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WHO Walks Back Claim That Asymptomatic Coronavirus Transmission Is ‘Very Rare’

The World Health Organization held a press conference on Tuesday to clarify a surprising announcement it made a day earlier, in which an epidemiologist said that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus was “very rare.” Yesterday, Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on covid-19, said at a news briefing that, “From the data we have,…

Health Ed Cara

Saturn’s Best Moon Is Drifting Away Quicker Than We Thought

Titan is migrating away from its host planet at a rate 100 times faster than the previous estimate. The discovery is shaking our understanding of Saturn and the origin of its natural satellites. Titan, the only moon in our solar system with an atmosphere, is pulling away from Saturn at a rate of 11 centimeters…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Scientists Call for Academic Shutdown in Support of Black Lives

White supremacy is baked into science and academia, from racist language in textbooks to a culture that excludes Black scientists from innovating and advancing at the same pace as their colleagues. But rather than more milquetoast statements and diversity initiatives, researchers want action. Organizers are asking the scientific community to participate in a work stoppage…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient Roman City

For the first time ever, archaeologists have used ground-penetrating radar to map an entire city while it’s still beneath the ground. A preliminary map of Falerii Novi, an ancient Roman city located 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Rome, has been compiled with data taken from ground-penetrating radar. It’s “preliminary” because it wasn’t humanly possible…

Human History George Dvorsky

What to Think About Before You Make That Doctor’s Appointment

With states across the U.S. beginning to relax distancing restrictions related to covid-19, plenty of people are probably questioning whether they should get back to normal activities, including scheduling non-urgent medical appointments like physicals and teeth cleanings. So let’s talk about it. In truth, any outing that puts you in close contact with other people…

Health Ed Cara

Repeating Cosmic Radio Burst Follows Bizarre 157-Day Cycle

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, have transfixed astronomers for over a decade, but their origin remains unclear. A newly concluded survey identifies an unexpected and unusually long 157-day cycle for a known repeating FRB, in a discovery that’s redefining what we know about these mysterious intergalactic pulses. Something—we don’t know what—is shooting short, high-energy radio…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Latest Coronavirus Science: New York’s Hopeful Road to Recovery

Here are some of the latest scientific developments around covid-19, including insights about the first major outbreak in Wuhan, China, a raft of hydroxychloroquine treatment trials, and steady progress in some but not all areas of the U.S. Wuhan’s outbreak A crucial part of fending off covid-19 is pinning down how many people in a…

Health Ed Cara

Surreal Landslide Sweeps Several Homes Into Norwegian Fjord

Whoa, here’s something you certainly don’t see everyday: A large chunk of land fell into and temporarily drifted atop a Norwegian fjord earlier this week. Footage taken during the disaster has to be seen to be believed. The landslide happened the morning of Wednesday June 3 in the northern Norwegian town of Alta, reports the…

Earth Science George Dvorsky

NASA Astronaut Calls Out ‘Propaganda’ in Space-Themed Trump Ad That Broke NASA Rules

Donald Trump’s re-election campaign team has removed a political ad, titled “Make Space Great Again,” after the U.S. president was accused of falsely taking credit for the recently completed SpaceX Demo-2 launch and possibly for violating NASA ad regulations. The video was posted to YouTube on Wednesday June 3, but by Thursday evening it was…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Should You Get a Coronavirus Test If You Protested?

The nationwide protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death are unfortunately not happening in a vacuum—we’re still very much in the midst of a once-in-a-century viral pandemic spread by close contact. This week, officials in Texas and New York said that demonstrators should get tested for the coronavirus. But there are…

Health Ed Cara

Catastrophic Diesel Fuel Spill in Siberia Prompts State of Emergency

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after an estimated 20,000 tons of diesel fuel poured out of a fuel tank and into a nearby river. The spill—possibly the worst of its kind in the Arctic region—is being attributed to melting permafrost, yet another sad impact of climate change. The diesel spill…

Earther George Dvorsky

More Evidence That Mars Once Had a Ring—and Will Again

New research offers an explanation for the unusual orbit of Mars’ moon Deimos, one that bolsters the hypothesis that the Red Planet periodically features a Saturn-like ring. Mars has two very ugly moons, Phobos and Deimos. In addition to their potato-like appearance, both moons have exceptionally circular orbits aligned above Mars’s equatorial plane. Actually, that’s…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Scientists Raise Concerns Over Data Used in Two Major Covid-19 Studies

