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Videos on weird science phenomena12/8/2023 ![]() I don't know about you, but that's the kind of information that lets me sleep at night. Once the iron-rich water is exposed to oxygen in the air, it turns red, producing what appears to be a waterfall of blood. Recently, they were even able to determine where all that iron comes from: a salty lake trapped beneath the glacier for nearly a million years. First discovered in 1911, it looks like something out of an unsubtle horror movie, but within a few decades, scientists figured out that the water's macabre color comes from iron oxide. Take the apparently-bloody waterfall (appropriately named Blood Falls) I mentioned above. The good news is that while the following phenomena are unsettling at best, they also have totally rational explanations. Sure, we might have built concrete jungles and sent people to the moon, but for every landmark achievement, the world has some creepy natural phenomena up its sleeve to put us in our place - and give us nightmares, because seriously? A waterfall of blood (well, rust-colored water) oozing out of a glacier in Antarctica? A whirlpool so vast and deadly it terrified Edgar Allen Poe into writing a story about it? You can't tell me this stuff doesn't make you want to live in a nice, secure room safe from Mother Nature's sadistic streak. Clearly, those people aren't paying attention. Send us feedback about these examples.Some people might think humans have mastered the Earth. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'phenomena.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Alex Williams, New York Times, See More Leonard David, Scientific American, 9 June 2023 Regarding one such question - whether unseen phenomena like quarks and electrons were real or merely the theoretical constructs of physicists - Professor Hacking argued for reality in the case of phenomena that figured in experiments. ![]() Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 June 2023 Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny. USA TODAY, 1 July 2023 But for anyone who appreciates the application of witty, transgressive intelligence to patently anti-social phenomena, his account is something sublime. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023 Four decades earlier, live-in nanny Lydia experienced the same phenomena. John Hopewell, Variety, 17 July 2023 Forecasters now say the phenomena, also known as the aurora borealis, will be visible only at more typical - and far higher - latitudes. ![]() ![]() Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023 One of the most exciting aspects of this story is the strong historical protagonist, who takes in a Romanian peasant girl supposedly possessed by the devil in order to investigate the phenomena. ![]() Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023 Peppering the hedges are plants that signify different astronomical phenomena. Recent Examples on the Web Haddish has had her own experiences with the phenomena. ![]()
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