There is a vast amount of complicated questions that barrage our minds everyday: Time travel, other intelligent life, the end of the universe, and our very creation. However there are other mysteries, ones that are a lot closer to us then we think. A mysterious noise that was so loud it left scientists on different continents with their jaws dropped. The noise was named “The Bloop” and was added to the worlds mysteries because even to this day there is no concrete evidence about what made this noise. In fact, there isn’t even one theory that has a fair amount of evidence to back it up. The only thing that scientists can agree on after much study is that what ever made the mysterious noise was alive. The mysterious noise was first heard in 1997 by the US Navy using the SOSUS or Sound Surveillance System. The SOSUS was set up to spy on The Soviet Union’s movements in the waters during the cold war. The noise was heard on two separate microphones used but the navy. The microphones were set up all three thousand miles away from each other.(Damn Interesting). The sound in its original state lasted about two and a half minutes. It sounded like long drawn out moans. However when the sound was sped sixteen times faster, it created a noise like a droplet hitting water. Thus dubbing it “The Bloop”. As of now scientists have no idea of what it is due to how loud it is, and being biological in origin. “The frequency of the sound meant it had to be much louder than any recognized animal noise, including that produced by the largest whales.” Said a London scientist when asked about what the noise could be. The noise was several times larger than any noise a blue whale can make, the largest of all known creatures on earth. (CNN) WIth any u... ... middle of paper ... ...3/bloop/>. "• The Call of the Bloop." Damn Interesting. Web. 19 May 2010. . "Beware the Bloop - Theage.com.au." The Age - Business, World & Breaking News | Melbourne, Australia. Web. 19 May 2010. . "6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain | Cracked.com." Cracked.com - America's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958 | Cracked.com. Web. 19 May 2010. . "Spectrograms - VENTS Program." NOAA/PMEL Is a Leader in Developing Ocean Observational Systems. Web. 19 May 2010. . "The Bloop." Skeptoid: Critical Analysis Podcast. Web. 19 May 2010. .
Blackfish: The Documentary Entertainment is a word that invokes feelings of fun and pleasure. It is an exciting time with family and friends filled with joy and laughter, especially at amusement parks. However, what about the whales entrapped at water parks? How do they feel about this? Are they content with their environment?
In many theories that come into the light in the scientific field, there are always gaps, there are always issues within each that have no explanation to them. For example, the big bang theory, this is a theory that attempts to explain how the universe was created. This theory states that the universe began as a very small, dense, and hot ball (Imagine the universe all put into a ball the size of a pen tip) with no stars or atoms. This ball then expanded incredibly quickly. The universe was then formed as the way it is now. Personally, I feel as if this theory has a major hole that prevents me from believing it is possible. This hole is, “What exactly put this ball into motion in the first place?”
Imagine seeing a majestic killer whale floating at the bottom of its pool—depressed. Tapping on the glass does not stir this gigantic, friendly beast. Every once in a while she will make whistling and calling noises. This killer whale, named Katina, and her infant killer whale were taken away from her (Kirby 43). Katina was separated from her new calf because the calf was acting out during shows.
When the unknown plumes of fire were first spotted shooting from Mars it attracted many scientists, and it was also the same year that Mars was close enough to Earth to allow scientists to observe it with telescopes from that era. It was not until the cylindrical object, for that is what the scientists now knew what it was, entered the Earth’s atmosphere that most humans felt the fear of the unknown. When the first object had landed, many noises were heard emanating from within. As time went on the noises gradually faded to nothing and many people felt relief that whatever was living inside, was now dead. It was not until the lid started unscrewing that humans became frantic. "It’s a-movin’, a-screwin’ and a screwin’ out. I don’t like it. I’m a-goin’ ‘ome, I am." (Wells 11) The lid fell off, and a snake-like tentacle emerged from the darkness, firing the deadly heat ray. The snake-like tentacle was an appendage on the almighty Martian fighting machine.
Seaworld is a giant marine life theme park. The greatest attraction to these many theme park would be those killer whales. In fact, these killer whales are the face of the park. As gigant as these mammals are, seaworld is keeping them in some pretty tight quarters. Mr. Jett and Mr.Ventre says “Wild killer whales can swim a hundred miles daily as they socialize, forage, communicate, and breed. In stark contrast, with little horizontal or vertical space in their enclosures, captive orcas swim only limited distances, with most spending many hours surface resting.” The animals don't have the freedom they need. Also when taking the whales out of their natural habit the whales tend to be depressed and not as heath in that situation. They need their freedom in the big ocean blue. Bring them into the small living units, breeding whales in captivity all for the entertainment of humans. At young ages the calves are taken away from their mothers on to a new seaworld park. Mothers of the calves have even been seen denying their offspring.
