Christian Ashford

Christian Ashford is a writer and researcher at Webpreneurships.com, a tech, information, and media company dedicated to publishing educational, informational, and curiosity-driven content. With a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree and experience in academic research, he combines technical expertise with a passion for exploring knowledge about the world and beyond. For over 13 years, Christian has researched, written, and edited hundreds of articles on science, history, business, technology, human origins, and more.

Scientists Just Discovered Trees Near Volcanoes Warn Us Before They Erupt — And Satellites Can Detect the Signals from Space

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Scientists Just Discovered Trees Near Volcanoes Warn Us Before They Erupt — And Satellites Can Detect the Signals from Space 3

Trees could thrive near volcanoes because of several factors, including their ability to release massive amounts of carbon dioxide, which could enhance photosynthesis. This is also the same mechanism that scientists have recently discovered could be used to detect if a volcano is about to erupt. Forests as Natural Sensors As magma rises from deep … Read more

Scientists Warn: One of Earth’s Supervolcanoes Is Waking Up — And It Could Plunge the Planet Into Chaos

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Scientists Warn One of Earth’s Supervolcanoes Is Waking Up — And It Could Plunge the Planet Into Chaos 4

Supervolcanoes pertain to unusually large volcanoes that have the capacity to impact not only their immediate surroundings but also the whole global climate and ecosystem. In the past, eruptions from supervolcanoes have been so powerful that they were able to discharge huge amounts of ash that could block the sun and disrupt the oceans, referred … Read more

Scientists Discovered Earth Has a Heartbeat That Pulses Every 26 Seconds — And It’s Coming from the Ocean

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Scientists Discovered Earth Has a Heartbeat That Pulses Every 26 Seconds — And It’s Coming from the Ocean

Earth is the home planet of human beings, along with other countless living organisms. Maybe we should not be shocked that scientists have discovered and recorded a seismic pulse from the planet every 26 seconds. Some people even dubbed this phenomenon the Earth’s heartbeat. However, the reason why it is happening or where it is … Read more

Scientists Just Sequenced the Oldest Human DNA — And Found Exactly When We First Slept With Neanderthals

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Scientists Just Sequenced the Oldest Human DNA — And Found Exactly When We First Slept With Neanderthals

It is estimated that about 1% to 4% of the total genome of all people who did not originate from Africa is from the Neanderthals. This is a result of interbreeding between the two species, and up to this day, it is still heavily influencing our bodies and behavior, such as our sleeping patterns and … Read more

Archaeologists Found a Clay Tablet That Proves the Pythagorean Theorem Existed 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras

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Archaeologists Found a Clay Tablet That Proves the Pythagorean Theorem Existed 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras

Most of us have been taught about the Pythagorean Theorem, a fundamental concept that allows us to find the value of a side of a right triangle. Via its name, we associated that the inventor of this idea was a famous and brilliant man named Pythagoras. He is a famous Greek Philosopher thought to have … Read more

Scientists Just Discovered a 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Embryo Inside a Fossilized Egg — And It’s Perfectly Preserved

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Scientists Just Discovered a 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Embryo Inside a Fossilized Egg — And It’s Perfectly Preserved 1

The dinosaur era, also called the Mesozoic Era’s Cretaceous Period, ended approximately 66 million years ago. A mass extinction event, primarily thought to be caused by an asteroid impact, was the reason why most of these animals and various organisms are not here with us anymore. 66 million years is a long time, and the … Read more