From Around the Web

Why our ancestors drilled holes in each other’s skulls 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 12, 2019
Thousands of years ago, people were performing a form of surgery called “trepanation” that involves boring holes through a person’s skull

By David Aragorn
Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 12, 2019
For superheavy atoms, chemistry gets weird

By David Aragorn
Privately-owned Moon lander crashes in historic attempt 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 12, 2019
Israel’s dreams of a lunar landing will have to wait a little longer.

By David Aragorn
America’s Enduring Obsession With UFOs 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- April 12, 2019
How the media keeps extraterrestrial infatuation top of mind

By David Aragorn
‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 11, 2019
Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain say they have produced a baby from three people in order to overcome a woman’s infertility.

By David Aragorn
How scientists took the first picture of a black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 11, 2019
Scientists crunched data gathered by a global network of eight radio telescope observatories

By David Aragorn
New human species unearthed in island cave 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 11, 2019
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an extinct species of human in a cave in the Philippines.

By David Aragorn
A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 11, 2019
In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip.

By David Aragorn
Believe in Atlantis? These archaeologists want to win you back to science 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 11, 2019
In February, the popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience referred to an idea made famous by some books and TV shows: that an image of the Mayan King K’inich Janaab’ Pakal, carved onto the lid of his sarcophagus when he died in 683 C.E., shows him taking off in a spaceship. Host Rogan was skeptical of the notion, which has been used to argue that extraterrestrial visitors seeded sophisticated ancient societies like the Maya. He asked what mainstream archaeologists made of it.

By David Aragorn
First ever black hole image released 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2019
Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.

By David Aragorn