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From wrens who nested in the pocket of a pair of jeans to a hummingbird who nested on a chandelier, these bird nest pictures are too funny! Wren Nest in a Pocket “A friend hung a pair of jeans on the clothesline to dry in July, and a house wren built a nest in the pocket. I sat in her backyard and took bird nest pictures. This photo shows Papa Wren feeding Mama a worm as she sits on the eggs in the nest,” says Norma Davis. Attract wrens to your yard by putting up a wren birdhouse. Nesting in a Pointy Place…

The unusual contents of the statue were discovered in the 1990s when the statue underwent restoration Scientific tests have revealed that an ancient Buddhist statue contains a 1,000-year – old mummified monk’s perfectly preserved remains in what is thought to be the only such example in the world. The monk, who is sitting in the lotus position, is thought to have starved himself to death in an act of extreme spiritual devotion in China or Tibet in the 10th century. His preserved remains were displayed in his monastery. Some 200 years later, perhaps after his remains started to deteriorate, his…

Similar situations have produced auroras as far south as New York and Idaho. Red auroras photographed in Canada’s Quebec on Feb. 16, 2023. (Image credit: Mike MacLellan) A “hole” in the sun’s atmosphere may produce a dazzling light show on Earth in the coming days. A moderate aurora watch is in effect Friday (March 24) for higher latitudes of Earth due to a coronal hole, an opening in the sun’s magnetic field, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(opens in new tab) (NOAA). When these holes open in the corona, the sun’s upper atmosphere, they allow an increased flow of the charged-particle stream known as the solar wind.…

PINGUALUIT CRATER – Location: Pingualuit National Park, Quebec, Canada – Diameter: 2.1 miles (3.4 km) – Depth: 876 feet (267 meters) – Age: 1.4 million years The Pingualuit National Park(opens in new tab) is situated in the heart of the Ungava plateau and is home to the impressive Pingualuit crater. Under the arctic sky, the crater is filled with pristine rainwater, cut off from inflows from other lakes. This unique environment — 876 feet (267 meters) deep — provides scientists with a window into the geological past. According to NASA Earth Observatory, sediments of Pinguluit lake were untouched(opens in new tab) during the Pleistocene Ice Age(opens in new tab) —…

There is no celebrity who is a bigger fan of sheer looks than Kendall Jenner. She’s donned completely see-through outfits on red carpets, catwalks and in her everyday street style. Kenny has always been incredibly body positive and loves showing off her curves. That has led to her often being the most talked-about star at an event when she arrives wearing an outfit where it’s totally evident that she’s braless. From her very first major runway show in 2014, the model wore a sheer V-neck shirt with nothing underneath as she walked for designer Marc Jacobs. “My biggest concern was definitely falling. And then my tits…

Archaeologists found skeletal remains of over more than 240 people, from beneath a former department store in Pembrokeshire in Wales, UK among remnants of a medieval priory. More than a hundred of them are children, the majority of whom are infants under the age of four. The bodies were unearthed at the site of the one-time Ocky Whites department store, closed since 2013 and now slated for redevelopment. The discovery has been described as “hugely significant” by experts. They believe the site is that of a priory named St Saviour’s, which dates to about 1256. In addition, experts who stated…

Albatrosses mainly tend to mate with one partner for life. Typically, 1% to 3% of albatross couples separate annually, but climate change has risen that figure to a rate of up to 8%. Researchers analyzed data covering more than 15,000 albatross breeding pairs over 15 years. Food scarcity is causing the birds to return late for mating season, which decreases the chance of successfully hatching a chick By mating with the same partner each year, the albatross couples build trust, communication and coordination to help them raise demanding chicks successfully. David Cook Wildlife Photography When black-browed albatrosses mate, they’re usually in it…

The sinking of the Titanic has been the subject of many books, articles, and motion pictures.  We are all familiar with the fact that it sank when it collided with an iceberg. However, an American meteorologist believes that the aurora borealis , better known as the Northern Lights, played a part in the Titanic sinking. This space weather event, as it is known, led to navigational and wireless problems that caused the Titanic to collide with an iceberg. The Titanic sinking story is old but new theories are not unusual for such an epic disaster. The RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York…

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Vestiges of a moon-forming cataclysm could have kick-started plate tectonics on Earth. The leading explanation for the origin of the moon proposes that a Mars-sized planet, dubbed Theia, struck the nascent Earth, ejecting a cloud of debris into space that later coalesced into a satellite (SN: 3/2/18). New computer simulations suggest that purported remains of Theia deep inside the planet could have also triggered the onset of subduction, a hallmark of modern plate tectonics, geodynamicist Qian Yuan of Caltech reported March 13 at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The story offers a cohesive explanation for how Earth gained both…

Mass grave of Viking army contained slaughtered children to help dead reach afterlife, experts believe The grave of the four youngsters who may have been killed in a burial ritual  PIC CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL  A mass grave of Viking warriors found in Derbyshire was accompanied by slaughtered children in a burial ritual enacted to help the dead reach the afterlife, archaeologists believe. Experts from the University of Bristol have reexamined a huge pit of bones uncovered in the 1970s and 80s in Repton. Examinations at the time suggested the grave spanned centuries, but new radiocarbon analysis has revealed the skeletons actually belong…

A new study commissioned by our German Partner NABU, and compiled by Raptor Protection of Slovakia, provides an overview of the many solutions available to protect birds from getting electrocuted by, and colliding with, powerlines across Europe. NABU estimates that in Germany at least 1.5 million birds annually die after colliding with medium and high-tension grid lines. Large species, especially soaring birds like the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), and Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo) and many other species can be killed by electric shocks on specific unsecured types of masts. The bird might be…

One of Australia’s top cosmetic surgeons has revealed how Kylie and Kendall Jenner have influenced young women Down Under to pursue two very different looks. Dr Kourosh Tavakoli said that while plastic surgery has seen many trends come and go over the years, the most popular aesthetics these days can be categorised as the ‘Kendall look’ and the ‘Kylie look’. Speaking to renowned cosmetic nurse Alex Pike on her upcoming podcast, Dr Tavakoli explained how the Jenner sisters have set two very different trends based on their respective body types. He noted his clients are both heavily influenced by Kylie, 25, and Kendall, 27,…

Kendall Jenner showed her fans this weekend that she is single and ready to mingle. The 27-year-old Vogue model was wearing a forest green bra that flashed her toned tummy as she added a flirty cowgirl hat. In October the Keeping Up With The Kardashians vet split for the second time from basketball player Devin Booker. Yee-haw! Kendall Jenner showed her fans this weekend that she is single and ready to mingle. The 27-year-old Vogue model was wearing a forest green bra that flashed her toned tummy as she added a flirty cowgirl hat The ex: This fall she split from basketball star Devin…

With more than 50 species found in North America, enthusiasts clamor and gather for a chance to spot the energetic little birds during spring migration. With these amazing warbler facts, you’ll appreciate them even more. A golden-winged warbler sings out loudly while perched. Warblers Are Singing Champs With a seemingly unlimited combination of melodies, these migrating wonders lure us with their subtle, varied voices. Songs range from the black-and-white warbler’s repeated wheezy, wheezy, wheezy, the blue-winged’s bee-buzz rasp and the familiar sweet, sweet, sweet, I’m so sweet of the yellow warbler. A female yellow warbler sits in a nest. Yellow Warblers Defend Their Nests Brown-headed cowbirds are known to lay eggs…

Archaeologists have made a thrilling discovery at the ancient Maya city of Palenque – a burial chamber of a high-status elite individual within the enigmatic CP3 structure, unveiled during the latest round of excavations. Home of the  Red Queen’s Red Palace , Palenque has been the subject of archaeological digs and restoration works for decades. The complete human skeleton, positioned face-up and oriented northwards, hints at a funerary custom exclusively reserved for the elite. As if that wasn’t enough, the excavation also revealed a mysterious niche adorned with an array of green stone figures – adding to the intrigue surrounding the fascinating  Maya…

Johannes Kepler, a key figure in the scientific revolution and keen astrologer, paid the bills by writing horoscopes for the rich and famous. The namesake of NASA’s space observatory was a German scholar who wrote extensively on how the patterns of the stars had profound effects on planets such as Earth as well as on individuals’ lives. The classroom legacy of Kepler focuses on the improvements he made to the telescope and his laws of planetary motion. However, these were merely byproducts of the man’s lifelong ambition to improve the science of astrology so that it could stand up to…

