earth mystery news

The Dead Sea Scrolls contain genetic clues to their origins 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 4, 2020
Animal DNA gleaned from parchments is helping researchers piece together the scrolls’ history

By David Aragorn
Millions of periodical cicadas to emerge in parts of US 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 4, 2020
After spending 17 years underground, millions of cicadas will be emerging in parts of the United States.

By David Aragorn
Scientists say they have found the cleanest air on Earth 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 3, 2020
Scientists believe they have identified the world’s cleanest air, free from particles caused by human activity, located over the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica.

By David Aragorn
A new 3-D map illuminates the ‘little brain’ within the heart 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 3, 2020
Nerve cells in the organ are poorly understood

By David Aragorn
China’s giant radio telescope will start searching for aliens in September 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 3, 2020
FAST will scan the skies for life in addition to its usual exploration.

By David Aragorn
‘Air battle between two UFOs was extra-terrestrial’, claims Australian Courier reader who witnessed incident 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 3, 2020
Phil Tindale got in touch to explain how as 10-year-olds in the South Australian town of Aldgate just over 40 years ago, he and his twin brother Rob witnessed a “hostile chase between two highly advanced craft resulting in one of those craft crashing into a tree”.

By David Aragorn
Google Earth user claims he found the entrance to Area 51 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 3, 2020
Satellite images supposedly showing the entrance to the secret base of ‘Area 51’ have caused quite a buzz on social media. Are we on to something?

By David Aragorn
A weird cosmic flare called the ‘Cow’ now has company 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2020
Scientists report two other bursts similar to a luminous, short-lived glow spotted in 2018

By David Aragorn
Heavy Water Has Sweet Taste, New Study Confirms 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 2, 2020
Highly purified heavy water has a distinctly sweeter taste than same-purity normal (light) water, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Czech Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich.

By David Aragorn
Left-Handed DNA Has a Biological Role Within a Dynamic Genetic Code 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 2, 2020
Once considered an unimportant curiosity, Z-DNA is now recognized to provide an on-the-fly mechanism to regulate how an RNA transcript is edited.

By David Aragorn