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Einsteinium, the elusive 99th element on the periodic table, has been created and captured, allowing some of its properties to be characterised for the first time. Not naturally occurring on Earth, the so-called ‘synthetic element’ was first discovered among the debris of the first-ever hydrogen bomb back in 1952. Since then, very few experiments have ever been … Read more
Astonishing new video appears to show a man flying with a jet pack at 3,000 feet over the coast of California. The footage was captured by a member of the Sling Pilot Academy during a training flight on Monday, bolstering previous alleged sightings of a ‘jet pack guy’ in the skies above Los Angeles International … Read more
The Somali elephant shrew, known for its curiously long snout, has been found in the African wild for the first time in more than 50 years. Having been considered ‘lost to science’ since 1968, the tiny mammal has been discovered in the rocky landscape of the Horn of Africa. Following sightings by locals in the … Read more
Search for elusive former boss of collapsed payments giant Wirecard intensifies after it emerges his reported flight to the Philippines was faked By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 3 July 2020 The search for an elusive former boss of collapsed payments giant Wirecard intensified … Read more
Elusive ‘dumbo’ octopus filmed in Java Trench 23,000 feet below the ocean surface, breaking the previous record for deepest octopus sighting ever that was set in 1950 near Barbados A team of researchers in Java observed a rare ‘dumbo’ octopus The sighting took place at 23,000 feet, the deepest recorded octopus encounter sd By Michael … Read more
An elusive mid-sized black hole that was tearing apart a wayward star has been spotted by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope. A team of astronomers found the stellar object – known as an ‘intermediate-mass black hole’ – 740 million light-years away using Hubble and X-ray observatories. Experts from the University of New Hampshire in … Read more
Adorable 3.5OUNCE African primate the Taita mountain dwarf galago is caught on camera for the first time in nearly 20 years as the species faces extinction Taita mountain dwarf galagos live in forests in the Taita hills of southeast Kenya The little primate species was first noted in 2002, but had been elusive since Researchers … Read more