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‘Bigfoot’ peers through window in new images 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- March 20, 2020
A curious set of photographs have emerged showing an alleged Sasquatch looking in through a man’s window.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Ryugu likely link in planetary formation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2020
The solar system formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Numerous fragments that bear witness to this early era orbit the sun as asteroids. Around three-quarters of these are carbon-rich C-type asteroids, such as 162173 Ryugu, which was the target of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission in 2018 and 2019.

By David Aragorn
‘Wonderchicken’ is the earliest known modern bird at nearly 67 million years old 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 19, 2020
The animal is a common ancestor of today’s ducks and chickens

By David Aragorn
NASA Fixed Mars InSight Lander by Making It Hit Itself With Shovel 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2020
NASA told its InSight lander to thwack its shovel free of the Martian soil, and it worked.

By David Aragorn
For the first time ever, travelers can join an expedition to the deepest spot in the oceans 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 19, 2020
Once upon a time, reaching the highest peak on Earth was considered a feat achievable only by a select few.

By David Aragorn
There’s a conspiracy theory that the CIA invented the term ‘conspiracy theory’ – here’s why 0
- Another Point of View, From Around the Web
- March 19, 2020
Conspiracy theories have a long history, but the actual term “conspiracy theory” emerged much more recently. It was only a few decades ago that the term took on the derogatory connotations it has today, where to call someone a conspiracy theorist functions as an insult.

By David Aragorn
‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 18, 2020
High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as “Little Foot” has revealed some aspects of how this Australopithecus species used to live more than 3 million years ago.

By David Aragorn
Humans Really Are Made of Stardust, and a New Study Proves It 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 18, 2020
For decades, science popularizers have said humans are made of stardust, and now, a new survey of 150,000 stars shows just how true the old cliché is: Humans and their galaxy have about 97 percent of the same kind of atoms, and the elements of life appear to be more prevalent toward the galaxy’s center, the research found.

By David Aragorn
The asteroid Ryugu has a texture like freeze-dried coffee 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 18, 2020
This porous space rock could reveal details of how planets formed

By David Aragorn
Scientists Have Discovered the Origins of the Building Blocks of Life 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 18, 2020
Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of years

By David Aragorn