Mysteries

Ancient Americans Used Geopolymer Technology to Build Monuments

A recent scientific study of a few sandstone terraces and blocks of andesite, an extremely hard volcanic stone, has shown that the Tiwanakans may have used geopolymer technology to manufacture the stones for their temple. Conventional history tells us that ancient Tiwanakans, the people who lived around Tiahuanaco on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, never knew ...

Nspirement Staff

SpaceX Crew Dragon Makes History Docking With Int’l Space Station

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history early this month when its spaceship, the Crew Dragon, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). By doing so, SpaceX has become the first company in the world to achieve this feat for a commercial craft designed to take people to space. Successful docking Before docking, SpaceX conducted several ...

Nspirement Staff

SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the Space Station.

Chang’e-4 Data Shows Dark Side of the Moon Has Colder Nights

When China’s Chang’e-4 probe landed on the lunar surface in January this year, it was the first robotic probe in the world to land on the dark side of the Moon. The rover recently sent out interesting data that points to the possibility that the nights on the dark side of the Moon are actually ...

Troy Oakes

The dark side of the Moon.

Reincarnation According to Ancient Greeks

Though the idea of reincarnation might seem new to the Western world, a look into the history of Greece shows us that it is not so. Ancient Greek philosophers used to speculate about reincarnation and held some interesting notions about how it happened. Greek reincarnation The belief of reincarnation apparently came into prominence in Greece ...

Armin Auctor

Artist's rendering of a body floating in the void approaching the light.

Dark Matter Remains Elusive

Dark matter is literally the most abundant matter in our universe. However, scientists are yet to detect it even after trying hard for the past few decades. Some blame the excessive focus on detecting Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) as a reason for this and are calling for new kinds of experiments on dark matter. ...

Nspirement Staff

Genome of Great White Shark Finally Decoded

The great white shark is one of the most majestic creatures on the planet and has been an apex predator in the waters for a very long time. Recently, a team of scientists from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) cracked the genome of the shark, revealing some amazing secrets that might one day help fight even ...

Emma Lu

A great white shark.

How to Access the Akashic Records

In spirituality, Akashic records are considered to be a record of all human events. The records not only pertain to human actions, but also words, intent, thoughts, and emotions. The term Akashic is derived from the Sanskrit word “Akasha,” meaning sky or ether. The name “Akashic record” was popularized by theosophist Helena Blavatsky in the ...

Emma Lu

Scientists Surprised at Finding a Dead Whale in the Amazon Rainforest

When thinking of whales, you would probably picture these majestic creatures in the oceans, surging up through the open waters and flapping their tails. However, a team of marine biologists was taken aback when they came upon a dead humpback carcass right in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Whale of a surprise The corpse ...

Armin Auctor

A dead humpback whale.

Prehistoric Worm ‘Superhighway’ Discovered

The sea bed in the deep ocean during the Cambrian period was thought to have been inhospitable to animal life because it lacked enough oxygen to sustain it. But research published in the scientific journal Geology reveals the existence of fossilized worm tunnels dating back to the Cambrian period­­ 270 million years before the evolution of dinosaurs. ...

Troy Oakes

Everything You Need to Know About the Chinese FAST Telescope

We’ve been staring at the stars and wondering what was up there for centuries. We’ve been using mirrors and prisms to construct telescopes to give us a better idea of what mysteries lie in the black, but we’re still limited in how far we can see. The FAST telescope in China is hoping to change ...

Megan Nichols

China's FAST radiotelescope.