News Briefs 06-02-2019GregWednesday, February 6th0 Comments2 min read I hope you enjoy today’s word salad… Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us – and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think. Seeing the spaceship: why we need to pay attention to anomalies. Maybe you really can use black holes to travel the universe. Physicists created quantum structures that may have birthed dark matter. The U.S. Navy has put out a call for contractors to incinerate hard drives about laser weapon research. Ummm, what about using the laser weapons? New study says we really can prime our brains to learn while we sleep. Russian navy says new weapon makes enemies hallucinate. The Earth’s magnetic north pole is rushing toward Siberia. What happens next? Rare fish sighting in Japan sparks fears of an impending earthquake. Related: The 17-foot-long ‘sea serpent’ dragged from the ocean off Los Angeles in 2013. Image of the Day: This colourful chart reveals the evolution of English alphabet from Egyptian hieroglyphics. Quote of the Day: Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke