earth mystery news

The Psychology of Color 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 1, 2016
Ever wonder what your favorite colors say about you?

By David Aragorn
First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 1, 2016
By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetized neutron star using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in the 1930s. The polarization of the observed light suggests that the empty space around the neutron star is subject to a quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence.

By David Aragorn
Private moon rovers may visit the Apollo 17 landing site 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 1, 2016
German Xprize team sets its sights on a vintage moon buggy

By David Aragorn
NASA spacecraft embarks on ring-skimming mission at Saturn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 1, 2016
NASA’s Saturn-orbiting spacecraft, Cassini, has begun an unprecedented mission to skim the planet’s rings.

By David Aragorn
Houston witness says UFO caught on video changed shape 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 1, 2016
A Texan witness recorded a UFO that he says was changing shape in front of him.

By David Aragorn
MESOSPHERIC BORE (IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 30, 2016
This month, a lot is happening in the mesosphere.

By David Aragorn
Geologist uncovers 2.5 billion-year-old fossils of bacteria that predate the formation of oxygen 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- November 30, 2016
Somewhere between Earth’s creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen. While researchers proclaim the first half of our 4.5 billion-year-old planet’s life as an important time for the development and evolution of early bacteria, evidence for these life forms remains sparse including

By David Aragorn
In the future, will farming be fully automated?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
In the not-too-distant future, our fields could be tilled, sown, tended and harvested entirely by fleets of co-operating autonomous machines by land and air.

By David Aragorn
World War One antiseptic may become 21st century saviour 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
A previously unknown ability to boost the immune system gives hope that an old treatment could help fight antibiotic resistance.

By David Aragorn
This drone gun knocks drones out of the sky gently, with radio waves 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
Who you gonna call? Dronebusters

By David Aragorn