Category: Video of the Day
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Something Strange in the Skies above Milwaukee
On the morning of February 27, 2018, there was something strange caught on live video in the skies over Milwaukee. Odd, fast moving lights were captured by a Fox 6 morning news skycam Tuesday morning, leaving the crew at a loss for words. What the heck where they? Well, after a bit of time, the…
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Will We Get a Phone Call From Aliens Soon?
According to theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku, we could make contact by the end of the century. He was responding to a question about alien civilizations on his AMA Reddit. Kaku wasn’t sure whether we would be able to communicate with the extraterrestrial society directly. Talking to them would be rather difficult, since…
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New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Accelerating
Rising sea levels accelerating, according to NASA/ ESA study.
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LA Transit Projects Opening in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics
Around 28 years ago, the Blue Line opened and started service between Long Beach and Downtown Los Angeles. Light rail had returned to the region after a thirty year hiatus. Shortly after that, the first section of the Red Line subway opened. True mass transit had returned to LA. During that thirty year period before…
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Harvard Study Links Artificial Light to Breast Cancer
In a recent study from Harvard University, researchers  have found that women potentially have a greater risk of developing breast cancer if they live in neighborhoods that have high levels of outdoor night lighting. These findings are based on the Nurses’ Health Study, known for advancing understanding of risks to women’s health. This study…
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TRAPPIST-1: Possible Water-Rich Terrestrial Worlds
TRAPPIST-1, is an ultra-cool red dwarf star that is slightly larger but much more massive than the planet Jupiter, located 39.6 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. 2017 was a big year concerning TRAPPIST-1, with the news that this star has a system of seven planets, and that three of which are Earth-sized in what is called a goldilocks orbit,…
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Falcon Heavy: SpaceX Launched The World’s Most Powerful Rocket!
The World’s Most Powerful Rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center.  SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy was successfully launched on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, to much fanfare, especially from cheering colleagues at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. With the ability to lift nearly 64 metric tons into orbit and a mass greater than a fully…
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Could McDonald’s French Fries Hold the Cure For Baldness?
Scientists in Japan are studying the possibility that a chemical that is used to make the iconic fries can stimulate hair growth. Researchers at Yokohama National University found that an ingredient that’s in the French Fry cooking oil, dimethylpolysiloxane, was key to stimulating mass follicle growth on laboratory mice. Dimethylpolysiloxane is used as an antifoaming agent in…
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TWO ASTEROIDS WILL PASS US BY!
Two newly discovered asteroids will sweep passed the Earth. they were both discovered February 5, 2018. Asteroids 2018CB and 2018 CC will pass closer to the Earth, than the Moon. These visitors comes on the heels of the  Asteroid 2002 AJ129, which flew passed Earth on Super Bowl Sunday at 10 times the moon’s distance.…
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Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth Super Bowl Sunday
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Super Bowl Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST. At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be no closer than 10 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. 2002 AJ129 is an intermediate-sized near-Earth asteroid, somewhere between 0.3 miles and…