Update Thursday 4 p.m. ET: Lead author Mandeep Mehra and two co-authors formally retracted the study they had published in the Lancet, which originally found no evidence for hydroxychloroquine’s effectiveness in preventing covid-19 deaths. Notably, this decision did not involve co-author Sapan Desai, the cofounder of the company Surgisphere that provided the hospital data now…

Health Ed Cara

Lost Monument of Early Maya Civilization Discovered in Mexico

The surprising discovery of a 2,800-year-old monumental structure in Tabasco, Mexico, is shaking our conceptions of Maya civilization and its emergence as a cultural force. Using a technology called lidar, in which lasers are used to map hidden surface features from above, archaeologists discovered a previously unknown monumental structure at the Aguada Fénix site in…

Human History George Dvorsky

Fossilized Stomach Contents of Armored Dinosaur Reveal Its Last Meal

A 110-million-year-old fossil found nine years ago at an open pit mine in Alberta is providing fascinating new details about the dietary habits of plant-eating armored dinosaurs and the environments in which they lived. “This is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs in the world,” Caleb Brown, a paleontologist at Royal Tyrrell Museum, told Gizmodo back…

Biology George Dvorsky

Tear Gas Is Dangerous and Should Be Illegal

Tear gas is a chemical weapon that is banned for use in warfare, yet U.S. police have repeatedly deployed it against people protesting police brutality and anti-black violence this week. Though it’s considered a non-lethal weapon, tear gas is actually far more dangerous than advertised—especially in the midst of a global pandemic. There are different…

Health Ed Cara

Evidence of Ritualistic Cannabis Use Found in Ancient Jewish Temple

Archaeologists in Israel have detected traces of cannabis on a 2,700-year-old altar found in an ancient Jewish shrine. The finding suggests ancient Israelites used mind-altering substances during religious ceremonies, in what is an unprecedented discovery for the region. Ancient Israelites burned cannabis mixed with animal dung on altars during ritual ceremonies, according to new research…

Human History George Dvorsky

More Than 500 Vertebrate Species Are on the Brink of ‘Biological Annihilation’

A new study finds further evidence that humans are driving the world’s sixth mass extinction. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday, this research focuses on terrestrial vertebrates—amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles—and found that more than 500 species are “on the brink of extinction,” per the paper. The extinction of vertebrates…

Earther Yessenia Funes

Why Leaving the WHO Could Be Disastrous for the U.S. and the World

On Friday, President Trump announced that the U.S. would immediately terminate its “relationship with the World Health Organization”—the culmination of a threat that the administration issued a month earlier. It’s a decision, experts warn, that could have dire repercussions on efforts to keep people safe from the coronavirus pandemic and other global public health threats.…

Health Ed Cara

Would Your Dog Rescue You? Scientists Made a Test to Find Out

Inside every dog there’s a hero waiting to be unleashed, or at least, that’s what we’d like to believe about our canine companions. New research suggests dogs truly want to rescue us when we’re in a bad situation, but they have to know how to help. From Lassie and The Littlest Hobo to Bolt and…

Biology George Dvorsky

WHO Walks Back Claim That Asymptomatic Coronavirus Transmission Is ‘Very Rare’

Saturn’s Best Moon Is Drifting Away Quicker Than We Thought

Scientists Call for Academic Shutdown in Support of Black Lives

Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient Roman City

What to Think About Before You Make That Doctor’s Appointment

Repeating Cosmic Radio Burst Follows Bizarre 157-Day Cycle

Latest Coronavirus Science: New York’s Hopeful Road to Recovery

Surreal Landslide Sweeps Several Homes Into Norwegian Fjord

NASA Astronaut Calls Out ‘Propaganda’ in Space-Themed Trump Ad That Broke NASA Rules

Should You Get a Coronavirus Test If You Protested?

Catastrophic Diesel Fuel Spill in Siberia Prompts State of Emergency

More Evidence That Mars Once Had a Ring—and Will Again

Scientists Raise Concerns Over Data Used in Two Major Covid-19 Studies

Lost Monument of Early Maya Civilization Discovered in Mexico

Fossilized Stomach Contents of Armored Dinosaur Reveal Its Last Meal

Tear Gas Is Dangerous and Should Be Illegal

Evidence of Ritualistic Cannabis Use Found in Ancient Jewish Temple

More Than 500 Vertebrate Species Are on the Brink of ‘Biological Annihilation’

Why Leaving the WHO Could Be Disastrous for the U.S. and the World

Would Your Dog Rescue You? Scientists Made a Test to Find Out

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

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Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

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