Volcanic Eruption Continues at La Palma – Effects Being Felt From Above and Below
Cumbre Vieja volcano is making its presence felt from above and below. The effects of the eruption at Cumbre Vieja volcano are being felt from above and…
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The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen – Until Now
Fossils from Duke collection uncover a previously unknown mass extinction event in Africa. Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa…
New Evidence: America’s First Civilization Was Made Up of “Sophisticated” Engineers
The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be…
Asteroid Bennu’s Surface Surprised Scientists – Here’s the Reason for the Mysterious Lack of Fine Regolith
Using data from NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, a University of Arizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack…
Even After Mild COVID-19 Infection, Antibodies Protect From Reinfection for Up to Six Months
The antibodies’ ability to neutralize COVID-19 did not differ significantly over the six-month period. A Michigan Medicine study found that most patients with mild COVID-19…
Ancient Documents Suggest Italian Sailors Knew of America 150 Years Before Christopher Columbus
Ahead of Columbus Day, findings pose further questions of what the explorer really expected to find on his voyage. New analysis of ancient writings suggests…
Puzzling Periodicity of a Fast Radio Burst Probed by Two of the Biggest Radio Telescopes in the World
By connecting two of the biggest radio telescopes in the world, astronomers have discovered that a simple binary wind cannot cause the puzzling periodicity of…
China’s Chang’e-5 Samples Reveal Key Age of Moon Rocks – First Fresh Lunar Samples in More Than 40 Years
Scientists share analysis of first fresh samples from the moon in more than 40 years. A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently…
MIT Mathematicians Solve an Old Geometry Problem on Equiangular Lines
How many lines can be pairwise separated by the same angle in high dimensions? Geometry breakthrough gives new insights into spectral graph theory. Equiangular lines…
Modernizing Planetary Protection: Less Restrictive “Bioburden” Rules Would Make Mars Missions Simpler
A new report that could make it simpler to send spacecraft to some areas of Mars while still protecting the planet from Earth-based contamination was…
‘Double’ Galaxy Mystifies Hubble Astronomers – “We Were Really Stumped”
Galaxy Cluster’s Gravity Produces Mirror Images of Distant Galaxy Behind It Gazing into the universe is like looking into a funhouse mirror. That’s because gravity…
Sustainable Electricity-Free Air Conditioner Can Harness Solar Energy To Reduce Temperatures on Hot Days
Strong Sunlight Powers Passive Cooling Device A simple cooling system driven by the capture of passive solar energy could provide low-cost food refrigeration and living…
Weird and Wonderful: Coral Symbionts Have a Genome Like No Other
The weird and wonderful genome of dinoflagellates looks nothing like other eukaryotic genomes. The genome of single-celled plankton, known as dinoflagellates, is organized in an…
Surprising Standing Waves at Edge of Earth’s Magnetic Bubble Found in NASA Data
Earth sails the solar system in a ship of its own making: the magnetosphere, the magnetic field that envelops and protects our planet. The celestial…
California’s Surge of Large Wildfires: A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge
This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1 here. Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s…
New Vaccination Strategy Developed That Could Prevent Future Coronavirus Outbreaks
Researchers in Japan have developed a vaccination strategy in mice that promotes the production of antibodies that can neutralize not only SARS-CoV-2 but a broad…
Can Consuming Cocoa Help Us Age Better?
Whether consuming cocoa, known to be packed with powerful antioxidants that protect our cells from damage, helps us age better, is a question scientists want…
Zeolites’ Isotopes Defy Nature – New Potential for Carbon Capture and Storage
New finding could help inform how zeolites are used in carbon capture and storage. First study to analyze the calcium isotope composition of zeolite minerals…