Category: Featured Stories

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Egyptians did not differ much from us when it comes to enjoying playing with toys and games.  Board games were very common

MessageToEagle.com – What was a merkhet? A merkhet was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. This star clock was extremely accurate and could

MessageToEagle.com – There are many majestic and beautiful cathedrals all across the world. What makes the Messina Cathedral unique is its beautiful automated astronomical clock tower. The Messina Cathedral

A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Powerful legends about Jiangshi, a truly terrifying creature, have long inspired a genre of literature and films especially in Hong Kong and East

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com -Little is known about a mysterious, mythical creature called Herne the Hunter who was said to reside in Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county

Question: What is the Othello Syndrome? Answer: The name Othello makes most of us think about Shakespeare’s famous tragedy play focusing on subjects such as racism, love, jealousy, betrayal,

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Shamash was the Sun god in the mythology of the ancient Near East. He was associated with truth, justice, and healing and was one of the

Question: How many organisms are living inside soil? Answer: The soil is an ecosystem in which millions of living creatures live and interact. There can be more creatures

Question: What is El Niño and what are its effects on the planet? Answer: El Niño, or more completely, the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) refers to the phenomenon where the

Question: What is the largest flying bird? Answer: Pelagornis Sandersi is the largest flying bird known to ever have lived. This extinct giant had an estimated wingspan of

Question: Which comet has the longest tail ever recorded? Answer: Comet Hyakutake holds the record of having the longest tail, at a length of 560 million kilometers. This record

Question: What is the best source of human DNA? Answer: Blood is an excellent source of human DNA. DNA is present in white blood cells of humans, but

Question: Is there a planet in the Universe that experiences glass storms? Answer: Planet HD 189733b is located 63 light-years away. This “blue marble” alien planet resembles Earth

Question: Why Is Our Ocean Considered A Mystery? Answer: 95% of the ocean is a mystery. Water covers about 70% of our planet. Unfortunately, we’ve only been able to explore

Question: Are we really made of stardust? Answer: Yes, we are all made of stardust. Everything we are and everything in the universe and on Earth originated from stardust, and

Question: What causes lightning to be colored rather than the usual white or blue? Answer: Lightning can appear to be many different colors. It depends on what the

Question: Do some people really think they are dead? Answer: Yes, a number of people actually believe they are dead. The Cotard delusion, also known as the Walking

Question: What colors can newborn babies see? Answer: Newborn babies can only see in black, white and gray.  At one week after birth, they can see red, orange, yellow

MessageToEagle.com – The incredible White Temple of Chiang Rai looks like a place taken straight out of a fairytale, but it’s real and is widely considered one of

Question: How many Earths could fit inside the Sun? Answer: The sun is nearly a perfect sphere. Its equatorial diameter and its polar diameter differ by only 6.2

Question: How long does human brain develop? Answer: Until around a decade ago many scientists assumed that the human brain stopped developing in early childhood. New research shows the

MessageToEagle.com – Who says geniuses are not being born these days? Every now and then we come across an extraordinary person who can perform incredible tasks at a

MessageToEagle.com – It’s not in a galaxy far, far away or even another star system — this alien world is right in our planetary backyard, a mere 900 million

MessageToEagle.com – There are many practical problems – the so-called ‘paradoxes’ – related to time travel, so… it most likely never going to happen, but the theoretical possibility

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists say there are two possible futures of the universe. The first is that the universe will eventually collapse in on itself in the reverse of the