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Robot news anchor raises eyebrows in Russia 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 24, 2019
A human-like robot known as ‘Alex’ has recently been deployed as an anchor on a Russian news channel.

By David Aragorn
Ebola outbreak continues despite powerful vaccine 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 23, 2019
New data show that an experimental Ebola vaccine is “highly effective” and appears to have helped contain a long-lasting outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By David Aragorn
Will Trump’s Space Force lead to a cosmic war?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 23, 2019
President Donald Trump recently called for a “Space Force” to defend the United States’ extraterrestrial operations. Russia, China, and India have also beefed up their military capabilities in space. Are we headed for a cosmic conflict?

By David Aragorn
This Greek philosopher had the right idea, just too few elements 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 20, 2019
Empedocles didn’t make a periodic table, but identified basic concepts of matter and force

By David Aragorn
Yellowstone, NASA, and the New World Order 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 19, 2019
Scientists recently rejected the claim that the Yellowstone caldera is overdue for its regular 600,000-year supereruption. However, one week later, researchers announced their surprise at discovering new thermal areas developing.

By David Aragorn
More than a million tiny earthquakes revealed in Southern California 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 19, 2019
Abundant data on little quakes can help scientists learn more about what triggers the big ones

By David Aragorn
Back on Earth, China’s Mars simulation base greets first visitors 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 19, 2019
About 100 excited Chinese teenagers completed a five-hour tour of a space colony against a desolate backdrop not unlike the desert planet of Tatooine, the home world of Luke Skywalker.

By David Aragorn
The first type of molecule to form in the universe has been seen in space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 18, 2019
Not long after the Big Bang, chemistry as we know it took its first baby steps

By David Aragorn
Scientists print first 3D heart using patient’s biological materials 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 16, 2019
Engineered heart completely matches the immunological, cellular, biochemical and anatomical properties of the patient

By David Aragorn
First birth after robot-assisted uterus transplant 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 13, 2019
A boy 48 centimeters long, weighing 2900 grams, is the first baby born after the technological shift in Gothenburg’s world-leading research on uterine transplantation. The birth, with the planned cesarean delivery (C-section), took place on Monday April 8th and the whole family is doing fine.

By David Aragorn