Inside Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes
THE Brazilian Amazon is home to mysterious uncontacted tribes, who live isolated lives deep in the jungle, unaware of modern life.
Natural Wonders
Russian warship could hide $170b in gold
TREASURE hunters are swarming at the thought that a sunken Imperial Russian warship may contain $170 billion in gold.
A quadrillion tonnes of diamond beneath us
START digging. Now. In a few hundred years, you could be mega rich. Science has detected a quadrillion tonnes of diamonds nestled deep beneath our feet.
Magma ‘hell’ found under America
A NEW supervolcano is brewing deep beneath the United States. There are three key states affected. They may never be the same again.
What it looks like when humans vanish
IN THE end “nature is stronger than man,” says photographer Jonk Jimenez — and these epic pictures of abandoned places prove it.
Theory reveals Stonehenge’s maths secret
A NEW book suggests the builders of the famous site were privy to a mathematical theorem of a famous Greek philosopher two millennia before he developed it.
These trees have scientists stumped
SOMETHING strange is happening to the world’s oldest trees in what puzzled scientists have described as “an event of an unprecedented magnitude.”
‘My heart was beating like crazy’
SOME of the most amazing wildlife photography you will see has been submitted to the National Geographic’s annual contest.
Shock finding in Barrier Reef fossils
FOSSILISED coral taken from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed how it survived five previous “death events”.
Man ‘lava-bombed’ while sitting on porch
A MAN was seriously injured when a “lava bomb” struck him from the active Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Fears super volcano is about to blow
A CLUSTER of earthquakes and a usually dormant geyser’s fourth eruption has sparked speculation about if the Yellowstone Park super volcano will blow, causing a new ice age.
Yellowstone geyser unusually active
SOMETHING odd’s happening under Yellowstone National Park. The world’s largest geyser has erupted three times in just six weeks. Is the sleeping supergiant volcano getting restless?
Inside Spain’s eerie ghost towns
ONCE touted as “privileged” real estate, the burst of a spectacular housing bubble in Spain has left ruins dotted across the country.
Take a trip down Ghost Mushroom Lane
THESE are the eerie mushrooms that glow so brightly you can read by them — and ForestrySA is inviting you to stand among them in their tens of thousands.
Mysterious ice circles baffle NASA
A NASA aircraft has spotted something in the Arctic that it can’t explain and has “never seen before,” the space agency says.
Giant chasm: Is Africa splitting in two?
A MASSIVE chasm has appeared from nowhere and it is growing every day. Geologists say it is proof that Africa is splitting in two.
Crazy reason Aussie beach is closed
ONE of Sydney’s most popular beaches will be closed for the long weekend for a pretty bizarre reason. Here’s why.
Residents warned of ‘rivers in the sky’
A METEOROLOGICAL phenomenon known as an atmospheric river is about to hit California, with residents told to brace themselves for heavy rain.
Aussies honoured on Sony shortlist
FROM the haunting to the quirky, the images on the shortlist for the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards provide a fascinating insight into the lives of others.
‘Portal to hell’ spotted on Google Maps
A FLAMING “portal to hell” has been spotted in the middle of the desert on Google Maps, leaving internet users baffled. But is everything as dangerous as it sounds?
200 earthquakes rock supervolcano
AN OMINOUS swarm of two hundred earthquakes has been detected beneath the notorious Yellowstone supervolcano, revealing just how volatile it is.
Epic solar storm headed for Earth
GALACTIC forces are set to strike Earth today as the Sun sends a stream of magnetic fields in our direction, an event which could turn out to be a treat for stargazers across Australia.
Supervolcano could kill millions
THERE’s a supervolcano beneath Japan. Now geologists have discovered it’s beginning to wake from its 7000-year-old slumber.
Cloud threatens to spoil lunar party
IT WON’T happen again in our lifetimes but the weather gods have decided they’re not going to make it easy for some of us to see tonight’s rare lunar event.
It’s January. It’s snowing in Tassie
JUST two days after the state sweltered through blistering heat, summertime snow has been falling on Tasmania’s higher peaks.
Tragic story behind famous attraction
ANOTHER day, another cautionary tale about tourists behaving badly. Sadly this attraction is literally breaking under the strain.
‘Incredible’ rainbow clouds baffle locals
DARWIN residents were perplexed when the clouds above their heads developed rainbow hues. The rare phenomenon has been dubbed a “cloudbow”.
Picture sums up coldest place on Earth
THIS tiny Russian town installed an electronic thermometer but in an ironic twist, even it can’t handle the insane temperatures braved by locals.
Snow as weather turns weird
SNOW? In mid summer? That’s what it seemed like in a small town in Tassie when the weather forgot what season it was.
‘Loud and intense’: Storm hits Sydney
UPDATED: A severe thunderstorm swept through large parts of the Sydney area, with large hailstones and damaging winds leaving thousands without power.
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