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‘Of course it’s not ethical’: shock at gene-edited baby claims 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 28, 2018
Chinese geneticist He Jiankui’s claim to have altered embryos prompts outcry from scientists

By David Aragorn
Meet Knickers, the internet’s favorite giant Australian steer heftier than some cars 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 28, 2018
A staggering steer in Australia has the internet – and the colossal cattle’s owner – saying, “Holy cow.”

By David Aragorn
UFOs spotted by pilots off Ireland coast 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- November 28, 2018
Irish Aviation Authority says it is investigating strange phenomenon – confidentially

By David Aragorn
Giant 700-Foot-Wide Asteroid In Trajectory With Earth In 2023 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 28, 2018
According to a report in the Express, citing NASA and ESA sources, a giant 700-foot-wide Asteroid is heading toward Earth. Since it’s located on a risky trajectory, there is a small possibility that it could collide with Earth.

By David Aragorn
COMET PLUNGES INTO THE SUN 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
Subtract one from the Solar System’s total count of comets.

By David Aragorn
Touchdown on Mars: InSight probe completes historic landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
NASA’s Mars InSight probe has landed at what appears to be a beautifully boring location – a fortunate outcome that should expedite the mission’s primary aim of exploring the planet’s interior with seismic and other sensors, scientists said on Monday.

By David Aragorn
Huge crater discovered in Greenland – here’s how the impact may have wiped out the mammoths 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
Scientists have discovered a 31km wide impact crater beneath the Hiawatha glacier in Greenland. The discovery, published in Science Advances, was made using airborne radar surveys which unveiled a circular bedrock depression beneath the ice. The presence of quartz and other grains and features on the ground helped the team confirm the finding – these

By David Aragorn
Ancient Egypt Discovered Variable Stars A Thousand Years Before European Astronomers 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
Ancient Egyptian astronomers may have discovered variable stars, and calculated the period of a well-known one called Algol, thousands of years before Europeans.

By David Aragorn
With a Smirk, Official Says Russia Will Verify Moon Landings 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 27, 2018
The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has said that a proposed Russian mission to the moon will be tasked with verifying that the American moon landings were real, though he appeared to be making a joke.

By David Aragorn
It looks like an anchovy fillet but this ancient creature helps us understand how DNA works 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 26, 2018
Today a large international consortium of researchers published a complex but important study looking at how DNA works in animals. The research focused on a marine organism, a creature called amphioxus (also known as “the lancelet”), to explore some of the steps that took place as animals evolved from invertebrates (animals without a backbone) to more complex back-boned vertebrates, including us humans.

Ozren Bogdanovic is one of the lead authors of the study.

By David Aragorn