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The Space Force Unveils ‘Spacepower,’ Its Plan to Conquer Space

The Space Force has released a 64-page military doctrine, explaining why the United States needs to flex its muscles in space and how the nascent military branch will seek to maintain dominance in a domain so far untouched by warfare. Humans have fought on land and water for millennia and in the air for over…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Image: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Dwarf Planet Ceres Has a Secret Saltwater Ocean

Scientists are attributing the mysterious bright spots on Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, to a gigantic reservoir of salty water beneath the dwarf planet’s crust. Subsurface oceans are the kind of thing we expect to see in the outer solar system, specifically on the icy moons in orbit around Jupiter, Saturn,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Herbicide, Lead, and Other Poisons Found in Bodies of Stranded Dolphins and Whales

New research shows the startling degree to which stranded dolphins and whales found along the southeastern U.S. coast are contaminated with pollutants. BPA, DEP, NPE, atrazine, and triclosan—these are a few of our not-so-favorite things, and as new research published in Frontiers in Marine Sciences shows, these human-created toxins are appearing at high levels among…

Earther George Dvorsky

An Explosive Piston Inside This Baseball Bat Means Anyone Could Shatter the Home Run Record

The longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history was hit by Joey Meyer of the minor league Denver Zephyrs at a distance of 582 feet. Shane Wighton, an engineer known on YouTube for his sport-cheating inventions including a never-miss basketball hoop, things he can break that record with a baseball bat literally packed with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Thunderstorms Linked to Breathing Trouble for Older People

A new study out Monday might provide the strongest evidence yet that thunderstorms can worsen certain health conditions. Across a 14-year period in the U.S., researchers found that the days surrounding a thunderstorm were clearly associated with a spike in emergency room visits for respiratory problems among older Americans, especially for those with preexisting conditions…

Health Ed Cara

Cats Can Get And Spread the Coronavirus to Other Cats, Study Finds

A new study is the latest to bring some mixed news when it comes to covid-19 and cats. The study found evidence that cats infected with the coronavirus that causes covid-19 can easily spread it to other cats within two days of exposure. However, none of these cats documented in the study become sick once…

Biology Ed Cara

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At Night, the Martian Sky Pulses and Glows When Viewed in Ultraviolet Light

New ultraviolet observations of the Red Planet highlight complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere, including eerily regular nightglow pulses invisible to the unaided eye. The Martian atmosphere, when viewed through ultraviolet light, is very busy, but only at night, and only during certain seasons, as new research shows. These pulsing and glowing atmospheric effects…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Image: C. Delaere and J. Capriles, 2020/Antiquity

Rare Underwater Inca Offering Pulled From Lake Titicaca

Archaeologists in Bolivia have recovered a fully intact underwater Inca offering containing a miniature llama figurine and a gold bracelet. The offering, dropped into Lake Titicaca some 500 years ago, provides key insights into Inca rituals and spiritual beliefs. That Lake Titicaca was of vital importance to the Inca people is hardly a secret. The…

Human History George Dvorsky

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt

Shallow Lightning and Mushy Hail: Violent Storms on Jupiter Are Weirder Than We Thought

Lightning and hailstones exist on Jupiter, but they’re of a very different sort than the ones we’re familiar with on Earth, as new research suggests. Shallow lightning on Jupiter doesn’t originate from watery clouds like on Earth but instead from clouds packed with both water and ammonia, according to new research published this week in…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

‘Weirdest Fossil’ Wasn’t a Dinosaur After All

The authors of a high-profile study published earlier this year, in which the scientists claimed to have discovered the world’s smallest dinosaur, have now retracted the paper in response to new fossil evidence. The now-retracted Nature paper, published on March 11, 2020, apparently misidentified a tiny skull found inside a 99-million-year-old chunk of Burmese amber.…

Biology George Dvorsky

Covid-19 Sent a Healthy 40-Year-Old Man Into Life-Threatening Catatonia, Doctors Say

A man’s encounter with covid-19 likely led to him experiencing life-threatening catatonia that erased days of his memory, according to doctors in Sweden. Though the man was able to recover without serious brain damage thanks to prompt treatment, the doctors warn that the man’s case may highlight a never-before-seen form of neurological complication connected to…

Health Ed Cara

Scientists Create Unbelievably Bright Fluorescent Objects

Fluorescence is typically associated with gases or liquids, but a team of chemists has conjured a new formula that gives solid materials that characteristic fluorescent glow. New research published today in the scientific journal Chem describes a newly developed material, dubbed SMILES, that can be transformed into a solid, crystalline state with an unusually bright…

