From Around the Web

The ideal bauble ratio and the sparkly science of decorating the perfect Christmas tree 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 24, 2018
Yes, there is an ideal bauble ratio

By David Aragorn
Mysterious light seen in night sky over California 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 22, 2018
At a time when the Bay Area is blanketed in Christmas lights, Wednesday night’s sky stole the show.

By David Aragorn
Experts analyze new Bigfoot footage 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2018
Experts analyze new Bigfoot footage

By David Aragorn
‘Messy’ New Species of Dinosaur-Era Bird Discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2018
The odd animal, named Jinguofortis perplexus, displays an unusual mosaic of bird and dinosaur features.

By David Aragorn
This ‘two-faced’ membrane can create electricity—from nothing but salty water 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 21, 2018
Imagine being stuffed into a crowded train car and noticing a less crowded one just down the platform. You’d probably want to move over as soon as possible. Particles that follow this balancing act—known as osmosis—spontaneously move from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration. Now, scientists have used this tendency to create a power-producing membrane that can harvest electric current from nothing but salty water.

By David Aragorn
Giant flying squirrel fossil from a Barcelona landfill clarifies the squirrel family tree 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
In 2002, a team of scientists unearthed mysterious fossil remains in a landfill in Catalonia, Spain. At first, researchers supposed the unidentified fossil could be a form of primate.

By David Aragorn
The ‘Chinese Pyramids’ and the pole star 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3 BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

By David Aragorn
Egypt tomb: Saqqara ‘one of a kind’ discovery revealed 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting tomb discovery – the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years.

By David Aragorn
Most-distant solar system object ever observed 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 21, 2018
Outer solar system experts find ‘far out there’ dwarf planet

By David Aragorn
Scientists find new giant dinosaur 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 20, 2018
Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its fossilized vertebrae, buried in the ground for about 130 million years, were found on the banks of the Volga, not far from the village of Slantsevy Rudnik, five kilometers from Ulyanovsk. The study has been published in the latest issue of Biological Communications.

By David Aragorn