Claims Unicorns May Have Existed and Even Interaccted with Man : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
What is the most magical animal you can think of? No, not werewolves. That’s in the monster category. I’m talking magic, fantasy, the things little girls dream about. I’m talking unicorns! The one horned horse has long been associated with magical powers and fantasy landscape. Some legends maintain that just
Pregnant T-Rex Fossils May Contain DNA : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
You know how in Jurassic Park the crazy scientists create dinosaurs from DNA they distilled from a fossil trapped in amber?Well, that was fun and totally impossible because no dinosaur fossils had ever been found with their DNA intact. That is, until March 15, 2016. Coincidentally, March 15th is also the
Bizarre things the Orbiter has spotted on Mars : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
It’s been ten years since NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and the device has now completed nearly 45,000 trips around the red planet and taken more than 200,000 images of it and other objects in the vicinity. The working life of the intrepid craft was expected to end seven
New North Korea Threat Targets Manhattan : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Well, Kim Jong Un and regime are at it again. The North Korean dictator seems to relish in following his father’s tendency to issue idle threats at the United States. This one came as state official website a nuclear scientist named Cho Hyong Il bragged on the country’s powerful new weapon. “Our
Scientists Locate Part of Brain that Houses Loneliness : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
What was the old song? “Love makes the world go ’round”. Well, scientists are now finding evidence to back the lyric up. Well, not exactly. It may not be love that makes the world go ’round, but it is certain that emotions play a heavy part in every aspect of our
Peyton Manning Retires, Arguably the Best Ever : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Today (Monday, March 7th), Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the National Football League and there are many who think he ranks as the greatest professional football player in history. “When you look at everything Peyton has accomplished as a player and person, it’s easy to see how fortunate we’ve
Meteor Explodes with More Force than the Hiroshima Bomb : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
On February 6th, a meteor exploded over the Atlantic with more force than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima to end World War II. Usually, when a meteor enters out atmosphere it starts burning immediately and is disintegrated well before it hits the ground. Sometimes the meteor is so large that it still makes
Coke Bust Worth $172 million : A Well thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Now there’s a headline right out of the late 70s. On February 5, US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents on a P-3 Orion early-warning aircraft picked up and tracked a suspicious vessel heading north toward the US, according to a CBP press release. The airborne agents
This 3D-printed gun is semiautomatic, untraceable, and totally legal : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
So, what could possibly make the gun situation in America any worse? Charlton Heston gets reincarnated? A national police strike? A hit new reality show called How To Get A Gun for Fun, Profit and Death? Or how about this — a machine that will allow anyone to print their