25+ Astounding Science Facts We Didn’t Know at The Start of 2018

1. In Australia, birds of prey deliberately start forest fires – wielding flaming sticks to do so. Indigenous people have known of these ‘firehawk raptors’ for quite some time, but now we also have scientific research describing this stunning phenomenon.

2. Here’s an update on what you learned in high school biology – this year we discovered mitochondrial DNA can actually be passed down by males.

3. Scientists have figured out an incredible method for making it rain in the Sahara Desert, and if we went ahead with something so grand, it could produce all the power the world currently uses more than four times over.