25 Incredible Discoveries That Science Can't Explain

in a world driven by data algorithms and Relentless scientific progress you'd think we'd have all the answers by now but every so often the universe throws us a curveball something so bizarre so unexplainable that even the brightest Minds in science are left confused from spontaneous human combustion and the reason cows always face a certain way when they eat to the inexplicable goop on the new island near Tonga I'm Mike with Liz 25 and here are 25 incredible discoveries that science can't explain 25 where did the ancient Egyptians get their cocaine in 1992 German toxicologist Sana

balabanova made a discovery that left historians and scientists scratching their heads while Examining The Mummy of heni she found traces of cocaine hashish and nicotine substances that shouldn't have been there why well because cocaine and nicotine come from plants native to the Americas and as far as we know those plants didn't make to Africa until after Columbus sailed the ocean blue so how on Earth did an ancient Egyptian mummy end up with a stash of New World substances was there some kind of ancient trade route we've never discovered or is there another explanation entirely the

mystery has sparked all kinds of theories but so far it's just one puzzle science can't explain 24 we keep finding weird alien-like ancient creatures the origins of life on earth have always been one of those those big mind-bending questions philosophers like to brood over the Deep existential riddle while scientists dig in literally to uncover the answers we've made some pretty incredible strides especially with all the new tools and techniques at our disposal but every now and then just when we think we're getting close to figuring it all out something totally unexpected shows up take the

Canadian Rockies for instance they're full of strange alien-like creatures from the Cambrian Period that just don't fit into our neat evolutionary mod while scientists are still looking for the answers these discoveries are making us rethink everything 23 the rate of expansion of the universe just doesn't make sense the moment we figured out that the universe is expanding the discovery opened up a whole new set of questions like how fast is it expanding whether it'll keep going forever and what it all means for us and Recent research has only added to the confusion not only are

we no closer to solid answers but we're also finding things that completely mess with our understanding for instance depending on how we measure it the rate of the universe's expansion keeps giving us different results if we calculate it based on the Afterglow of the Big Bang we get one value if we measure it from the cosmic microwave background we get another and that shouldn't happen in math and in science for that matter the correct answer should always be the same no matter what some experts even suggest we might need an entirely new branch of science

to explain these discrepancies because according to our current understanding there can only be one true rate of expansion and we haven't found it yet 22 spontaneous human combustion people have been both fascinated and horrified by spontaneous human combustion for centuries I mean what can be Stranger Than A person who bursts into flames with other source of ignition while their surroundings remain untouched modern forensic science has come up with one possible explanation known as the wick effect it basically states that clothing can absorb melted body fat acting as a candle wick this slow burning combustion can

reduce a body to ashes while leaving nearby objects unharmed but is the wick effect really enough to explain shc and the short answer is not quite we still don't know what actually triggers it over the years various theories have been floated around from bacteria and static electricity to obesity stress and the most popular one excessive alcohol consumption but none of these explanations have been backed up by solid sign so far 21 the mystery of humpback whales super groups humpback whales are usually very solitary creatures but a 2017 study from the University of ptor has uncovered

a surprising shift lately The Majestic animals have been forming massive feeding groups of 20 to 200 off the coast of South Africa and Marine scientists are stumped while an increase in the humpback populations might be a factor it doesn't completely explain why these Giants are suddenly congregating in such large numbers 20 why did cats purr for the longest time our favorite feline's purr was a bit of a mystery according to new research we now think that cats purr because muscles around their larynx contract creating vibrations that produce that distinctive purring sound but why exactly do

they purr that's still up for debate according to one Theory purring might actually help with bone growth the vibrations from purring occur at a frequency that can make bones Harden and strengthen in response to the pressure oh what do you think 19 the 500 milliony old mystery of Nature's tapestry from the Sandstone Cliffs of Europe to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean a mysterious geometric pattern has been leaving its Mark for half a billion years the oldest examples date back to the Cambrian Period about 500 million years ago and scientists are still puzzled are these

shapes Burrows from some ancient sea creature or are they the imprints of the organism itself to add to the mystery researchers in the' 70s found similar hexagonal patterns on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by 2003 they uncovered subsurface tunnels matching those of paleo dicton however when they retrieved samples from 3,500 M or 11 1 12,000 ft deep the Burrows were empty and DNA free leaving scientists even more confused whether they're Burrows or remnants of some ancient spongelike creature remains an open question theories range from glass sponges and giant single cell organisms to abandoned nests and worm farms

cultivate in bacteria 18 why do cows always face North or South while eating I know most of us don't give much thought to grazing cows but a team of scientists who scoured thousands of Google Earth images made a curious Discovery cows always face North or South while eating or resting I kid you not no matter the wind or other factors this magnetic alignment holds true this is the first time we've seen a large mammal with an apparent internal compass and we have no idea why interestingly cows closer to the pole seem to struggle with this

