How Nuclear Waste Disposal Works
Nuclear is a useful source of efficient and clean energy but they produce radioactive waste that is deadly if mismanaged, making disposal infrastructure crucial. Nuclear power plants mainly produce...
View ArticleFormer Energy Minister Matt Kean to Head Climate Change Authority
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed former Liberal NSW state treasurer and energy minister, Matt Kean, to chair the Climate Change Authority. It came less than a week after Mr. Kean announced...
View ArticlePeanuts for Babies? Early Introduction May Prevent Allergies Later: Study
“No one was allergic to peanuts when I was a kid!” Many adults over 40 have made this observation and wondered why peanut allergies are so common in their children’s generation. However, a simple...
View ArticleFamily Sues NASA After Florida Home Hit by Space Junk From International...
A Florida family whose home was damaged by a piece of debris that fell from the International Space Station and smashed through their roof earlier this year is seeking compensation from NASA for...
View ArticleWith 28 Percent of Global Uranium, Australian Government Now Pushed to...
Trade Minister Don Farrell has confirmed Australia possesses 28 percent of the world’s uranium, and is keen to continue exporting the resource overseas. His comments come amid a debate over whether the...
View ArticleNASA Calls Off Spacewalk After Spacesuit Water Leak
NASA on Monday canceled a spacewalk at the International Space Station after water leaked from an astronaut’s spacesuit. Astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt opened the hatch to the space station’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Paying Drivers to Test Road Mileage Tax
California is testing a pilot program to determine if charging drivers per mile driven could better fund the state’s highway infrastructure and road repair budgets. The program is accepting 800...
View ArticleNASA Launches NOAA Weather Satellite
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather satellite GOES-U launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5 p.m. ET on June 25. The satellite, the last in the GOES-R...
View ArticleUNESCO Warns Australia About Condition of Great Barrier Reef
The United Nation’s cultural and scientific body, UNESCO, has warned Australia must do more on land clearing and climate change if it wants to save the Great Barrier Reef. While the...
View ArticleNASA Taps Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Bring International Space Station out of...
WASHINGTON—NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a...
View ArticleWhy NASA Astronauts Are Delayed at Space Station After Boeing Starliner Launch
NEW YORK—When two veteran NASA astronauts blasted off on a test drive of Boeing’s new capsule, they expected to head home from the International Space Station in a week or so. It’s now three weeks and...
View ArticleStarliner’s Return Delayed Indefinitely as NASA, Boeing Evaluate Spacecraft’s...
The first crewed mission of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft faces more delays in its return from the International Space Station (ISS) as Boeing and NASA continue to evaluate the performance of its...
View ArticleAthletes Who Suffer Concussions Are Returned to Games Too Soon: Study
One way to remove an opposing player from a football game is to initiate helmet-to-helmet contact and hope he fails his sideline concussion test. If the player fails his test, he will be removed from...
View ArticleAutism Reversal in Twin Girls Through Lifestyle and Environmental Changes:...
Findings from a recent case study show that personalized lifestyle and environmental changes successfully reversed autism symptoms in fraternal twin girls diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)....
View ArticleWhy You Should Eat Small Fish Whole
Eating small fish—bones and all—has special health benefits, a recent study has found. Investigators in Japan who tracked the eating habits of 80,802 people over nine years found that women who...
View ArticleScientists Discover New Method to Prevent Age Related Vision Loss
Researchers looking at the potential causes of age-related macular degeneration, a disease affecting about 20 million Americans, found that a specific protein could be the key to successfully treating...
View ArticleJapan Reattempts Launch of Radar Satellite After Failure Last Year
Japan’s space agency JAXA launches its third H3 flagship rocket carrying $200 million radar satellite ALOS-4 at 12 p.m. JST on July 1 (11 p.m. ET on June 30) at Tanegashima in Japan, a reattempt after...
View ArticlePrevent Cavities and the Bacteria That Cause Them–Naturally
Streptococcus mutans is a stealthy bacterium. It lives in your mouth, clings to your teeth, and wreaks havoc on oral health. S. mutans thrives on sugar, converting it into acid that erodes enamel and...
View ArticleNASA Astronauts Perform a Spacewalk Outside the ISS
NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy Dyson perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 7:30 a.m. ET on July 2. ...
View ArticleFever Phobia: When to Worry and When to Let the Fever Do Its Job
Health Viewpoints Although fever is common in various illnesses and is usually advantageous, parents often feel overwhelming concern when their child develops one. Referred to as “fever phobia,” this...
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