The Loch Ness Monster: Sightings, Science, and a Ninety-Year Search

Loch Ness in autumn under dramatic skies in the Scottish Highlands

About 4 min readFor ninety years, people have reported a creature in Loch Ness — and the famous photographs turned out to be faked. Sonar, DNA and decades of watching have found no monster, yet the sightings continue: what are people actually seeing in the loch?

A 400-Year-Old Padlock Finally Gave Up Its Code: ANCE

Rusty padlock close-up

About < 1 min readScientists have used cutting-edge scanning techniques to crack the code on a shipwreck’s combination padlock that had been buried in sand for over 400 years — solving a small maritime mystery, and leaving a bigger one in place. The padlock belonged to the Ann Francis, a treasure-loaded vessel that sank off the coast of South … Read more

A Dead Galaxy Sent an Eight-Part Radio Signal. Astronomers Found a Rhythm Inside It.

Radio telescope under Milky Way

About < 1 min readAstronomers studying mysterious radio signals from a galaxy nearly two billion light-years away have found an extraordinary detail: one powerful burst contains eight distinct pulses, with a possible underlying rhythm lasting just 0.42 milliseconds. The signals come from FRB 20240209A, a repeating fast radio burst associated with an ancient elliptical galaxy that has almost completely … Read more

FBI Agents Reported a Silent Black Triangle. The Pentagon’s Former UFO Chief Isn’t Convinced.

Desert night sky

About < 1 min readIn June 2026, two FBI special agents at observation posts near a sensitive national security site in the western United States reported a silent, dark, non-reflective triangular object moving over a mountain ridge and disappearing into a nearby canyon. A search of the canyon the following morning found no physical evidence of an aircraft or … Read more