7.9 billion light-years away galaxy sends fast radio burst
This has been the second occurrence of a radio burst being traced to its home galaxy across the universe. Astronomers have yet...
Meet the Millionaires Helping to Pay for Climate Protests
Climate change protesters from Extinction Rebellion snarled traffic in Washington on Monday and again on Friday. You might find yourself asking, “Who helps...
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Aggressive screening might have helped contain the coronavirus in the United States. But technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and lapses in leadership let it spread...
Deep-sea fish have super vision to cope with abyssal darkness
Researchers were stunned to see that at least one species of deep-sea fish have super vision and are capable of picking up a broad range of light wavelengths and may even see color. Because the deeper you go underwater, the scarcer light gets.
Volcano eruption beneath The Milky Way captured by NASA
The photo, which is featured as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, was snapped by photographer Diego Rizzo in Guatemala
Canada Bans Whale and Dolphin Captivity
Whales and dolphins don’t belong in tanks, and the inherent suffering these highly social and intelligent animals endure in intensive confinement can no longer be tolerated.
Evolving cockroaches are becoming almost impossible to kill
Cockroaches are evolving and becoming almost impossible to kill with chemicals, US scientists announced.
A study by Purdue...
Scientists Believe Black Holes Could Be Portals to Other Galaxies
Scientists Believe Black Holes Could Be Portals to Other Galaxies
SpaceX Unveils Silvery Vision to Mars: ‘It’s Basically an I.C.B.M. That...
BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Tex. — As you drive east along Texas State Highway 4, it looks like a giant, shiny and pointy grain silo...
Joachim Messing, 73, Who Charted the DNA of Viruses and Plants,...
Joachim Messing, a pioneer of DNA sequencing whose techniques enabled scientists to study the building blocks of viruses, improve the yield of crop plants...
