Even ‘safe’ air pollution levels may affect heart health
An imaging study found early signs of coronary artery disease in people in Canada breathing air that regulators consider clean.
Category: Science
Something in space may be changing alien signals before they can reach Earth. Scientists have a solution.
Humans have been searching the stars for alien radio signals for decades — and so far, E.T. has not phoned home. But that doesn’t mean
‘If there’s any country that will do it, it’s China’: Why is China diverting some of the world’s mightiest rivers thousands of miles?
Taming Nature: Inside China’s efforts to control the region’s water China is facing water scarcity that affects millions of people, so the country is embarking
9 of the best technology conspiracy theories
From government surveillance programs to microchips in vaccines, technology-centric conspiracy theories have exploded in the digital age, adding to some of the best conspiracy theories
Bizarre ‘bull’s-eye’ cloud rings appear above erupting volcano on Atlantic island — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain [28.62120467, -17.89960469] What’s in the photo? Concentric cloud rings over an erupting volcano Which satellite
A tropical permafrost layer in Peru may be one of the world’s largest
Vast permafrost beneath the upper slopes of Peru’s tallest volcano could become a regional water source as glaciers in the Andes retreat.
One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study
The causes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are poorly understood, but now, scientists have pinpointed a runaway immune response that may underlie the condition in
NASA’s Chandra Finds Possible Supernova Remnant
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy.
A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns
For those who see the world as a dark place, the universe seems to offer little solace. According to current estimates, approximately 70% of the
Never-before-seen shark that ‘walks’ on land discovered off Papua New Guinea
Researchers have identified a new species of “walking shark,” a rare group of small carpet sharks that use their fins to “walk” along shallow reefs.
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s infertility may have been caused by rare semen allergy
The patient: A 29-year-old woman in Lithuania The symptoms: The woman had been trying to conceive with her male partner but had not become pregnant.
The New World screwworm has returned to the U.S. Now what?
At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts
Sea cucumbers harbor ‘zombie’ tissues that won’t die
Detached tissues from the sea cucumber’s tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that could shape the study of
James Webb telescope detects ‘galaxy-killing wind’ near the dawn of time — and it could preview the death of the Milky Way
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds.