From Around the Web

New AI research makes it easier to create fake footage of someone speaking 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 19, 2017
Although the scientists behind it would really rather you didn’t

By David Aragorn
Navy Laser Weapon Can Hit Missiles at Speed of Light 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 19, 2017
The U.S. Navy already has deployed lasers that can take out land- and air-based targets, and is developing second-generation weapons to hit missiles at the speed of light, CNN reported.

By David Aragorn
WHAT WAS THE BIG EYED MONSTER? Roswell UFO conspiracy deepens as cop reveals he saw soldiers ‘hauling away creature’ from crash site in never-before-seen interview 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 18, 2017
Bombshell interview could lift the lid on what allegedly happened that July night in 1947

By David Aragorn
Astronomers have detected ‘strange signals’ coming from a star 11 light-years away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2017
Astronomers say they’ve detected “strange signals” coming from the direction of a small, dim star located about 11 light-years from Earth.

By David Aragorn
China tests self-sustaining space station in Beijing 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 18, 2017
Sealed behind the steel doors of two bunkers in a Beijing suburb, university students are trying to find out how it feels to live in a space station on another planet, recycling everything from plant cuttings to urine.

By David Aragorn
Congress Close to Approving a New Space Army 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2017
While fighting climate change and providing health care are both just too economically burdensome for America, members of the House believe there’s still enough cash to fund a space army that would fight off… the space enemies.

By David Aragorn
Robots and AI are going to make social inequality even worse, says new report 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 18, 2017
Rich people are going to find it easier to adapt to automation

By David Aragorn
Roswell conspiracy theory ‘expert’ claims UFO crash DID happen… and says a leaked US government document she’s seen proves it 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 17, 2017
Paranormal radio show host Heather Wade insists she has seen a top secret report on the alleged incident in New Mexico, USA

By David Aragorn
Shedding light on Galaxies’ rotation secrets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2017
Spiral galaxies are found to be strongly rotating, with an angular momentum higher by a factor of about 5 than ellipticals. In a new study, the researchers have traced back the dichotomy in the angular momentum of spiral and elliptical galaxies to their different formation history. In particular, the low angular momentum of ellipticals is mainly originated by nature in the central regions during the early galaxy formation process.

By David Aragorn
The Sun’s ‘Quiet’ Regions Are Surprisingly Active 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2017
Never judge a quiet sun by its boring name. A trove of data from a NASA mission finds that the seemingly low-activity areas of the sun are not as dormant as the name might suggest.

By David Aragorn