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Niku, A Mysterious Object Beyond Neptune, Is Traveling In The Wrong Direction 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 12, 2016
Scientists are working to explain the strange orbit.

By Around the Web Editor
Much ado about nothing: Astronomers use empty space to study the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 12, 2016
Researchers who are looking for new ways to probe the nature of gravity and dark energy in the universe have adopted a new strategy: looking at what’s not there.

By David Aragorn
1967 solar storm nearly took US to brink of war 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 12, 2016
A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force’s budding efforts to monitor the sun’s activity, a new study finds.

By David Aragorn
3D-Printed Polymer Turns Methane to Methanol 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 12, 2016
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have combined biology and 3D printing to create the first reactor that can continuously produce methanol from methane at room temperature and pressure.

By David Aragorn
Look Up! Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 11-12 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 12, 2016
Make plans now to stay up late or set the alarm early next week to see a cosmic display of “shooting stars” light up the night sky. Known for its fast and bright meteors, the annual Perseid meteor shower is anticipated to be one of the best potential meteor viewing opportunities this year.

By David Aragorn
Archaeologists May Have Discovered the Birthplace of King Arthur: Legends Come to Life?0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 11, 2016
The recent discovery of 1500-year-old ruins at Tintagel in south-west England has made headlines around the world. What appear to the be the walls of a Dark Age palace have been found in the exact place, and dating from the very time, King Arthur is said to have been born.

By David Aragorn
Comet Swift-Tuttle: The Icy Parent of the Perseid Meteor Shower 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 11, 2016
The spectacular Perseid meteor shower, peaking Thursday night (Aug. 11–12), lights up Earth’s sky every summer as Earth passes through the trail left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, a miles-wide behemoth that swings by Earth every 133 years.

By David Aragorn
Photonic hypercrystals drastically enhance light emission in 2D materials 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 10, 2016
Researchers have developed a method for achieving an order-of-magnitude enhancement of the light emission from a class of two-dimensional (2D) materials called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).

By David Aragorn
Archaeology team makes world-first tool discovery 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 10, 2016
How smart were human-like species of the Stone Age? New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science by a team led by paleoanthropologist April Nowell of the University of Victoria reveals surprisingly sophisticated adaptations by early humans living 250,000 years ago in a former oasis near Azraq, Jordan.

By David Aragorn
VIDEO: Florida witness says bright UFO ‘stopped on a dime’ and hovered 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 10, 2016
A Florida witness at Ocala had spotted a UFO as it had appeared through a thunder storm above.

By David Aragorn