Science

Kerrville Flooding 2025: What Happened in Texas and Why It’s Far from Over
In the early hours of July 4, 2025, what started as a calm morning in Kerrville, Texas, turned into a devastating scene of flash flooding. The Guadalupe River, which winds through the heart of Kerrville and surrounding areas in Kerr County, quickly rose beyond its banks following torrential rainfall overnight. Residents woke to sirens, flooded roads, submerged vehicles, and rising panic. By midday, floodwaters had inundated parts of downtown Kerrville, and nearby communities like Hunt, Ingram, and Camp Mystic were put on high alert or evacuated entirely.
By Bevy Osuos7 months ago in Earth
How Solar Power Works: Science of Clean Energy
Breaking Down the Technology and Physics Behind the World’s Most Promising Renewable Energy Source Solar energy is often celebrated as a clean, sustainable solution to global energy needs—but how exactly does it work? While the concept of harnessing the sun’s power sounds simple, there’s fascinating science and innovation behind every solar panel you see on a rooftop or in a solar farm.
By Lucy watson7 months ago in Earth
This Bird Can Sleep While Flying – The Ultimate Mid-Air Nap. AI-Generated.
Imagine soaring through the skies, wind beneath your wings, gliding over oceans and continents… while you’re asleep. Sounds impossible, right? Not for the Alpine swift and a few other elite members of the bird world.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
“The Fish That Walks, Climbs, and Breathes Air – Nature’s Rule-Breaker” . AI-Generated.
In a world where most fish are confined to rivers, lakes, or oceans, there's one small freshwater species that breaks the rules in ways you'd never expect. Meet the Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus), a fish native to Southeast Asia — especially Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand — that redefines what it means to be a “fish.”
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
This Lizard Can Breathe Underwater Using a Bubble on Its Head. AI-Generated.
In the world of reptiles, most are known for basking in the sun, scaling trees, or burrowing in the dirt. But one little lizard took a different path — underwater.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Insect That Drinks Tears from Other Animals. AI-Generated.
When we think of insects that feed on animals, we usually imagine bloodsuckers — mosquitoes, ticks, fleas. But there’s a group of insects that aren’t after your blood.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Worm That Eats Bones in the Ocean. AI-Generated.
The ocean is full of strange creatures — glowing fish, jellyfish that never die, and squids the size of cars. But deep beneath the waves, clinging to whale skeletons, lives one of the ocean’s most bizarre and misunderstood animals: the Osedax worm.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
This Tiny Creature Can Survive in Outer Space. AI-Generated.
You can freeze it. You can boil it. You can dry it out, radiate it, or even launch it into space — and it will still survive.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Animal That Shoots Boiling Water from Its Head. AI-Generated.
The animal kingdom has no shortage of weird defense tactics. Some creatures hide. Some grow spikes. Some play dead. But then there’s the bombardier beetle — an insect that takes defense to a whole new level by blasting its enemies with a chemical explosion, right from its backside.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Bird That Builds Decoy Birds to Attract a Mate. AI-Generated.
In the animal kingdom, finding a mate can be tough. Some creatures sing, others dance, and a few even fight. But in the forests of Australia and Papua New Guinea, there's a bird that takes a very... artistic approach.
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Sea Cucumber That Ejects Its Organs When Threatened. AI-Generated.
The ocean is full of strange creatures, but the sea cucumber might just take the crown for “most bizarre defense strategy.”
By Secret7 months ago in Earth
The Great Oxygenation Event
The Great Oxygenation Event: When Earth's Atmosphere Changed Forever Imagine standing on the surface of the Earth over 2.5 billion years ago. The sky above you isn’t blue — it’s more likely a hazy shade of orange or even green, thick with methane and carbon dioxide. The oceans are vast and teeming with microbial life, but there’s no lush greenery, no fish, no birds, and certainly no humans. In fact, in this ancient world, oxygen — the very gas that powers our breathing — is barely present at all.
By Jeno Treshan 7 months ago in Earth