Enhanced Video Shows Dust During NASA Ingenuity Helicopter’s Flight on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen here taking off, hovering and then landing on the Martian surface on April 19, 2021. The Mastcam-Z imager aboard…
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Coronavirus Does Not Infect the Brain, but Still Inflicts Significant Neurological Damage
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, according to a new study…
Energy Unleashed by Volcanic Eruptions Deep in Our Oceans Could Power All of the United States
Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the…
Medical Cannabis Products Are Not Always What They Seem
THC and CBD Content on Labels of Medicinal Cannabis Products Can Be Very Inaccurate A study of metabolites in the urine of patients taking medical…
Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Include Lower Frequency Radio Waves Than Previously Detected
New clues discovered in quest to unravel astrophysical mystery. Since fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first discovered over a decade ago, scientists have puzzled over…
Simple Oral Hygiene – Such As Using Mouthwash – Could Help Reduce COVID-19 Severity
COVID-19 could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream — particularly if individuals are suffering from gum…
First Video of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight – Including Takeoff and Landing
In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19,…
Predicting the Next Pandemic Virus Is Harder Than We Think – Here’s Why
The observation that most of the viruses that cause human disease come from other animals has led some researchers to attempt “zoonotic risk prediction” to…
MagicDNA: Tiny, Complex DNA Robots Designed in Minutes Instead of Days
New software will allow creation of more complex devices. Someday, scientists believe, tiny DNA-based robots and other nanodevices will deliver medicine inside our bodies, detect…
Decades of Scientific Theory Disproven: Beneficial Health Effects Found From High Background Radiation Exposure
Surprisingly, exposure to a high background radiation might actually lead to clear beneficial health effects in humans, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and…
NASA SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Head to Space Station to Conduct Microgravity Science
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is set to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon on Earth Day, April 22….
Strange New Genetic Disease Discovered That Causes Children’s Brains to Develop Abnormally
Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts….
Putting the Pieces Back Together: Scientists Reconstruct Solar System’s Original Architecture
As the solar system was developing, the giant planets (Jupiter and Saturn) formed very early, and as they grew, they migrated both closer to and…
COVID-19: Flushing a Public Toilet? Don’t Linger, Because Aerosolized Droplets Do
Study explores flushing power to test risk of COVID-19 transmission. Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water…
SHIELDS Up! NASA Rocket Launched to Survey Our Solar System’s Windshield
Eleven billion miles away – more than four times the distance from us to Pluto – lies the boundary of our solar system’s magnetic bubble,…
Double Masking to Protect Yourself From COVID-19? New Research Shows How to Double the Effectiveness
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that wearing two face coverings can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them…
Lucky 9000-Year-Old Finds From Rabbit Hole Re-write Prehistory of “Dream Island”
Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Chance finds of prehistoric stone tools and fragments of pottery, picked up…
Multivitamins, Omega-3, Probiotics, Vitamin D May Lessen Risk of COVID-19
But protective effects seen only among women. Taking multivitamins, omega-3, probiotics, or vitamin D supplements may lessen the risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the…