Strange Moon Pits Could Have Temperatures Comfortable Enough For Humans to Live In
The lunar pit analyzed by researchers. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) SPACE Strange Moon Pits Could Have Temperatures Comfortable Enough For Humans to Live In DAVID NIELD...
Scientists Are Perplexed by Mysterious Holes They Keep Finding on The Ocean Floor
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) NATURE Scientists Are Perplexed by Mysterious Holes They Keep Finding on The Ocean Floor FIONA MACDONALD 29 JULY 2022 During...
Breathtaking New Photos Show Jupiter’s Hypnotic Swirling Storms, And How Is This Real?
The northern polar storms of Jupiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Brian Swift) SPACE Breathtaking New Photos Show Jupiter’s Hypnotic Swirling Storms, And How Is This...
Part of a Massive, Uncontrolled Rocket Will Crash to Earth This Sunday. Here’s What We Know
Potential path of reentry. (Aerospace Corporation) SPACE Part of a Massive, Uncontrolled Rocket Will Crash to Earth This Sunday. Here’s What We Know FIONA MACDONALD...
An ‘Impossible’ Quasicrystal Was Created in The World’s First Nuclear Bomb Test
The sample of red trinitite that contained the quasicrystal. (Bindi et al., PNAS, 2021) PHYSICS An ‘Impossible’ Quasicrystal Was Created in The World’s First Nuclear...
Giant Study Identifies Exercise Sweet Spot For Lowering Risk of Death
(Mikel Taboada/Moment/Getty Images) HEALTH Giant Study Identifies Exercise Sweet Spot For Lowering Risk of Death DAVID NIELD 28 JULY 2022 An extensive study, involving records...
Now We Know Why Jupiter Doesn’t Have Big, Glorious Rings Like Saturn
One of Jupiter’s tenuous rings can be seen in this infrared image. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Judy Schmidt) SPACE Now We Know Why Jupiter Doesn’t Have Big, Glorious Rings...
Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find
3D rendering of a cancer cell. (CIPhotos/Getty Images) HEALTH Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find FIONA MACDONALD 27 JULY 2022...
Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into ‘Necrobots’ And We Are So Creeped Out
(Preston Innovation Laboratory/Rice University) TECH Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into ‘Necrobots’ And We Are So Creeped Out FELICITY NELSON 26 JULY 2022 When mechanical...
Ancient Lava Caves in Hawai’i Are Teeming With Mysterious Life Forms
Microbial mats in a cave on Hawai’i. (Jimmy Saw) NATURE Ancient Lava Caves in Hawai’i Are Teeming With Mysterious Life Forms CARLY CASSELLA 25 JULY...