Earth Mysteries

Earth’s crust is way, way older than we thought 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 30, 2021
Earth’s continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests.

By David Aragorn
‘Very Fast Death Factor’ being released from algal blooms, scientists find 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 28, 2021
Experts say that toxin production is correlated with periods of rapid harmful algal bloom growth, which will become more prevalent as the climate warms.

By David Aragorn
Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the gods 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 27, 2021
This is Japan’s first newly identified centipede species in more than a century.

By David Aragorn
The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 26, 2021
After weeks of wonder by the networking community, the Pentagon has now provided a very terse explanation for why it hired a shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank to manage a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet that it owns.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It’s Beyond Stunning 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 14, 2021
Spiders rely quite significantly on touch to sense the world around them. Their bodies and legs are covered in tiny hairs and slits that can distinguish between different kinds of vibrations.

By David Aragorn
Russian official admits staging bogus yeti sightings to attract tourists to Siberia 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 13, 2021
It was an abominable Russian snow job.

By David Aragorn
Antarctica asteroid impact from 430,000 years ago discovered by scientists 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2021
Space scientists have discovered extra-terrestrial particles which point to a medium-sized asteroid impact in Antarctica 430,000 years ago.

By David Aragorn
Super-cold thunderstorm sets temperature record 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 8, 2021
We’ve all seen those majestic anvil storm clouds that form on a hot summer’s day, but what do you think is the temperature right at the very top?

By David Aragorn
Identity of mysterious ‘Hobbits’ possibly found 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 7, 2021
The extinct human lineage nicknamed “the hobbit” may not be a distant relative of modern humans as previously thought. Instead, hobbits may be members of the mysterious close relatives of modern humans known as Denisovans, and may have interbred with ancestors of modern humans on the islands of Southeast Asia, researchers say.

By David Aragorn
Photos Show Strange Sea Creatures Unveiled by Mega-Iceberg Breaking in Antarctica 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 6, 2021
Scientists have captured images of a region of the Antarctic seafloor that, until recently, was hidden under a thick sheet of ice.

By David Aragorn