earth mystery news

Get Ready for the First Pictures of a Black Hole’s Event Horizon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2017
It might sound trite to say that the Universe is full of mysteries. But it’s true.

By David Aragorn
Does Pluto Have The Ingredients For Life?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2017
Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet.

By David Aragorn
Native Americans and pyramids, and origins TIMELINE 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 2, 2017
This generalized timeline shows the two waves of migration by Siberians/Mongolians (Asia) who crossed the Beiring Strait (land bridge) to what is now Alaska, Canada, North America, Mesoamerica, and South America.

By David Aragorn
AI learns to write its own code by stealing from other programs 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 2, 2017
OUT of the way, human, I’ve got this covered. A machine learning system has gained the ability to write its own code.

By David Aragorn
Researchers are first to see DNA ‘blink’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 1, 2017
Many of the secrets of cancer and other diseases lie in the cell’s nucleus. But getting way down to that level—to see and investigate the important genetic material housed there—requires creative thinking and extremely powerful imaging techniques.

By David Aragorn
Malta’s secret tunnels: inside the newly discovered underworld of Valletta 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 1, 2017
Malta’s picturesque capital has been used as the set of Gladiator, Troy and King’s Landing in Game of Thrones – but it is also riven by subterranean passages that go back to the legendary Knights of Malta. As the city prepares to be European Capital of Culture, should the tunnels be opened to the public?

By David Aragorn
Ruins of TWO medieval castles uncovered in Glasgow 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 1, 2017
Remains of mystery 13th century fort and 17th century Partick Castle found on the banks of the River Clyde.

By David Aragorn
Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 1, 2017
Scientist leading ‘de-extinction’ effort says Harvard team could create hybrid mammoth-elephant embryo in two years

By David Aragorn
Medieval burials on Yamal peninsula may have been ritualistic sacrifices 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 1, 2017
Unique crouched burials for this period – comprising seriously ill quartet – presents archeologists with a puzzle.

By David Aragorn
Extinct Neanderthals still control expression of human genes 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- February 28, 2017
Neanderthals are still affecting what illnesses some people develop, how tall they are and how their immune systems work, despite being extinct for 40,000 years.

By David Aragorn