Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire

32,000 mph fireball spotted soaring over North Carolina | Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire | Why did this man have copper-colored rings in his eyes? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( September 28, 2021 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [32,000 mph fireball spotted soaring over North Carolina]( [32,000 mph fireball spotted soaring over North Carolina]( (Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock) Newly released footage shows a spectacular fireball blazing at 32,000 mph (51,500 km/h) across the skies above North Carolina on Friday evening (Sept. 24), the American Meteor Society (AMS) reported. More than 80 people spotted the fireball, which NASA said was just one of five such meteors reported soaring over the United States that evening. The fiery meteor "skimmed the coast of North Carolina, becoming visible 48 miles [77 kilometers] above the ocean off Camp Lejeune," at around 7:40 p.m. ET, NASA said. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] History & Archaeology [] [Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire]( [Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire]( (Xà bia City Council; University of Alicante) Two amateur divers swimming along the Spanish coast have discovered a huge hoard of 1,500-year-old gold coins, one of the largest on record dating to the Roman Empire. The divers, brothers-in-law Luis Lens Pardo and César Gimeno Alcalá, discovered the gold stash while vacationing with their families in Xà bia, a coastal Mediterranean town and tourist hotspot. The duo rented snorkeling equipment so they could go freediving with the goal of picking up trash to beautify the area, but they found something far richer when Lens Pardo noticed the glimmer of a coin at the bottom of Portitxol Bay on Aug. 23, El País reported. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Your Health [] [Why did this man have copper-colored rings in his eyes?]( [Why did this man have copper-colored rings in his eyes?]( (Reprinted with permission of The New England Journal of Medicine ©2021) Copper-colored rings inside a man's eyes proved key to diagnosing a rare disease, according to a new report. The 47-year-old man, who lives in India, went to the doctor after he experienced abdominal swelling for two months, according to the report, published Saturday (Sept. 25) in The New England Journal of Medicine. He had no known medical conditions, and he didn't drink alcohol or take medications or supplements, the report said. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/28) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Did you share the womb with a 'vanishing twin'? The answer may be written in your DNA.]( [Did you share the womb with a 'vanishing twin'? The answer may be written in your DNA.]( (Getty / Image Source) Identical twins originate from one egg cell that splits and gives rise to two embryos, but during development, one twin sometimes "vanishes," leaving only one baby to be born. Now, a new study hints that your DNA may reveal whether you started out as an identical twin in the womb, even if your twin disappeared long before your birth. In the new study, published Tuesday (Sept. 28) in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers zoomed in on so-called epigenetic modifications found in twin DNA. The term "epigenetic" refers to factors that can switch genes "on" or "off" without changing their underlying DNA sequence. For example, small molecules called methyl groups can cling like sticky notes to specific genes and prevent the cell from reading those genes, thus effectively switching them off. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/28) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] In the Sky [] [Brilliant dashcam fireball videos help scientists find 3 meteorites in Slovenia]( [Brilliant dashcam fireball videos help scientists find 3 meteorites in Slovenia]( (Denis Vida et al.) By diligently tracing dashcam footage from a particularly spectacular fireball seen over central Europe in February 2020, a team of scientists identified the possible source of the space rock. The fireball, which appeared on Feb. 28 and 10:30 a.m. local time, was recorded by a handful of cameras spread across Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary. And the footage appeared to show a space rock breaking into 17 smaller pieces during an airburst event, when an asteroid survives the harsh passage through Earth's atmosphere but explodes before hitting the planets' surface. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Auroras expected tonight in New York, Washington and Wisconsin as solar storm barrels toward Earth]( [Auroras expected tonight in New York, Washington and Wisconsin as solar storm barrels toward Earth]( (NASA/JSC) A moderate solar storm will slam into Earth today (Sept. 27), potentially causing auroras to dance in the sky at much lower latitudes than usual. As a result, the Northern Lights may be visible tonight in the northern United States, including New York, Wisconsin and Washington state, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The storm — which is made up of charged solar particles oozing across space — may also cause satellite disruptions and some "power grid fluctuations" at high latitudes (particularly above the 55th parallel north, a line that runs through Canada, Northern Ireland and much of Russia), NOAA said. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Curious Creatures [] [Dead humpback whale that beached in New York had human-caused injuries]( [Dead humpback whale that beached in New York had human-caused injuries]( (Atlantic Marine Conservation Society) A dead whale that recently washed up on a beach in Staten Island, New York, showed signs of human-caused injuries that may have contributed to its death, experts found. On Sept. 17, the male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was spotted floating belly-up in shallow water near the shore in Great Kills Park, part of Staten Island's Gateway National Recreation Area. Officials with the National Park Service (NPS) then contacted the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS), a nonprofit that partners with New York agencies to rescue stranded marine life and to collect data and manage disposal when the animal is deceased, according to the AMSEAS website. Full Story: [LiveScience]( (9/28) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Quiz [] POLL QUESTION: What was the largest mammal predator in North America? (Hint: This species is extinct) (Learn the answer [here]() [Vote]( [Short-faced bear]( [Vote]( [Black bear]( [Vote]( [Mountain lion]( [Vote]( [Florida panther](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( © Future US, Inc. 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004