Mystery Illness Leaves Thousands of Lorikeets, Flying Foxes Unable to Fly or...
WARNING: Distressing images below. A mysterious illness has hospitalised record numbers of Australian rainbow lorikeets and flying foxes in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales. The...
View ArticleNewly Spotted Asteroid Has a Tiny Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1 percent....
View ArticleBuilding Blocks of Life Found in Samples From Asteroid Bennu
WASHINGTON—Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date...
View ArticleNew Zealand Mountain Granted the Same Legal Rights as a Person
New Zealand’s famous Mt. Taranaki has been granted similar legal rights to a person, sans the right to pay taxes or drive. In a unanimous vote by the New Zealand Parliament on Jan. 30, the government...
View ArticleNASA’s 2 Stuck Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Together
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and...
View ArticleUltra-Processed Food Addiction: A Little-Known and Growing Problem
Sunshine Gentile’s migraines started out feeling like the flu. She was 36 when they began, giving her an aching head and muscles and fatigue. The pain was worse if she moved around. Eventually, her...
View ArticleHealth Advice That Doesn’t Fit? Here’s Why You Should Be Your Own Expert
Join Sina McCullough, PhD in nutrition, on her quest to uncover truths about food and health. A scientist by training and journalist by nature, Sina offers facts and insights about how to live healthy,...
View ArticleAsteroid Impact on Moon Blasted 2 Grand Canyons in 10 Minutes
WASHINGTON—The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth’s natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. Close to the moon’s south pole are two...
View ArticleAI and Scientists Unite to Decipher Old Scrolls Charred by the Vesuvius Volcano
LONDON—Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found...
View ArticleScientists Predict Devastation If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth in 2182
WASHINGTON—The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles away. It might come even closer in...
View ArticleLaughter Can Reverse Disease and Help You Live Longer—Here’s How
Imagine walking into your doctor’s office, expecting another prescription, only to have them hand you a slip of paper that says, “Watch a comedy show daily.” Far-fetched? Maybe. But science suggests...
View ArticleSpace Telescope Spots Rare ‘Einstein Ring’ of Light Around Galaxy in Our...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a...
View ArticleOnly 10 of 195 Countries Meet UN Deadline to Submit Emissions-Reduction Plans
A Feb. 10 deadline for the 195 signatories of the Paris (climate) Agreement to publish and submit their emissions-reduction plans to the U.N. has come and gone with just 10 nations complying. The...
View ArticleSpaceX to Switch Capsules to Bring 2 Stranded Astronauts Back to Earth Sooner
NASA said Tuesday they have revised their strategy in order to expedite the homecoming of two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS), the space agency said on Feb. 11. Astronauts...
View ArticleCannabis Is Behind Rising Cases of Nausea and Vomiting
Melody’s exterior transformation—from 300 pounds to 130 pounds over several years—masked an inner turmoil that belied her seemingly healthy-looking appearance. She experienced severe bouts of nausea...
View ArticleYour Gut Could Be Your Personal Vitamin Factory
Join Sina McCullough on her quest to uncover truths about food and health. A scientist by training and journalist by nature, Sina offers facts and insights about how to live healthy, happy, and free....
View ArticleWhy Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Unlikely to Hit Earth in 2032 and How Scientists...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite...
View ArticleFormer Director of the Alabama NASA Center During the Challenger Space...
William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in...
View ArticleWhy Dietary Cholesterol Isn’t the Enemy
While cholesterol has historically been blamed for heart disease, and many have been told to avoid eggs and animal fats, it actually plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. Cholesterol...
View ArticleNASA Increases Odds Again of Potential Asteroid Impact in 2032
The probability that an asteroid could collide with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, has been raised to 3.1 percent, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The announcement was made as scientists...
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