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Controlling nerve cells with light opened new ways to study the brain 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 19, 2021
A method called optogenetics offers insights into memory, perception and addiction

By David Aragorn
Chinese astronauts board space station module in historic mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 19, 2021
Three Chinese astronauts on Thursday flew to an unfinished space station in China’s first crewed mission since 2016, expanding the country’s already growing near-Earth presence and challenging U.S. leadership in orbital space.

By David Aragorn
Newly discovered giant rhino species was among largest mammals ever to walk Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 18, 2021
A group of researchers found a new giant rhinoceros species from fossils dating back 26.5 million years in the Gansu Province of northwestern China.

By David Aragorn
Weird ‘living fossil’ fish lives 100 years, pregnant for 5 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 18, 2021
The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found.

By David Aragorn
ARTIFICIAL DNA COULD STORE THE 10 TRILLION GIGABYTES (AND COUNTING) OF DATA ON EARTH 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 18, 2021
From texts and tweets, to emails, archives, digital photos and videos, it seems the only thing vaster than the amount of data we have on Earth is the universe. So how do we store it all?

By David Aragorn
‘Something’s going on’: UFOs threaten national security, US politicians warn 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 18, 2021
Some members of Congress were given advanced details about Pentagon report, which is scheduled to be released before 25 June

By David Aragorn
As a scientist, I want to believe in UFOs, but …0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 18, 2021
“The Truth is Out There” is the tagline for “The X-Files,” the Fox Network television show that aired during the 1990s. It explored the paranormal and unexplained, but to a very large degree, it focused on the idea that not only does extraterrestrial life exist, but it has repeatedly visited Earth.

By David Aragorn
That Pentagon UFO report is coming soon. Everything you need to know 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 17, 2021
A report to Congress from the intelligence community isn’t expected to say it’s aliens, but also won’t say it’s definitely not aliens.

By David Aragorn
At underwater site, research team finds 9,000-year-old stone artifacts 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 17, 2021
An underwater archaeologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is part of a research team studying 9,000-year-old stone tool artifacts discovered in Lake Huron that originated from an obsidian quarry more than 2,000 miles away in central Oregon.

By David Aragorn
Scientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 17, 2021
Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic.

By David Aragorn