Over a 1950 summer lunch at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the great physicist Enrico Fermi asked his colleagues an unexpected question – “Don’t you ever wonder where everybody is?” Laughter went around the table as everyone immediately knew that he was talking about extraterrestrial intelligence [1]. If life arises fairly commonly, as Fermi believed, it follows that there should be advanced civilizations with the desire to visit and colonize Earth close enough to do so. However, there is no incontrovertible evidence of aliens on Earth, either now or in the past. This is called the Fermi Paradox. The lack of observational evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence is known as the ‘Great Silence.’[13]
Arthur Grant, a veterinary student in 1934, was heading home around 1 A.M. He saw something lurking in the bushes, and it immediately bounded onto the road. He swerved and stepped on the brakes, barely missing contact. The headlight was on the 20 foot long creature that had an eel-like head and large humps on its shoulders. What is this creature? Does it even exist? These are the questions many cryptozoologists ask on a daily basis. Cryptozoology is the search for and study of animals whose existence is disputed. While many disregard cryptids, the term for these mysterious animals, there are scientists committed to finding the truth. Though there are many fascinating creatures in this field, the three most news-worthy are the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot and Dracula.
Have you ever looked up in the sky and wondered if there is life elsewhere in the universe? Have you ever looked at a photograph of Mars and wondered if there really was ever life on it? People have a wide variety of opinions regarding these questions and with good reason. As far back as the broadcast of H. G. Well's novel, "The War of the Worlds", the world has been fascinated with the possibilities of what Mars may hold. Over time, the majority of people have come to realize that there is no way that life can currently be on Mars. Those who are uncertain think there may be microscopic bacteria underground.
Because the waters of the deep blue are normally dark, scientists find it plausible for whales to be using their voices to navigate (“Noise Pollution”). It has also been discovered that whales use their voices to find each other for mating or gathering purposes. Just as we use our voices to communicate with each other, whales use their voices in songs to communicate with each other (“Whale Facts”).
Just because we do not understand this immeasurable form of energy does not mean we should deny its existence. Most souls go on to something better, such as Heaven, or worse, Hell perhaps. But, some remain behind... Bibliography:.. Berlitz, Charles. A. A. World of strange phenomena.
The Mysterious Giant Squid About 80 percent of the Earth is covered in water. With the majority of life on this planet residing in the liquid we like to call the essence of life, we as humans represent a minority on this planet. Much of the underwater world remains a mystery to us, with the giant squid being one of the greatest mysteries of them all. How close are we to actually solving the mystery of this deep water giant? For the first known citation of one of these creatures, you would have to go back to November of 1861, when crew members of the French dispatch steamer Alecton spotted what appeared to be a large sea monster off the coast of the Canary Islands.
Works Cited: Hadhazy, Adam. Science's 8 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries: Progress Report. n.d. 24 April 2014, p. 78. Komen. Susan G. Komen, Ph.D. 5 April 2013.
'What the heck was that?!?' is a very familiar phrase to many. Was it just the house settling? Maybe it was a friend playing a prank. Or could it possibly have been a ghost? The latter choice is normally ruled out fairly quickly. But for some, it is very plausible. To prove or disprove the possibility of an apparition, a surprisingly scientific and frequently detailed investigation is carried out.
While this idea may seem straight out of a science fiction movie, some evidence suggests that an extraterrestrial origin of life may not be such impossible idea.
As adults, we often use the scientific method, or process of elimination to help explain things that we cannot. Although, as children, we immediately jumped to conclusions no matter how otherworldly or outrageous our explanation. Whether we believed the sound coming from your closet was some type of terrifying monster, or the old woman that paced the side-walk kidnapped children and turned them into soap, explanation was left to our imagination. I can remember quiet a few thoughts like this, but one in particular has always stood out. It was a story my Grandpa told me one summer. A story about how the sound that the trees made when the wind blew was not the cracking of their branches, but was of them weeping.