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A Mysterious 25,000-Year-Old Structure Built of the Bones of 60 Mammoths 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 26, 2020
The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Sends New Selfie from Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2020
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captured a stunning new selfie on February 26, 2020 (the 2687th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).

By David Aragorn
Particles called axions could reveal how matter conquered the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 26, 2020
The subatomic particles may already solve two important puzzles of particle physics

By David Aragorn
Black Hole Simulations Show That Just Three Particles Can Break Time Symmetry 0
- Earth Mysteries
- March 26, 2020
Time has a precise direction.

By David Aragorn
UFO fans recognize abduction claims on Extraterrestrial Abduction Day: Winnipeg UFOlogist 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- March 25, 2020
Although the world is in a serious health crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic, March 20, for some people, commemorates another type of crisis entirely — although it’s one more frequently seen in science fiction.

By David Aragorn
Distant ‘quasar tsunamis’ are ripping their own galaxies apart 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2020
The most energetic objects in the universe may be stopping the biggest galaxies from growing bigger.

By David Aragorn
Sasquatch watch: Bigfoot ‘sightings’ over the years 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- March 25, 2020
Sasquatch. Bigfoot. Yeti. There are many monikers for the large and mysterious upright bi-pedal mammal that has allegedly roamed the world’s forests for hundreds of years. A long-told legend in many cultures: sightings of the creature have been reported from the Himalayas to the woods of Central Oregon. Although no definitive proof exists, reports of human encounters keep piling up.

By David Aragorn
Mercury’s Extreme Daytime Heat May Help It Make Its Polar Ice 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2020
In 2011, NASA’s MESSENGER orbiter detected signals typical of glacial ice near the poles on Mercury. The ice was dingy and lurked in permanent shadows in numerous polar craters. According to new research led by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, the extreme heat on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius (750 degrees Fahrenheit), helps make some of that ice.

By David Aragorn
Fossil hunters find evidence of 555m-year-old human relative 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 25, 2020
Ikaria wariootia is half the size of a grain of rice and an early example of a bilateral organism

By David Aragorn
Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Our galaxy spans 1.9 million light-years, a new study finds

By David Aragorn