Mysterious, Massive Hole Appears Out of Nowhere in Siberia | Cleveland Leader

Mysterious, Massive Hole Appears Out of Nowhere in Siberia | Cleveland Leader:

Denisovans: High-altitude gene links Tibetans, Sherpas to extinct race - SFGate

High-altitude gene links Tibetans, Sherpas to extinct race - SFGate

If the story of human evolution is written in our genes, then Tibetans and the Sherpas of today hold genetic evidence that their ancestors once coupled with a long-vanished group of humans known as the Denisovans, distant kin of the Neanderthals.

Fastest Star in the Galaxy Has a Strange Origin

http://www.space.com/28737-fastest-star-galaxy-strange-origin.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150305-supernova-hypervelocity-star-white-dwarf-astronomy/



The fastest-known star in the Milky Way is on a path out of the galaxy, and new research suggests it was a supernova that gave it the boot.

The runaway star, US 708, is traveling at 7,456 miles per second (12,000 km/s) — that's  26 million miles per hour (43 million km/h) —making it the fastest star in the Milky Way ever clocked by astronomers, according to the new research. Its speed will allow it to escape the gravitational pull of the galaxy, and eventually make its way into intergalactic space. A NASA animation shows the hypervelocity star's ejection after a star explosion, kicking off the rogue flight across the Milky Way.

Most other stars moving fast enough to get out of the galaxy are thought to be ejected by the monster black hole at the galactic center, the researchers say. US 708 is the first star with a different origin story, and the new research suggests its life has been strange and chaotic. 

Homo naledi

Here’s what we know about ‘Homo naledi’, the human species fossils discovered in South Africa - Firstpost:



http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/mind-blown-human-ancestor-discovery-long-sought-missing-link-n425406



http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2015/09/11/Cousin-Homo-naledi-scrambles-what-we-thought-we-knew



http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-10/new-species-of-human-relative-found-in-underground-graveyard/6765466



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/

NASA Adds to Evidence of Mysterious Ancient Earthworks - The New York Times

NASA Adds to Evidence of Mysterious Ancient Earthworks - The New York Times:

These ancient rats were the size of lap dogs

These ancient rats were the size of lap dogs - The Washington Post: