HowardEarth Science This 43-mile-wide crater is 2.2 billion years old—making it Earth’s oldest meteorite impact Popular Science - Kate BaggaleyBillions of years ago, the strike might have helped end an ice age. The Yarrabubba crater is an oddity as far as meteorite-created Earth cavities go. Located in the outback of Western Australia, the 43
HowardBushfire An ancient aquatic system older than the pyramids has been revealed by the Australian bushfires CNN - By Eric Cheung, CNN(CNN) — Extensive water channels built by indigenous Australians thousands of years ago to trap and harvest eels for food have been revealed after wildfires burned away thick vegetation in the state Victoria.
HowardImpeachment Third impeachment trial in US history begins Tuesday ABC News The ongoing impeachment battle involving President Donald Trump is entering the Senate trial phase.
HowardImmunotherapy Newly discovered immune cell points to universal cancer treatment newatlas.com - Rich Haridy Breakthrough research from an international team of scientists has uncovered a new type of immune cell with the ability to target and kill most kinds …
HowardScience Astronomers just got a deep peek at a black hole National Geographic - Black Holes 101Using a technique akin to echolocation, scientists were able to map the region around a distant black hole’s event horizon in unprecedented detail. In an enormous effort that stunned the world, scientists
HowardU.S. Politics Listen: Supreme Court to decide if ‘faithless electors’ can defy a state’s presidential vote and pick another candidate Audioburst - 860AM The Answer "House the Supreme Court will decide whether presidential electors are bound to support the popular vote winner in their state Supreme Court will …
HowardWhiskey How Prohibition Nearly Destroyed Jameson And Irish Whiskey Forbes - Joseph V MicallefThis weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the implementation of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Better known as Prohibition, the amendment banned the production, importation, transportation
HowardFaith “Maranatha”: An ancient Christian prayer in one of the languages Jesus spoke. aleteia.org - Daniel Esparza “Maranatha” is an Aramaic phrase (not a word) that occurs only once in the New Testament, at the end of Paul’s First Letter to the …
HowardOxygen Scientists come up with a method to make oxygen from moon dust Digital Trends - Georgina Torbet The moon is covered in fine, delicate dust called regolith which sticks to absolutely everything and causes all sorts of technical problems. But it …
HowardMilitary History A closer look at the most famous bomber of WWII CNET - Geoffrey Morrison The B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most legendary aircraft in history. Here's a look at its long history and iconic status.
HowardArchaeology 'Extremely rare’ Assyrian carvings discovered in Iraq National Geographic - Andrew LawlerStone reliefs more than 2,700 years old date to the reign of the mighty King Sargon II. In the eighth century B.C., Assyrian King Sargon II ruled over a wealthy and powerful empire that included much today’s
HowardNews Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees Associated Press - By ROD McGUIRK, Associated PressCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefighters
HowardSports Giants make Alyssa Nakken first female major league coach Associated Press - By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Baseball WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken became the first female coach on a major league staff in baseball history Thursday when she was named an assistant under new Giants manager Gabe Kapler. Major League
HowardNeanderthals Some Neanderthals Wintered in Italy, Diving for Clams Atlas Obscura - Isaac Schultz In 1949, archaeologists pulled 171 clamshells and 49 pumice stones and fragments out of a seaside cave in Italy, up the coast from Naples. The …
HowardThe Brain Prehistoric human brain mystifies scientists nature.com - Gabrielle Ahern An international research team led by Axel Petzold have reported proteins contributed to the preservation of a human brain for 2600 years. The brain …
HowardPhysics Strange particles found in Antarctica cannot be explained by physics | New Scientist newscientist.com - By Chris Baraniuk Particles spotted by a giant balloon in Antarctica cannot be explained by our current understanding of physics, a thorough analysis has determined. …
Howard An 'unknown' burst of gravitational waves just lit up Earth's detectors CNET - Jackson Ryan Don't worry, Betelguese is still there.
HowardEarth A Mars sample-return mission is coming. Scientists want the public to know what to expect. space.com - Mike Wall The first pristine pieces of Mars won't be coming down to Earth for at least another decade, but the time to start preparing society for the epic …
HowardGalaxies Impending collision of Milky Way with other galaxy is already creating new stars Digital Trends - Georgina Torbet We know that in around 2 billion years’ time, our galaxy will collide with a nearby satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This …
HowardEvolution New archaeology findings are redefining human history faster than ever TNW - The ConversationIn 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull found in South Africa forever changed how people think about human origins. The Taung Child, our first encounter with an ancient group of proto-humans or hominins called
HowardArchaeology Hebrew Inscription on a 3,000-year-old Jar Could Redraw Borders of Ancient Israel haaretz.com - Ariel David Nearly 3,000 years ago, a scribe inked a single Hebrew word on a large jar filled with wine or something else, which had been stored in a building at …
HowardViolin Inside the extraordinary experiment to save the Stradivarius sound Popular Science - Chuck SquatrigliaAn entire town went quiet so the world’s most iconic violin could be immortalized. Antonio De Lorenzi takes a seat onstage in the concert hall of Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy, and carefully tucks
HowardAncient History An ancient viking stone has revealed fears over a problem that still looms today Inverse - Claire Cameron This is still a major cause for concern today. The Rök stone, an ancient, five-ton granite slab erected by Vikings in southern Sweden in the 9th …
HowardNews 800,000 years ago, a meteor slammed into Earth. Scientists just found the crater. NBC News - By Mindy Weisberger, Live ScienceScientists knew the impact happened; they just didn't know where. About 790,000 years ago, a meteor slammed into Earth with such force that the explosion blanketed about 10 percent of the planet with black
HowardExoplanets TESS mission spots Earth-size potentially habitable planet and 'Tatooine' system CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — NASA's planet-hunting mission TESS has found its first potentially habitable exoplanet the size of Earth orbiting a star about 100 light-years from Earth, according to the agency. The findings
HowardNews Aliens definitely exist and they could be living among us on Earth, says Britain's first astronaut CNN - By Rob Picheta, CNN(CNN) — Aliens definitely exist, Britain's first astronaut has said -- and it's possible they're living among us on Earth but have gone undetected so far. Helen Sharman, who visited the Soviet Mir space
HowardNatural History This Demon, Immortalized in 2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Tablet, Was Thought to Cause Epilepsy smithsonianmag.com - Theresa Machemer A demonic figure with curved horns, a forked tongue, a tail and a reptilian eye has long lurked unobserved on the back of a 2,700-year-old clay …
HowardTechnology Neuroscientists Discover New Kind of Signal in the Human Brain Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists have uncovered a new kind of electrical process in the human brain that could play a key role in the unique way our brains compute. Our …
HowardAncient History 5 Big Archaeology Discoveries to Watch for in 2020 Live Science - Owen Jarus New discoveries in the Valley of the Kings, looted art from Venezuela and evidence that humans were in Central America more than 20,000 years ago are …
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