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Ancient human fossils found in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ are a million years older than expected 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 9, 2022
All of the Australopithecus-bearing cave sediments may be close to a million years older.

By David Aragorn
Suspended Google Engineer Claims LaMDA AI Can “Escape Control”0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 8, 2022
Google engineer Blake Lemoine caused a stir earlier this month when he claimed that the search giant’s LaMDA chatbot has gained sentience. Following his claims, Google put him on administrative leave for violating its confidentiality policy. Previously, a researcher at Google’s DeepMind AI division also hinted that they are on the verge of achieving human-level AI.

By David Aragorn
Fastest-growing black hole ever seen is devouring the equivalent of 1 Earth per second0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 17, 2022
This behemoth has been powering an ultrabright quasar for 9 billion years.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Used Human Cells to Make Self-Healing ‘Living Skin’ for Robots 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 16, 2022
Androids that are part human, part robot are a staple of science fiction. But they’re now a step closer to reality after researchers crafted a living skin for robots out of human cells.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Has Found Some Truly Weird-Looking, Twisty Rock Towers on Mars0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2022
The Curiosity rover has found an outstanding rock formation piercing the alien landscape of Mars. Amongst the shallow sands and boulders of the Gale Crater rise several twisting towers of rock – the spikes of sediment look almost like frozen streams of water poured from an invisible jug in the sky.

By David Aragorn
Telescopes reveal why Neptune is more blue than Uranus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 14, 2022
Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes refer to the distant, icy planets as planetary twins. But these ice giants have one big difference: their color.

By David Aragorn
The Moon May Have Been Covertly Siphoning Earth’s Water For Billions of Years0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 13, 2022
There are water molecules and ice up on the Moon, so how did they get there? Asteroid and comet collisions are likely to have produced some of it, but a new study suggests another source of lunar water: the Earth’s atmosphere.

By David Aragorn
Dream Chaser space plane gets FAA approval to land at Alabama airport0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 3, 2022
The private spacecraft could be flying cargo missions to the space station as soon as 2023.

By David Aragorn
This Space Rock’s Weird Chemistry Suggests It Came From a Supernova 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2022
A rare stellar death may have formed a rock that eventually landed in Egypt.

By David Aragorn
The Sun Is Made of Way More Metal Than We Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2022
Astronomers have found that the sun is more metallic than we previously thought, potentially solving an astronomical mystery that scientists have grappled with for years.

By David Aragorn