Tech News George Dvorsky

World’s Biggest Landlord Buys World’s Biggest Genealogy Website

The Blackstone Group will buy a majority stake in the genealogy website Ancestry.com in a deal worth $4.7 billion, according to a press release published Wednesday. Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, is the world’s largest landlord and Ancestry is the world’s largest genealogy website, with over 6 billion records on family history in the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Scientists Spot Space Junk With Lasers in Broad Daylight

Our ability to efficiently detect space debris has taken an important leap forward, thanks to a new technique in which lasers can spot these potentially dangerous objects during daylight hours. Researchers from the Institute for Space Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences have developed a technique in which lasers can measure the position of…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Common Cold Coronaviruses Might Prime the Immune System to Recognize SARS-CoV-2

A group of scientists think they’re closer to understanding why some people’s immune systems seem to recognize the coronavirus that causes covid-19, despite the person never having been infected by it. The team’s new research released Monday suggests that past infections with much milder but related coronaviruses that cause the common cold can produce T…

Health Ed Cara

SpaceX Starship Prototype Completes Its First ‘Hop’

SpaceX’s plans to build a reusable rocket capable of landing on the Moon and Mars took a major leap forward on Tuesday, following the first successful test of the Starship system. Starship made its inaugural test flight shortly before 8:00 pm ET on Tuesday August 4 at the SpaceX Boca Chica facility in Texas, reports…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

A genetic analysis of ice age cave lions shows this species to be distinct from modern lions, ending a long-standing mystery. What’s more, the new evidence suggests these fearsome creatures diverged into two distinct lineages. During the Pleistocene, lions lived across much of the Northern Hemisphere, including in Siberia. The northernmost of these beasts, dubbed…

Biology George Dvorsky

Baby Boomers Are Experiencing Greater Cognitive Decline Than Previous Generations, Study Finds

Baby boomers are experiencing a sharper drop in cognitive function as they age, relative to previous generations, according to a recent study. The findings not only suggest that boomers will be more likely to develop conditions like dementia than past cohorts, but future aging generations may be at a similar heightened risk. The study, published…

Health Ed Cara

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Ancient Mars May Have Been Less Wet Than We Thought

Ice sheets, and not rushing rivers, sculpted many Martian valleys, according to scientists. The new research suggests ancient Mars wasn’t as warm and wet as we thought, but an expert we spoke to remains unconvinced. New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests rushing rivers weren’t responsible for the distinctive shape of certain Martian valleys located…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Image: Royal Ontario Museum/McMaster University

Paleontologists Identify Cancer in a Dinosaur Fossil for the First Time

A re-analysis of a shin bone belonging to a horned dinosaur from the Cretaceous period has revealed signs of a malignant tumor, in what’s considered a first for dinosaur paleontology. Back in 1989, paleontologists in Alberta, Canada, unearthed a 76-million-year-old fibula, or lower leg bone, belonging to Centrosaurus apertus, a four-legged dinosaur from the Cretaceous.…

Biology George Dvorsky

The Space Force Unveils ‘Spacepower,’ Its Plan to Conquer Space

Dwarf Planet Ceres Has a Secret Saltwater Ocean

Herbicide, Lead, and Other Poisons Found in Bodies of Stranded Dolphins and Whales

An Explosive Piston Inside This Baseball Bat Means Anyone Could Shatter the Home Run Record

Thunderstorms Linked to Breathing Trouble for Older People

Cats Can Get And Spread the Coronavirus to Other Cats, Study Finds

At Night, the Martian Sky Pulses and Glows When Viewed in Ultraviolet Light

Rare Underwater Inca Offering Pulled From Lake Titicaca

Shallow Lightning and Mushy Hail: Violent Storms on Jupiter Are Weirder Than We Thought

‘Weirdest Fossil’ Wasn’t a Dinosaur After All

Covid-19 Sent a Healthy 40-Year-Old Man Into Life-Threatening Catatonia, Doctors Say

Scientists Create Unbelievably Bright Fluorescent Objects

World’s Biggest Landlord Buys World’s Biggest Genealogy Website

Scientists Spot Space Junk With Lasers in Broad Daylight

Common Cold Coronaviruses Might Prime the Immune System to Recognize SARS-CoV-2

SpaceX Starship Prototype Completes Its First ‘Hop’

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

Baby Boomers Are Experiencing Greater Cognitive Decline Than Previous Generations, Study Finds

Ancient Mars May Have Been Less Wet Than We Thought

Paleontologists Identify Cancer in a Dinosaur Fossil for the First Time

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