Today's Science News
April 26, 2024
Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes - Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community of volunteers are making research into these bursts possible.Blood test powered by AI could catch osteoarthritis 8 years earlier than X-ray, early data show - A new blood test could determine whether someone will develop knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before structural damage is picked up by an X-ray.
We've never seen the Fitbit Versa at this rock bottom price before, surely it won't be around long - Amazon is offering 48% off the versatile fitness tracker-come-smartwatch, so long as you like pink or black.
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit - The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.
How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens - Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers - The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use.
Across the Finish Line! Citizen Science Month Final Days. - One Million Acts of Science challenge met, but lots of important project work is still left!
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away - NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.
Optimizing Organoid Culture for Development and Disease Modeling - Discover how to grow mini-organs for the advanced investigation of in vivo processes.
Bonobos aren’t as peace-loving as we thought - The endangered bonobo, the great ape of the Central African rainforest, has a reputation for being a bit of a hippie.
BIG QUESTION: Kelly C. Smith on the role of the scientist in society. - Kelly C. Smith is a Professor and Chair of the Deparatment of Philosophy and Religion at Clemson University.
Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems - Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems
Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo) - Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.
1,430 ancient Roman graves scattered with funerary festival leftovers unearthed in southern France - Archaeologists in southern France have excavated an ancient Roman cemetery containing 1,430 graves and traces of a funerary festival, during which families feasted by the graves of relatives.
NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars - At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life.
Solar Uber Alles: Germans Turn On The Green Party After Realizing They Lied About Nuclear Energy - With the solar and wind replacements touted by the German Green Party shown to be expensive failures, and environmentalists helping the German coal industry lie about its emissions to avoid blame for getting nuclear energy banned being exposed, the knives are out for the activists who drove Germany into such a state that German companies are closin
Trajectory Reverse Engineering - A strategy for transferring spacecraft trajectories between flight mechanics tools, called Trajectory Reverse Engineering (TRE), has been developed[1].
Early Star Wars Day Lego deal: $130 off UCS Razor Crest - This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130 off
Antarctica’s Terror Bird Was an Apex Predator of the Eocene Epoch - When Antarctica was lush with forests during the Eocene, there was a carnivorous bird that had a curved beak and terrifying claws.
5 sci-fi movies that weren't great but still deserve a sequel - We're constantly talking about good movies that deserve a sequel, but what about the divisive ones that, while not great, had cool ideas worth building upon?
Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb unearthed in China may be that of ancient king - It's not known who was buried in the tomb, but one expert says it was probably the Chu state ruler.
NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States - The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there.
20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak - The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.
Japan’s Lunar Lander Survives its Third Lunar Night - Space travel and exploration was never going to be easy.
Lost opportunity: We could’ve started fighting climate change in 1971 - President Nixon's science advisors recommended building global CO2 monitoring network.
NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue - NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue.
NASA’s Commercial Partners Deliver Cargo, Crew for Station Science - NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International Space Station.
Interstitium: A Network of Living Spaces Supports Anatomical Interconnectedness - What researchers once regarded as a byproduct of biology may hold the key to understanding health and disease.
'Aliens vs. Avengers' pits Marvel superheroes against acid-spewing xenomorphs - A preview of Marvel Comics' "Aliens vs. Avengers" limited series, which is coming this summer.
Chemical Pollutants Can Change Your Skin Bacteria, Increasing Eczema Risk - Certain chemicals in synthetic fabrics such as spandex, nylon and polyester can alter the skin microbiome.
As Bird Flu Spreads through Cows, Is Pasteurized Milk Safe to Drink? - H5N1 influenza virus particles have been detected in commercially sold milk, but it’s not clear how the virus is spreading in cattle or whether their milk could infect humans
Imaging the microstructural landscape of amorphous carbons - Prof. Wu HengAn's team from the University of Science and Technology of China has presented six representative phases of amorphous carbons based on large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, achieving a comprehensive microstructural landscape of amorphous carbons.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers some early universe galaxies grew up surprisingly fast - Adolescent galaxies in the early universe had to grow up fast.
Great White Sharks Band Together to Prey on Whales - These two marine giants rarely clash head-to-head.
People Keep Secrets Because They Overestimate Harsh Judgments - Research suggests that people tend to exaggerate how critically they will be viewed if they reveal negative information about themselves to others
NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space - It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024.
Alien Day 2024: 'Alien' bursts back into theaters today - A preview of Alien Day 2024 with the theatrical return of "Alien" and a peek at new "Aliens Expanded" documentary.
Ten Amazing Facts About Tornadoes, Explained - To prepare you for the movie “Twisters,” we’ve compiled some jaw-dropping details about the powerful phenomenon
How Unhealthy Are Ultra-Processed Foods? - Processed foods have been blamed for many health problems, but dietary research is tricky and nuanced
Slow pace of Ozone improvement poses threat to Antarctic life - Despite the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer, vital for obstructing UV radiation from the sun, isn’t fully repaired.
Hubble Spots a Magnificent Barred Galaxy - The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall - "This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."
Cicadas Are Basically Safe for You—And Your Dog—to Eat. Here’s What to Know - Here’s what a chef, a vet and two anthropologists have to say about eating periodical cicadas
The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready - Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near misses
Dancing spiders inspired this biologist to teach others - Inspired by his research in animal communication, Echeverri began exploring ways to teach others about science while finishing his Ph.D. Today, he shares his passion for spiders as a science communicator.
Recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge ash to address problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores - Valuable supplies of phosphorus could be recovered from sewage sludge ash, which remains after the sludge has been burned for electric power generation.
Black Holes Can Halt Star Formation in Massive Galaxies - It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing.
Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years - The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative.
Solar Companies, Only Viable By Government Mandates And Subsidies, Plead For Bailout - If you have to pay for companies to make a product, and then pay for people to buy it, and then pay for them to use it, you don't have a product, you have government wishful thinking.
A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find? - Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.
Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been 'pathways for the dead' - Archaeologists used lidar to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic monuments hidden in farmland in Ireland.
One-pot strategy to simultaneously achieve heterodehydrocoupling of hydrostannane and reduction of quinoline - Heteroatom tin compounds (SSn, OSn, NSn, PSn) composed of heteroatoms S, O, N, P and tin atoms have attracted intense attention due to their wide applications in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical fields.
Thiol-ene click reaction offers a novel approach to fabricate elastic ferroelectrics - A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficient approach to fabricate elastic relaxor ferroelectrics via thiol-ene click reaction.
Tweak to Schrödinger's cat equation could unite Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics, study hints - Physicists have proposed modifications to the infamous Schrödinger's cat paradox that could help explain why quantum particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously, while large objects (like the universe) seemingly cannot.
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk - A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.
More efficient molecular motor widens potential applications - Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Coke accounts for 10% of branded plastic pollution - Soft drink manufacturers Coca-Cola and Pepsi account for a sixth of the world’s branded plastic waste and more than half can be traced to just 56 companies according to a global study.
April 25, 2024
Conservation is saving species, global study says - A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say.Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space - "The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."
Mapping the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field in 3D - We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa - Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.
Making Light of Gravity - Physicist Claudia de Rham on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity .
Elizabeth Bates and the Search for the Roots of Human Language - In the 1970s a young psychologist challenged a popular theory of how we acquire language, launching a fierce debate that continues to this day
NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed - Solar Sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space.
Black holes are getting caught in “traffic jams” - A new study reveals the complex dynamics of black holes in the centres of galaxies, how they slow down and interact with each other.
New Pollution Regulations Could Largely Eliminate Coal Power by the 2030s - The EPA has released four new pollution rules, most focusing on coal-fired power, as the final pieces of Biden’s push to clean up the power sector
There Are No Non-GMO Strawberries - A new study has shown conclusively that no matter how many 'organic' industry companies give money to Environmental Working Group and Non-GMO Project to spread misinformation and doubt about their competitors, none on the market are free of genetic modification.
World's thinnest gold leaf, dubbed 'goldene,' is just 1 atom thick - Goldene is the latest 2D material to be made since graphene was first created in 2004.
How Temperate Forests Could Help Limit Climate Change - People understand how saving tropical forests is good for the planet, but temperate forests are equally indispensable in fighting climate change
What’s Next In The Ozempic Era? - Diabetes, weight loss and now heart health: A new family of drugs is changing the way scientists are thinking about obesity — and more uses are on the horizon
NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US - After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew around
It Doesn't Take Long to Reset Your Gut Health With Small Lifestyle Changes - How long does it take to improve your gut health?
Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato - Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.
Towards novel promising perovskite-type ferroelectric materials: High-pressure synthesis of rubidium niobate - Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers.
Researchers establish a high-throughput multiscale evaluation method for thermal stress in thermal barrier coatings - Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are widely used in gas turbine engines to obtain elevated working temperatures and improve engine efficiency.
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century - Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study.
Food in sight? The liver is ready! - What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food?
Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption - Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried.
Medical drone project to bring low cost health care to regions - New South Wales researchers have been commissioned to design a medical drone.
EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants - Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.
Save 32% on this feature-packed Garmin Instinct running watch - Amazon are slashing $80 off this fantastic running watch at right now, which boasts two weeks of battery life.
Here’s Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon - Scientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers have been hungering for better detectors.
1st self-driving car that 'lets you take your eyes off the road' goes on sale in the US — and it's not a Tesla - Mercedes-Benz has sold at least one of its new vehicles fitted with its Drive Pilot autonomous driving software, which lets you take your hands off the steering wheel and your eyes off the road.
Stop the Variant, Save the Channel - By using antisense oligonucleotides to inhibit a mutated exon associated with Timothy syndrome mutation, researchers restored neuron function.
Meet the Adorable Quokka, Known as the 'Happiest Animal on Earth' - The quokka, an impossibly-cute marsupial that's taken social media by storm, is facing unexpected threats in its southwestern Australia home.
DAILY DOSE: Biden Tightens Emissions Rules, Coal Industry Resists; Bumblebee Play Behavior Sparks Broader Animal Consciousness Declaration. - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TIGHTENS EMISSION RULES ON COAL PLANTS The Biden administration has introduced stringent regulations aimed at significantly reducing or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants by 2039.
We Are in the Golden Age of Bird-Watching - There has never been a better time to be or become a birder
Does AI Know What an Apple Is? She Aims to Find Out. - The computer scientist Ellie Pavlick is translating philosophical concepts such as “meaning” into concrete, testable ideas.
Mapping the Neural Circuit of Social Avoidance - Oxytocin released in a region of the hypothalamus helps mice remember who to avoid.
A shortcut for drug discovery: Novel method predicts on a large scale how small molecules interact with proteins - For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so-called "ligands").
If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars - "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."
Exploring gel formation mechanisms and the role of lactic acid bacteria in fermented sausage - A research team has reviewed the process of gel formation in fermented sausages, emphasizing the crucial role of myofibrillar proteins and the influence of lactic acid bacteria, temperature, and processing methods on gel properties.
With hybrid brains, these mice smell like a rat - Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into another.
How do birds flock? Researchers do the math to reveal previously unknown aerodynamic phenomenon - How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion?
What Does Milk Do for Babies? - Human nutrition begins with milk, but the wondrous biofluid does much more than feed babies.
An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Journey to Find the Lost Children of the Residential Schools - How “heart-centered” archaeology is helping to find the Indigenous children who never came home from residential schools
40-Foot-Long Giant Squids Dwarf Life on Land Because of Deep-Sea Gigantism - Why do deep-sea creatures grow so large?
Freeze casting—a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials - Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and multifunctional surface structures.
How to Filter Out Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ at Home - An environmental engineer provides a glimpse of the magnitude of the challenge to remove PFAS from water supplies and ways you can reduce these “forever chemicals” in your own drinking water
How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Marine Conservation - Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, marine scientist Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing
Largest ever salmon had tusks, not sabres - Reanalysis of the largest ever salmon, which lived several million years ago, shows that it sported tusk-like teeth which might have been used for fighting.
The secret to saving old books could be gluten-free glues - "Bookworm" is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms—as well as microorganisms and time—break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in one piece.
Synthesis of two new carbides provides perspective on how complex carbon structures could exist on other planets - Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have gained new insights in the field of high-pressure carbon chemistry: They synthesized two new carbides—compounds of carbon and another chemical element—with unique structures.
Extrovert or Introvert: Most People Are Actually Ambiverts - Research on personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category
Synthetic droplets cause a stir in the primordial soup: Chemotaxis research answers questions about biological movement - Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive.
California Politicians Lower The 'Erin Brockovich' Chemical And Cheer Saving 0 Lives - In the 1990s, Julia Roberts starred in a movie about a lady who interviewed people in a California town who insisted they were being poisoned by the evil PG&E utility.
Chemical rope trick at molecular level: Mechanism research helps when 'trial and error' fails - In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product.
Scientists discover method to prevent coalescence in immiscible liquids - A team of chemical engineers from Université PSL, CNRS, Harvard University and chemical company Calyxia, has discovered a way to prevent or delay coalescence in some immiscible liquids.
What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining? - Seaweed is versatile; it provides habitat for marine life, shelters coastlines, and absorbs carbon dioxide.
Gamma-ray burst from magnetar lights up star-forming galaxy - Astronomers have witnessed a rare giant flare from a magnetar about 12 million light-years away.
Data arms Africa’s fight against malaria - African nations need to tailor interventions based on the local setting as blanket approaches spread precious resources too thin.
Octo-ometry: global warming severe affect on octopus’ sight - Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change could have a direct effect on octopus’ sight according to new research from South Australia and California.
April 24, 2024
TESS Finds its First Rogue Planet - Well over 5,000 planets have been found orbiting other star systems.Butantan Institute’s dengue vaccine protects 79.6% of those vaccinated, study shows - A single-dose dengue vaccine produced by Butantan Institute in São Paulo state (Brazil) prevents development of the disease in 79.6% of those vaccinated, according to an article published today (February 1) in The New England Journal of Medicine.
We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy - Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.
Vaccines Have Saved 101 Million Infants In 50 Years, Europe Needs To Let That Happen In Agriculture Too - In the last 50 years, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, 146 million kids under 5 years, and 101 million infants, according to this World Health Organisation report .
Energy-efficient “glass” bricks as strong as clay - Double-glazed windows are often seen as a useful, if expensive, measure to insulate Australian homes and shave quarterly power bills, now materials scientists
Common food preservative has unexpected effects on the gut microbiome - Food manufacturers often add preservatives to food products to keep them fresh.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Almost Similar to What it Was Like 3.7 Billion Years Ago - What was our ancient magnetic field like?
Ancient Salmon Resembles Aquatic Warthog, Not Saber-Toothed Fish - New fossil of 9-foot-long tusked fish prompts paleontologists to reconsider giant salmon’s nickname.
From a Pink Moon to Blue, the Moon's Colors Aren't Always Colorful - What are the different colors of the moon?
Big oil companies continue to expand fossil fuel extraction worldwide - Despite the growing social and political discourse in favor of energy transition and the greening of the industry, big oil companies continue to rely almost exclusively on fossil fuels to perpetuate their function of obtaining and concentrating energy.
Human activities have an intense impact on Earth's deep subsurface fluid flow - Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon sequestration.
Use of acid reflux drugs linked to higher risk of migraine - People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study.
Conversations with Trish O’Kane: Birding to Change the World (and maybe save your soul). - In Birding to Change the World: A Memoir, Trish O’Kane, an accidental ornithologist turned activist, recounts how birds profoundly reshaped her life and outlook.
Solar Flares are Stunning but are They Dangerous? Here's What to Know - Explore the dynamic nature of solar flares, intense bursts of radiation from the Sun, their causes, effects on Earth, and the remarkable visuals they create.
Woman Receives Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant after Heart Pump Surgery - A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together
Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion - Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.
EPA Debunks Environmentalist Claims That Acephate Causes Autism - The Biden EPA has let scientists win over environmental epidemiology claims just this once.
Explainable AI for Rational Antibiotic Discovery - Researchers tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis with explainable neural networks and high throughput drug discovery.
Why are people climate change deniers? - Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior?
Cells may possess hidden communication system - Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges.
Why can't robots outrun animals? - Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal.
Researchers show it's possible to teach old magnetic cilia new tricks - Magnetic cilia—artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles—have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting objects and mixing liquids.
SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch - Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?
How Sugar Gliders Got Their Wings - Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air
Genes allow birds to keep the rhythm while singing - Researchers have linked 4 genes to birds’ innate rhythmic ability in song, according to a new study in Nature Communications.
Jupiter’s 8,700-Mile-Wide Great Red Spot Keeps Shrinking - The largest storm in our solar system, an 8,700-mile-wide anticyclone on Jupiter long beloved by astronomers, may be slowly fizzling out.
Ecologists Struggle to Get a Grip on ‘Keystone Species’ - More than 50 years after Bob Paine’s experiment with starfish, hundreds of species have been pronounced “keystones” in their ecosystems.
Virtual Viruses Reveal Complex Genomic Dynamics - Researchers used new simulations to obtain the first structures of elusive viruses.
New method could cut waste from drug production - Scientists have developed a sustainable new way of making complex molecules, which could greatly reduce waste produced during drug manufacturing, a study suggests.
Oldest undisputed evidence of Earth’s magnetic field found in Greenland - Researchers have recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth’s magnetic field from Greenland, providing the oldest estimate of its strength derived from whole rock samples.
Synthetic Reality Can Generate Worlds and Drive Innovative Solutions - What is a synthetic reality and what are Deepfakes?
New Geothermal Technology Could Expand Clean Power Generation - Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, geothermal promises to become a much more versatile energy source thanks to new technologies
There are Four Ways to Build with Regolith on the Moon - Over the last few years I have been renovating my home.
How the Great Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science - Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists.
Survey finds loneliness epidemic runs deep among parents - A new national survey finds a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack of support in fulfilling that role.