LightSail 2, Pushed by Sunlight, Raises Its Orbit by 10,500 Feet in Just Two Weeks
It’s still early days, but things are going smoothly.
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It’s still early days, but things are going smoothly.
When you're handling some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens and toxins, it's important to have standards.
Unlike the Nobel Prize, the Breakthrough Prize can be awarded to influential theoretical work that hasn’t been proven.
But when there's high humidity, a fan will help.
Although the tail might appear fairly feline, its design was actually copied from the dexterous but durable appendage you’d find on the end of a seahorse.
These heatwaves can wreak havoc on fisheries and the food supplies and livelihoods associated with them.
Officials have not confirmed the cause of these injuries, but they’re explicitly warning residents to not vape.
How Anne Anastasi changed how we understand the limits of psychometric testing.
A team of astronomers has created the most accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way to date, revealing surprising distortions and irregularities along the galactic disk.
Disturbingly, the research could result in monkeys capable of producing human organs for transplants, leading to a host of ethical concerns.
A new initiative from the University of Surrey is “seeking intellectual property rights for the autonomous output of artificial intelligence.”
Right in New York City, of all places.
The disease, called Powassan fever, is one of many tickborne diseases that are becoming more common.
Not that kind of heavy metal.
Scientists say immediate measures are now required to save this enigmatic species from extinction.
Our precious pooches can carry one of the strangest diseases known to exist, and scientists are figuring out just how strange it is.
