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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured newborn stars forming in clouds of dust and gas (colored golden and orange in this image) in a star-forming
Category: Science
Sylvia Earle: My Wish? To Protect Our Oceans
; Credit: Asa Mathat/TED / Asa Mathat Manoush Zomorodi, Christina Cala, and SANAZ MESHKINPOUR | NPR Part 4 of TED Radio Hour episode An SOS
Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it’s too late to act
“Doom-mongering convinces many would-be climate advocates that climate action is a hopeless cause. But the blistering attacks against mainstream climate science and scientists advance an
Stephen Hawking’s long-contested black hole theory finally confirmed — as scientists ‘hear’ 2 event horizons merge into one
Black holes get bigger as they merge, the LIGO Collaboration confirmed with a new observation that could finally prove a decades-old Stephen Hawking theory.
‘Once-in-a-millennium’ event: Approach of ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid Apophis will be visible to the naked eye
In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it’s a once-in-a-millennium planetary experiment.
Handwashing: Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs
We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool
A Recipe For Concrete That Can Withstand Road Salt Deterioration
Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made
A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word ‘robot’
A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn’t analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect
New Zealand’s bold plan to save endangered animals: kill millions of invasive animals
Many of New Zealand’s unique birds are heading toward extinction. So the country is taking on an ambitious conservation project: eradicating the invasive species that
Acne drug Accutane may restore sperm production in infertile men, early study hints
Accutane, a decades-old acne treatment, could help men with infertility produce motile sperm and avoid invasive sperm retrieval surgery, a study finds.
‘New’ island emerges from melting ice in Alaska
NASA’s Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a “brand new island” after a retreating glacier lost contact with the Prow Knob mountain landmass in
We tested the Canon EOS R6 II in a nature reserve — here’s our verdict
The Canon EOS R6 II takes on real-world challenges in the wild — but does it deliver for wildlife photography?
New reconstructions show piercing eyes of men who lived 2,500 years ago in mysterious Indian civilization
The vivid reconstructions are based on two skulls found in urns excavated in 2021 at a burial ground in southern India
Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 ‘American Nobel’
One of this year’s coveted Lasker Awards went to three scientists who helped invent a life-saving treatment for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease.