earth mystery news

More hints of Martian hot springs may hold promise for Mars 2020 mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 27, 2017
One potential landing site appears to have ridges that hint at past hydrothermal activity

By David Aragorn
Lawbreaking Particles May Point to a Previously Unknown Force in the Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 27, 2017
Scientists aren’t yet certain that electrons and their relatives are violating the Standard Model of particle physics, but the evidence is mounting

By David Aragorn
For The First Time, a US Company Is Implanting Microchips in Its Employees 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 27, 2017
Welcome to the team.

By David Aragorn
A Collection Of The Strangest Skulls Ever Discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 26, 2017
When archaeologists dig up skulls, they sometimes find skulls that are truly strange and seem to have nothing to do with human evolutionary history as we understand it. Usually, a very strange skull is passed off as merely a deformity. Some of the most mysterious skulls ever discovered by archaeologists.

By David Aragorn
Oldest Homo sapiens fossils discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 26, 2017
The oldest fossil remains of Homo sapiens, dating back to 300,000 years, have been found at a site in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious, Gross Yellow Fluff Balls Wash Up on French Shores 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 26, 2017
Hundreds of yellow, fluffy blobs of mystery material have washed up on the shores of northern France in the past week.

By David Aragorn
New ‘magnet’ pulls pesky nonstick pollutants from drinking water 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 26, 2017
It targets toxic chemicals, which can themselves stick around in the environment — potentially forever

By David Aragorn
Surprise! The proton is lighter than we thought 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 26, 2017
You can’t weigh the universe’s smallest particles on a bathroom scale. But in a clever new experiment, physicists have found that one such particle—the proton—is lighter than previously thought.

By David Aragorn
Triangle-shaped craft over Oregon • Latest UFO sightings 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 25, 2017
This triangle UFO was recently filmed over Oregon.

By David Aragorn
Why NASA is freezing the Hubble Space Telescope’ s successor ahead of 2018 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2017
The super-sized successor to NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope is more than a year away from deploying its massive two-storey tall, gold-plated mirrors in the harshness of deep space. That’s why scientists are busy freezing the US$9 billion, 6,200 kilogram spacecraft to see if they can break it here on Earth.

By David Aragorn