5 Mysteries Science Can’t Explain Science is dedicated to solving riddles, answering questions and generally demystifying the vast universe. So far, we managed to explain and understand a lot of things. We’ve peered into the furthest reaches of the universe and delved into the exciting world of atoms.
We managed to understand the basic building blocks of life while building a civilization capable of learning about uninhabited planets. The last few centuries have been especially good for science. In the 17th century, Isaac Newton solved the ancient controversy over the nature of forces and motion with his three laws.
In the 18th, Ben Franklin figured out a lot about electricity. In the 19th, Darwin explained the diversity of species, Maxwell revealed the physics of light, and Mendeleyev defined the families of chemical elements. Finally, in the 20th century, we had Einstein, who figured out all sorts of stuff, including gravity.
Still, there is a long way ahead of us and a lot of mysteries left for the 21st century to solve. Hi! I am Mister Mysterious, and in this video, we will be taking a look at some of the still-unsolved scientific mysteries that are forcing us to settle with mere speculations as this moment.
The Taos Hum The town of Taos, located in the north-central New Mexico, is a small laid-back artsy community. However, there is a very strange phenomenon happening here that is connecting this place with a handful of places around the world. The so-called Taos Hum is a low-pitched noise that has been keeping scientists busy for more than 20 years now.
The hum seems to have first been reported in the early 1990s when Joe Mullins, a professor emeritus of engineering at the University of New Mexico, conducted research into the Taos Hum. Based on a survey of residents, about two percent of the general population was believed to be “hearers”, those who claimed to detect the hum. In addition, the sound was most noticeable to hearers between 8 PM and 9 AM, and most people plagued by this phenomenon heard the noise at least once a week.
Sensitive equipment was set up in the homes of several of the “hearers”, measuring sounds and vibrations. After extensive testing, nothing unusual was detected. However, the research revealed that there was not a single identifiable Taos Hum, but instead several different ones that people reported; some describe it as a whir, hum, or buzz.
This prompted scientists to believe that the Taos Hum might be a result of subjective experiences instead of objective sounds. Interestingly, Taos is not the only place plagued by unknown noises. There are dozens of other cities in which some residents claim to hear something strange.
Still, most of those cases get solved at one point. However, this is the first time that science wasn’t even able to prove that the strange sounds are real. Several studies of this phenomenon concluded that the answer to the Taos Hum mystery may be found in the inner world of personal experience.
Even though we don’t notice it, our ears sometimes create their own noises. We don’t get to hear them until it’s very quiet. This phenomenon, called spontaneous otoacoustic emissions, is different than auditory disorders such as tinnitus, which causes a ringing in the ears.
The Taos Hum was first reported more than 20 years ago, and it seems like this is going to remain a mystery for a lot longer. The Mummies In 1992, a group of German scientists were investigating Egyptian mummies and discovered remnants of hashish, tobacco, and cocaine in their hair, skin, and bones. The discovery of hashish wasn’t as surprising since it could be easily concluded that Egyptians were in contact with nations living in Asia, which is where hashish came from.
Tobacco and cocaine were strictly New World plants at the time of the mummification. This led to speculations that Ancient Egyptians may have traveled to the New World, which is a completely new theory that goes against everything we know about this ancient civilization. The tests were first thought to be contaminated.
Later, it was believed that the mummies were fakes from where the king of Bavaria originally bought them. But after authentication and similar results with other specimens, it was determined that the unexplainable had to be the truth. In 2011, a series of discoveries on a stretch of the Red Sea coast once again proved the Egyptian’s seafaring abilities.
Archaeologists found traces of an ancient harbor that once launched early voyages onto the open ocean. Inside a series of man-made caves, they found timber, rigging, limestone anchors, steering oars, reed mats, and cedar planks. Today, this is the strongest verified proof of the Egyptians’ nautical roots.
Further evidence of an Egyptian journey to the Americas comes from an intriguing discovery in the Marble Region of the Grand Canyon. According to the Arizona Gazette, on April 5th, 1909, the Smithsonian-funded explorers found a variety of Egyptian-like artifacts including stone tablets with hieroglyphs. Still, the Smithsonian Institute has no current records of the finding.