orientation making their alignment less precise 17 how did Argentine ants sustain a colony across continents at first glance Argentine ants might just look like you're average ants but these tiny insects have achieved something extraordinary they've colonized three continents and the best part the super colonies of Argentine ants in Europe South America and Asia are all part of the exact same massive ant population with identical genetic traits the immense geographical spread raises some fascinating questions I mean how despite their vast range these ants recognize their colony mates instantly but are hostile towards ants from other colonies

and what's even more remarkable is that their genetic code has remained more or less the same for thousands of years 16 the secret of the bets sphere in the spring of 1974 the bets family found a strange silver orb on their Florida property after a fire in a matter of weeks the orb which was about the size of a bowling ball turned into the center of bizarre occurrences it vibrated in response to music rolled around on its own and even seemed to change direction fascinating everyone who saw it the sphere quickly became a national Obsession

and attracted the attention of both the Navy and independent scientists people held their breath in wait for some answers and yet even after extensive testing in including by Dr J Allen heinik scientists were unable to pinpoint its origin While most agreed that it was probably man-made its exact purpose and nature remain a mystery 15 who did the denisovans breed with the denisovans one of our ancient relatives have already sparked a lot of questions in our quest to understand human evolution but the plot has thickened recent DNA analysis has revealed that they made with an unidentified

species approximately 30,000 years ago the exact identity of this mystery partner hasn't been discovered yet all we know is that this species contributed to the denisovan distinctive set of teeth which doesn't match anything found in the living world today 14 the Fulon drums mysterious link to Stonehenge the fton drums are a fascinating archaeological find discovered in 1889 near fton in North Yorkshire England these three intricately carved chalk cylinders date back to the Neolithic period around 2600 to 21 100 BCE and yet despite their name they're believed to be ceremonial or ritual objects rather than you

know actual drums what's really fascinating is their possible link to ancient structures like Stonehenge one recent study found that the cylinder measurements might have been used to lay out the incredible Stone circles and other Neolithic monuments found across Britain while the consensus is still out there on that one it would be incredible if proven true 13 how does some animals live without oxygen you'd think all living things need oxygen right well scientists just found some tiny animals living deep in the Mediterranean Sea that don't need it the creatures are lorer phym Miniature animals that evolve

to survive in oxygen-free environments after the oceans oxygen levels dropped and salts took over until this discovery we didn't know any complex animals could Thrive without oxygen for now scientists can't explain how the animal is adapted and it's triggered an avalanche of new research into what marine life might have been like around 600 million years ago 12 what is making the Arctic craters every year NASA's operation icebridge flies over the polar regions to keep tabs on any ice changes in 2018 something extraordinary caught their eyes over the Eastern Buford sea massive craters in the sea

ice at first scientists thought seals might be behind the holes you know breaking through to breathe or haul themselves into the ice but these craters were way too big for seals the idea of a meteor strike didn't fit either if it were a meteor we'd see more scattered impacts the theory of hot upwelling from warmer Arctic Waters was also ruled out as the craters were too small for that the most intriguing theory for now is that whales could be punching breathing holes but the verdict is still out 11 what happened to Venus Venus is often

called a hellscape and for good reason it's the hottest planet in our solar system with temperature soaring to 900° F its atmosphere is a thick carbon dioxid Rich blanket with clouds of sulfuric acid swirling above a landscape of sharp volcanic lava flows add in surface pressure that's 92 times greater than what we experience here on Earth and it's clear why Venus is so inhospitable but here's the twist some scientists think Venus might have once been a lot like Earth possibly even with liquid water oceans and that raises big questions about our own planet and more

importantly why did Venus become this fiery Wasteland while Earth remained a paradise there are currently two main theories on the table one suggests that the sun might have scorched Venus into Oblivion while the other points to volcanic activity as the culit for now however it remains a mystery 10 have we finally unraveled the mystery behind earthquake lights for centuries people have reported seeing strange glowing lights before or during earthquakes but the cause of these earthquake lights has remained a mystery today some of our latest research might finally be shedding light on the mystery no pun

intended scientists have dug into historical reports of earthquake lights from around the world and their findings suggest that the stress on rocks during an earthquake generates an electric field which could explain the mysterious glow while it hasn't been proven yet the theory offers a promising lead and might bring us closer to understanding the incredible phenomenon nine the inexplicable goop on the new island near Tonga in 2015 a submarine volcano erupted near Tonga creating a brand new island by 2018 NASA scientists arrive only to discover that they weren't the first visitors plants a barnow and sui

turns had already made the new island their home however the island had quite a few additional unexpected surprises researchers discovered a mysterious clay-like mud that covered the island this sticky substance visible in satellite photos had no clear origin to add to The Oddities what appeared to be dark sandy beaches in the satellite IM actually turned out to be beaches full of piz rocks the Island's peculiar features currently defy explanation eight why did the earth go silent our planet is usually a very noisy place but during the Paleo protozoic era roughly 2.2 to 2.3 billion years

ago the earth went through a weird period of Silence during a 2018 study researchers analyzed rocks from China Northern Canada Western Australia and southern Africa and the the results were consistent the data confirmed that the Earth's rock forming processes went on vacation for about 100 million years during this time volcanic activity dwindled tectonic plates barely moved and sedimentation slowed dramatically when things finally heated up again volcanoes erupted a new and the continental crust began to change in fracture shifting tectonic Behavior to what we see today the reasons for this ancient geological silence and its sudden

