From Around the Web

Revisited: Former Obama pilot’s UFO encounter 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- November 5, 2019
The pilot who once flew Senator Barack Obama had a surreal experience with an unidentified flying object.

By David Aragorn
NASA probe provides insight on solar system’s border with interstellar space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2019
The journey of NASA’s dauntless Voyager 2 spacecraft through our solar system’s farthest reaches has given scientists new insight into a poorly understood distant frontier: the unexpectedly distinct boundary marking where the sun’s energetic influence ends and interstellar space begins.

By David Aragorn
‘Wizard Rock,’ 1-ton boulder that disappeared from Arizona forest, ‘magically’ returns 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 4, 2019
A beloved 1-ton boulder in one of Arizona’s national forests has “magically” returned after visitors reported it missing last month.

By David Aragorn
This AI birdwatcher lets you ‘see’ through the eyes of a machine 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 2, 2019
New research aims to open the ‘black box’ of computer vision

By David Aragorn
Miniature Black Hole Surprises Astronomers: It Shouldn’t Exist.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 2, 2019
Generally speaking, black holes are the corpse of a dead star. But not all stars become black holes at the end of their life – for instance, our familiar Sun is small enough to avoid that fate.

By David Aragorn
Czech lab grows mustard plants for Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 2, 2019
Czech scientists have opened a lab to experiment growing food for environments with extreme conditions and lack of water, such as Mars.

By David Aragorn
World’s First AI University Has More Than 3200 Applicants Already 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2019
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, the first university in the world focused solely on artificial intelligence, is drawing thousands of applications from graduate students across the globe

By David Aragorn
Planetary Researchers Analyze Structure of Giant Martian Landslide 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 1, 2019
Unusually large and long ridges documented in massive landslides across our Solar System are commonly associated with the presence of ancient ice layers. To better understand how these features formed, an international team of planetary scientists analyzed 3D images of an extensive landslide in the Valles Marineris region of Mars. Their findings show the unique structures could have formed at high speeds of up to 224 mph (360 kmh) due to underlying layers of fragmented rocks; this challenges the idea that underlying layers of ice can only explain such long ridges.

By David Aragorn
Google AI beats top human players at strategy game StarCraft II 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2019
DeepMind’s AlphaStar beat all but the very best humans at the fast-paced sci-fi video game.

By David Aragorn
Scientists now have evidence the evolutionary birthplace of human kind was in northern Botswana 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- November 1, 2019
Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favored contender – until today.

By David Aragorn