From Around the Web

Robot news anchor raises eyebrows in Russia 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 24, 2019
A human-like robot known as ‘Alex’ has recently been deployed as an anchor on a Russian news channel.

By David Aragorn
How a 1924 Bigfoot battle on Mt. St. Helens helped launch a legend: Throwback Thursday 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 24, 2019
What defines the Pacific Northwest in the popular imagination? Surely a mix of stereotypical images comes to the average American’s mind: serial killers and indie rockers, strong coffee and liberal politics.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars InSight lander may have the first recording of a Marsquake 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 24, 2019
Here’s what a rumbling Red Planet sounds like

By David Aragorn
A chunk of Bell Island cracked off, and photos show more could fall 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 24, 2019
On Good Friday, hundreds of people heard a loud bang, then felt the floor shake beneath them

By David Aragorn
Ranger takes selfie with ‘human-like’ gorillas 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 23, 2019
A striking photograph taken by an anti-poaching ranger has been described as ‘just another day in the office.’

By David Aragorn
Ebola outbreak continues despite powerful vaccine 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 23, 2019
New data show that an experimental Ebola vaccine is “highly effective” and appears to have helped contain a long-lasting outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By David Aragorn
The M87 black hole image showed the best way to measure black hole masses 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 23, 2019
Its diameter suggests the black hole is 6.5 billion times the mass of the sun

By David Aragorn
Will Trump’s Space Force lead to a cosmic war?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 23, 2019
President Donald Trump recently called for a “Space Force” to defend the United States’ extraterrestrial operations. Russia, China, and India have also beefed up their military capabilities in space. Are we headed for a cosmic conflict?

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Find Second Galaxy with No Dark Matter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 23, 2019
In 2018, a team of astronomers from the United States and Canada discovered that an ultra-diffuse galaxy called NGC 1052-DF2 (DF2 for short) contains virtually no dark matter. The galaxy is roughly the size of our Milky Way Galaxy, but hosts only 1/200 the number of stars. It lies in the constellation of Cetus, about 65 million light-years away, and is a member of the NGC 1052 group of galaxies. Now, the team reports the discovery of a second galaxy in this class, residing in the same group.

By David Aragorn
Ancient sculptors made magnetic figures from rocks struck by lightning 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 22, 2019
Guatemalan ‘potbelly’ sculptures suggest people knew about magnetism more than 2,000 years ago

By David Aragorn