end remain a mystery seven the mayot mystery in 2018 the Earth seemed to ring like a bell with strange waves starting near the island of mayot by Madagascar traveling across the planet for over 20 minutes the weirdest part in all of this was that scientists didn't notice until a civilian checking alive seismograph feed flagged it seismologists were floored these waves looked like the after effects of a powerful undersea eruption but no eruption happened that day even stranger the waves had a single repeating signal every 17 seconds something you usually don't find with earthquakes while there

are theories about quiet earthquakes or collapsing magma Chambers the true cause of these mysterious waves remains unexplained six how did an ancient bronze artifact end up in Alaska a surprising discovery in Alaska has researchers scratching their heads a team from the University of Colorado Boulder found a prehistoric bronze artifact a small Buckle likee object buried in an ancient Inuit dwelling the artifact which yielded a radiocarbon date of roughly 600 100 CE is about 2 in by 1 in and was possibly used as a belt buckle or part of a harness with no known bronze production

in Alaska at the time the artifact in all likelihood came from East Asia perhaps Korea China Manchuria or Southern Siberia it could even have been traded from the step region where bronze casting began thousands of years ago alternatively it might have traveled with early Inu who migrated from Siberia into Alaska about 1500 years ago but nobody knows for sure five the flashing light in deep space in 2018 astronomers stumbled upon something totally unexpected maik pin and his team at the Coto International observatory in Chile witnessed 72 bursts of light from deep space and the bursts

were massive ranging from 300 million to 15 billion km across they Shone just as brightly as a supernova but didn't last nearly long enough the best and brightest Minds came together to figure it out and theorized that these bursts could be linked to a type 2 Supernova which happens when a star sheds its outer layers after its core collapses others feel it might have been a fast evolving luminous transient their theory proposes that during the early stages of a star's collapse gas bubbles might form inside the star when the star eventually goes Supernova these gas

bubbles could explode creating the intense bursts of light observed for now both theories are still being investigated four why are tomatoes more complex than hum humans Tomatoes might seem more simple compared to humans but they actually have a surprising genetic Edge a tomato has about 32,000 genes which is roughly 7,000 more than the number found in humans this genetic idiosyncrasy dates back 70 million years when the tomato plant family tripled its gene count in the process giving each gene three copies over time unnecessary genes were lost but the useful ones stuck around now when we

compare our genes we humans r on a technique called alternative splicing which allows one gene to be rearranged in various ways to perform different functions how tomatoes manag to pack in so many genes is still unclear but it might have helped them to survive the cataclysmic time on Earth when the dinosaurs were going extinct in case you're wondering why it has my name on it this is actually from my cousin's wedding this is how they did their uh their their place cards for what table you were sitting at so three the particles that are shattering

physics something mysterious is erupting from The Frozen Ground in Antarctica and it could shatter the world of physics as we know it the phenomenon involves high energy cosmic rays blasting through space entering Earth and evaporating back into space according to the standard model of particle physics this shouldn't be possible at all while low energy particles can pass through miles of rock without being affected high energy particles typically collide with something soon after entering the Earth and never make it out scientists believe it might be a new kind of particle Al together like a rare type

of neutrino or something unusual with dark matter research combining data from Anita and another Antarctic Observatory Ice Cube shows that these particles actually have less than a 1 in 3 and a half million chance of fitting into our current understanding of physics two why are giraffes getting skin disease since the early '90s giraffes have been plagued by puzzling skin disease affecting both wild and ctive populations especially in subsaharan Africa experts are still investigating whether this condition is a result of multiple diseases or if environmental factors are to blame the cause how it spreads its potential

impact on other species and even the possible treatments remain unknown fortunately Fred burkovich director of save the drafts believes that this issue shouldn't be the main focus of conservation efforts just yet for now scientists are still trying to determine how the disease impacts the giraffe's reproduction and Mobility which will help guide future conservation strategies one the blobs deep inside the earth deep within the Earth buried miles below the surface lie two enormous Mysteries known as the blobs okay scientists call them large low sheare velocity provinces but the blobs sounds way more fun right these giant

structures one under Africa and the other beneath the Pacific have been puzzling scientists since they were first discovered in the 70s and here's the thing we still don't know much about them we don't know how old they are how they formed or what they're even doing down there their density and impact on Earth's geology still up for debate but what we do know is that these blobs are massive and incredibly hot way hotter than Mount Everest to give you an example of just how big they are if they were on Earth's surface the International Space

Station would have to change its course to not hit them incredible right and that's a wrap if you found these unexplained discoveries fascinating then you'll definitely want to check out our video on 25 shocking scientific predictions that are coming true from flying cars and plant-based diets to machines outsmarting humans these predictions might have seemed farfetched a few years ago but they're slowly becoming our new reality curious to see how the future we once imagine has come to life I'll just click on this link right here and I will catch you next time also what's the

coolest thing you've ever discovered let me know in the comments below