Today, August 21, America will darken under the path of a total solar eclipse. This rare and spectacular astronomical alignment, when the Moon appears to completely cover the sun, shadowing the surface of the planet, has always given humanity pause. The event of midday twilight is said to even quiet birds. They stop singing, thinking night has somehow come. “During a total solar eclipse, the disk of the moon blocks out the last sliver of light from the sun, and the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, becomes visible,” reports Space.com. “The corona is far from an indistinct haze; skywatchers report seeing…

The accolade of ‘brightest star in the sky as viewed from Earth” goes to the well-known star Sirius, also popularly called the “Dog Star”, due to its role as the dominant star in the Canis Major (Greater Dog) constellation. Being such a visible heavenly body, it has been the object of wonder and veneration to ancient peoples throughout human history. The Dog Star of Earth Interestingly, totally separate ancient cultures with no apparent communication have related the brlliant Sirius with either a wolf or a dog. In ancient Chaldea (present day Iraq) the star was known as the “Dog Star…

Locals have heard ‘booms from the underworld’ in a giant ravine but now scientists say it holds secrets of the planet’s past. Many Yakutian people are said to be scared to approach the Batagaika Crater – also known as the Batagaika Megaslump: believing in the upper, middle and under worlds, they see this as a doorway to the last of these. The fearsome noises are probably just the thuds of falling soil at a landmark that is a one-kilometre-long gash up to 100 metres (328 feet) deep in the Siberian taiga. Batagaika started to form in 1960s after a chunk…

A secret stash of tsar’s gold worth billions was found in an old rail tunnel near Lake Baikal Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius. A formal statement is due around noon in Moscow on Saturday when the first pictures of the gold will be revealed to the world’s media. The former tunnel and at an undisclosed location in the Irkutsk region is today under the protection of the Russian national guard after the sensational discovery exactly a century after Tsar Nicholas II was deposed. Rail carriages packed with gold bullion bearing the Romanov insignia…

At a museum located in Aksaray, the primary entrance to Cappadocia with a wealth of historical and cultural treasures, visitors are captivated by the presence of mummified cats, babies, and adults. These artifacts are a reminder of Aksaray’s status as the first settlement in Central Anatolia and offer a unique glimpse into the region’s rich past. At the Aksaray Museum, which houses Turkey’s first and only mummy section, there stands on display a total of 13 mummies, consisting of cats, babies and adult humans from the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries unearthed in excavations in and around Aksaray. Aksaray Museum…

Dads usually teach zebra finches their songs. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Zebra finches usually learn to sing from their fathers. But now, scientists have taught the little birds to memorize a tune without ever learning it — and they did so by implanting memories of the songs in the birds’ brains. This strange experiment was designed to discover the brain pathways that encode note duration in the birds. Ultimately, the point is to draw parallels with how humans learn to speak. Hopefully, the research will help scientists target genes and neurons to improve language learning in people with autism and other conditions that affect vocalization.…

Here’s all the swimwear these reality stars have worn over the years, from totally skimpy to just slightly less skimpy 1-Kim Kardashian Tacos, anyone? The star chowed down on some Mexican cuisine while sporting a matching guac-colored string bikini. “Is it Taco Tuesday yet ?!?! 🌮,” she captioned the cute photo. 2- Kylie Jenner The Kylie Cosmetics mogul said she “chooses happiness over everything and anything” as she soaked up the sun in a multicolored crochet bikini. 3-Kim Kardashian The social media queen dropped another bikini bombshell, modeling a revealing two-piece in unseen vacation snaps shared on Instagram from “The Blue Lagoon.” (How’d she do…

Kendall Jenner sizzled in a fitted red minidress while appearing in the latest Messika 2023 brand campaign alongside model and Elvis star, Alton Mason. The TV personality, 27, who was recently seen in Paris with sister Kim Kardashian and son, Saint, at a crowded football game, modeled luxurious pieces from the high-end jewelry brand. The 818 Tequila founder posed for an assortment of photos next to a vintage red Pontiac with a scenic desert landscape sprawled out behind her. The beauty, who became the face of Messika earlier last year in January, was joined by Alton for the campaign, who notably portrayed the role…