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Planetary Defense: Physicists Propose New Way To Defend Earth Against Cosmic Impacts

Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky? In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock about 150 feet (50 meters) in diameter that was going...

International Observe the Moon Night: 10 Ways To Observe the Moon

Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very broadly. There are so many ways to celebrate and...

Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Bright Quantum Future

Artist’s illustration of hydrodynamical behavior from an interacting ensemble of quantum spin defects in diamond. Credit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of...

The CEO of J.P. Morgan: Bitcoin is useless

This summer J.P. Morgan gave its customers access to cryptocurrency funds The CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co Jamie Dimon told a conference on Monday that cryptocurrencies would be regulated by governments and that...

Passengers in Moscow buy a subway ticket with facial recognition

Many of us happen to be looking for the wallet with the public transport card or ticket pennies, which are usually always at the bottom of the bag. While we are looking forward to...

EU plan to replace diesel trucks with electric ones

In early 2021, the EU has set a target of 20,000 environmentally friendly vehicles by 2030 The shift to electric vehicles will affect not only car manufacturers but also trucks. They will also be forced...

Not Science Fiction: German Scientists Harness the Power of Photosynthesis for New Way To “Breathe”

The injected green algae (green) sit inside the blood vessels (magenta) like a string of pearls. Credit: Özugur et al./iScience Photosynthesizing algae injected into the blood vessels of tadpoles supply oxygen to their brains. Leading a...

New Understanding of the Arctic’s Carbon Cycle – How Carbon Is Transferred Between Land, Ocean, and Atmosphere

Eroding cliff bluffs adjacent to Elson Lagoon near Utqiagvik, Alaska. Credit: Michael Rawlins New research from UMass Amherst shines light on poorly understood processes of how carbon dissolved in Arctic rivers affects our world. In a...

British Medical Journal: Daily Use of CBD Oil May Be Linked to Lung Cancer Regression

May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers. It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as a potential lung cancer treatment, suggest doctors in BMJ Case Reports...

Geneticists found three living relatives in the mummy from Switzerland

Christina Wurst from the private research center Eurac Research, together with scientists from Italy and Switzerland, analyzed the woman's mitochondrial DNA and found her living relatives. In 2018, researchers said they were able to identify...

The Dardanelles Underwater Park takes visitors to the wreckage of warships

In Turkey, an underwater park takes visitors to the wreckage of 14 British and French warships sunk in the Dardanelles during World War I. The site, located on the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwestern Turkey,...

Scientists Warn: Sunscreen That Includes Zinc Oxide Loses Effectiveness and Becomes Toxic After 2 Hours

Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according to a collaboration that included Oregon State University scientists. The...

An experiment to simulate life on Mars begins in the israeli desert

An experiment to simulate living conditions on Mars will take place in the desert in southern Israel, France 24 reports. A group of six astronauts will spend a month in fake spacesuits, performing various...

Archaeological sensation: the largest winery from Byzantine times discovered

A sophisticated wine-making facility, the largest of the Byzantine period ever discovered in the world, has been found by archaeologists near the town of Yavne, 24km from Tel Aviv, the Israeli Antiquities Service said....

What awaits us with a single government and total control of AI. Explaining the Singleton Hypothesis

Nick Bostrom, professor of philosophy and director of the Institute for the Future of Humanity at Oxford University, is trying to understand what the future holds for humanity. In the course of his research,...

Paradox of the Young Weak Sun: Extreme CO2 Greenhouse Effect Heated Up the Young Earth

Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of geoscientists has found important clues that high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were responsible...

“Vegetarian” Giant Tortoise Attacks and Eats Seabird As Horrified Researchers Film

Credit: Anna Zora Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, attacked and ate a tern chick. This is the first documentation of deliberate hunting in any wild tortoise...

Snapchat is the biggest winner of Facebook’s crash

Snapchat's consumption rose by more than 20% after Facebook's services stopped working for six hours on Monday. It is also the biggest winner among competing applications during the worst crash for the American giant...

Why famous people fly into space and what they do there

Flight into space is a very expensive event that requires long preparation. Therefore, space tourists are mostly rich people who can afford long tests, a thorough medical examination and the purchase of a spacecraft...

A Concrete Solution: Recycled Concrete and CO2 From the Air Are Made Into a New Building Material

Two samples of calcium carbonate concrete, one using hardened cement paste (left) and the other using silica sand. Both raw materials are common construction and demolition waste products. Credit: © 2021 Maruyama et al. A...

Astrophysicists Explain Puzzling Results From Gravitational Wave Observatories

In the late stages of binary neutron star formation, the giant star expands and engulfs the neutron star companion in a stage referred to as common-envelope evolution (a). Ejection of the envelope leaves the...

Collecting Lithium From Seawater To Meet Demand for Batteries

Asst. Prof. Chong Liu’s lab is developing a new type of electrode that can extract valuable elements from seawater using a process called electrochemical intercalation. This method could present one of the most sustainable...

NASA Images of the Week

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features two interacting galaxies that are so intertwined, they have a collective name – Arp 91. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt NASA Images of the...

Weighing Cancer Cells To Help With Treatment Decision-Making

Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new way to determine whether an individual cancer patient will respond to a particular drug. Their method involves exposing cells to the drug and...

Advanced Housekeeping Keeps Space Station in Tip-Top Shape

The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship relocates from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module on September 28, 2021. Credit: NASA The Expedition 65 crew focused on a variety of advanced housekeeping activities today...
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