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These science claims from 2020 could be big news if confirmed 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- December 29, 2020
Findings in need of more proof include potential signs of life on Venus and Earth’s oldest parasites

By David Aragorn
Ancient DNA sheds light on the peopling of the Mariana Islands 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 28, 2020
To reach the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific, humans crossed more than 2,000 kilometers of open ocean, and around 2,000 years earlier than any other sea travel over an equally long distance. They settled in the Marianas around 3,500 years ago, slightly earlier than the initial settlement of Polynesia.

By David Aragorn
OneWeb resumes satellite launches with flight from Russian cosmodrome 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 22, 2020
OneWeb, the satellite firm rescued by the British government and India’s Bharti Group, resumed flights on Friday in its push to provide global broadband coverage as 36 of its satellites blasted off into orbit from Russia’s Far East.

By David Aragorn
‘Guardians’ of the galaxy: US Space Force members get a new name 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 22, 2020
Mike Pence says “soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come”.

By David Aragorn
Lost artifact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Aberdeen 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2020
Wooden fragment from at least 3000BC discovered by chance by Egyptian university researcher

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way is probably full of dead civilizations 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 22, 2020
Most of the alien civilizations that ever dotted our galaxy have probably killed themselves off already.

By David Aragorn
Winter solstice: Jupiter and Saturn ‘merge’ in rare celestial event 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 21, 2020
A very rare, once-in-a-lifetime celestial event will shine brightly in the sky on Monday evening – weather permitting, of course.

By David Aragorn
Charles Darwin was right about why insects are losing the ability to fly 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 19, 2020
Most insects can fly. Yet scores of species have lost that extraordinary ability, particularly on islands.

By David Aragorn
Chinese space probe returns to Earth with samples from the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 19, 2020
China now joins the ranks of the U.S. and the former Soviet Union in pulling off the feat.

By David Aragorn
We Already Know How to Build a Time Machine 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 19, 2020
It’s just a matter of time before we build one that can take us into the far future.

By David Aragorn