People Who Are Bilingual Have Brains That Age More Slowly
The ability to keep the brain fit by speaking more than one language could be one of the best ways to stop brain ageing, according to new research by boffins…
Hubble Finds Planet Almost 12,000 Times Bigger Than Earth Slowly Forming
Researchers were able to directly image newly forming exoplanet AB Aurigae b over a 13-year span using Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and its Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph (NICMOS). In the top right, Hubble’s NICMOS image captured in 2007 shows AB Aurigae b in a due south position compared to its host star, which is covered by the instrument’s coronagraph. The image captured in 2021 by STIS shows the protoplanet has moved in a counterclockwise motion over time. (NASA, ESA, Thayne Currie (Subaru Telescope, Eureka Scientific Inc./Newsflash)
A massive new planet, nine times the size of Jupiter, is being formed in an intense and violent process, as recorded by NASA’s Hubble space telescope, challenging understandings about planetary…
Tourist Shocked After Finding Two-Headed Tortoise Stumbling Around By A Famous Turkish Hot Spring
Siamese twin turtles found by tourists in Pamukkale travertines region, Turkey. (Dr. Eyup Baskale/Newsflash)
This is the moment two bizarre-looking conjoined tortoises very slowly crawl across a table whilst being observed by curious scientists. The two-headed tortoise was found by a tourist at the…
Canadian Man Saves Six Beached Whales By Slowly Inching Them Into Sea Over Several Hours
Ryan Collier, a resource enforcement officer of the Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture Department of Newfoundland and Labrador assisted in the release of seven beached whales near Embree, Canada, on September 22nd, 2021.
These images show how a Canadian wildlife officer single-handedly saved six beached whales by pushing them inch by inch back into the sea over the course of several hours. Ryan…
Spooky Black Ring Moves Slowly Across Sky As Residents Claim It Is Alien
A circle appeared in the sky of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, on 28th September.
This is the moment an eerie black ring hangs over the afternoon sky, spooking onlookers who believe it may be of alien origin. The apparently supernatural ring-shaped form was filmed…
Paw Thing: East Canyon Fire Bear In Bandages
The Bear was injured in the East Canyon Fire Bear
This is the moment a bear clearly in pain is seen moving slowly with bandages on its legs after its feet were burned in the Colorado wildfire. Local wildlife officers…
Sloth Filmed Crawling Across Pavement In Lockdown
The sloth bear in the middle of the street
This is the moment a sloth is filmed slowly crawling across the pavement and up a tree in a popular tourist spot in Brazil during coronavirus lockdown. The cute sloth…
Croc Slowly Suffocated By Discarded Car Tyre In River
The crocodile stuck in the wheel
This is the heartbreaking image of a huge crocodile which was found dead after being slowly suffocated for days in a car tyre thrown into a river as rubbish. The…