Perhaps it would be too inconvenient to rewrite the history books and alter long-held traditions such as the Columbus Day celebrations. Silence Zone, Mexico There is an area in northern Mexico where radio signals don’t work, and compasses spin out of control when placed near stones on the ground. It is located four kilometers from San Ignacio, and it is known as the “Trino Vertex”.
However, this area is also known as the Silent Zone or Zona del Silencio. Frequently compared to the Bermuda Triangle (both are located between parallels 26 and 28 and have similar legends), the legends say that radio waves cannot be transmitted through this area due to local magnetic fields. Perhaps the best-known incident connected to the Silent Zone happened in 1970 when a rocket used by the US Air Force lost control and invaded Mexican airspace.
Since the rocket was carrying two small containers of Cobalt 57, which is a radioactive element, a team of covert specialists was employed to find the missing rocket. The aerial search extended over three weeks, but the rocket was finally returned to the U. S.
What is interesting is that throughout the 20th century, large meteorites landed numerous times across the Silent Zone, with two even falling on the same ranch – one in 1938, and another in 1954. However, the Silent Zone became known by its name in 1966 when Pemex, the national oil company, sent an expedition to explore the area. The lead of the expedition was frustrated by the problems he was having with his radio, so he christened it the Zone of Silence.
Even though many believe that nothing strange is happening in the Mexican Silent Zone, there are too many strange events connected to this area. Groups of scientists are still occasionally visiting the Silent Zone, but just like with the Bermuda Triangle, any rational piece of evidence is missing. In the meantime, people come from all over to experience the area and see for themselves if numerous legends are true.
Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Still considered a great unsolved archaeological mystery, the near perfect ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were first found near the southern Caribbean in the Diquis Delta, and hundreds more have been found all over the country. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone spheres have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimeters to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons, and almost all of them are made of granodiorite – a hard, igneous stone.
These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands. Archaeologists and sciences were able to figure out how these spheres were made. It is believed that they were made by reducing round boulders to a spherical shape through a combination of controlled fracture, pecking, and grinding.
Furthermore, the balls could have been roughed out through the application of heat and cold. Finally, this process would end with the spheres being polished to a high luster. What is interesting is that there are no traces of metal tools, even though metal tools were available at the time these spheres were created.
The biggest mystery that surrounds these strange-looking objects is that no one knows their true purpose. Many of them were found to be in alignments, consisting of straight and curved lines, as well as triangles and parallelograms. One group of four balls was found to be arranged in a line oriented to magnetic north.
This has led to speculation that the spheres may have been arranged by people familiar with the use of magnetic compasses, or astronomical alignments. It seems like we’ll never get to know the real truth behind these stone spheres since almost all of them have been moved from their original locations. Many of the balls have been blown up by local treasure hunters who believed that the balls contain gold.
Balls have been rolled into gullies and ravines, or even into underwater marine locations. Dozens of these objects have been transported far from their zone of origin, separating them even further from the consciousness of the descendants of the people who made them. The Placebo Effect Imagine the following scenario: Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone.
You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine (which is a powerful pain medication) with saline solution (which is a mixture of salt and water). This happens without the patient being aware that all of a sudden, saline solution is being used. Can you guess what happens?
The saline takes the pain away. This phenomenon is known as the placebo effect. Somehow, sometimes, a whole lot of nothing can be very powerful.
Suddenly, the saline solution seems as powerful as morphine. A scientist named Fabrizio Benedetti of the University of Turin in Italy carried out the previously explained experiment, but he added a final twist of adding naloxone, a drug that blocks the effects of morphine. The shocking result?
The pain-relieving power of saline solution disappeared. So, what is going on here? Doctors have known about the placebo effect for decades, but the experiment conducted by Fabrizio Benedetti showed that the placebo effect is somehow biochemical.
Apart from that, we simply don’t know anything else. Benedetti has since shown that a saline placebo can reduce tremors and muscle stiffness in people with Parkinson’s disease. In other words, he was helping those who were suffering from serious and damaging illnesses using saline solution instead of using drugs.
As Benedetti says, we have a lot to learn about what is happening here. One thing is clear: the mind has the ability to affect the body’s biochemistry. Researchers now need to identify when and where placebo works.
There may be some diseases in which it has no effect. As yet, we just don’t know. Tell me in the comments section, what do you think about these unexplained scientific mysteries?
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