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Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen Expands Global Search with New Telescope Network
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has taken a significant step forward with the expansion of the Breakthrough Listen initiative to include new world-class telescopes. The program founded by Yuri Milner now operates across multiple continents, creating the...
CRISPR Gene Editing Study Demonstrates How Hox Genes Impact Appearance
Lots of scientists know of the “McGinnis experiment”, which William McGinnis undertook in 1990 to examine how high-level control genes, known as Hox genes, determine our physical characteristics. He investigated whether proteins encoded by the human or mouse Hox gene...
Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Is Living on Mars a Future Possibility?
Scientists have long been exploring the possibility of life on other planets and the ability of humans to live there one day too. There may come a time when earth is uninhabitable in many ways and having a backup planet to go to would be beneficial. In particular,...
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December’s full moon is the last supermoon of the year. Here’s what to know
Keep your eyes high in the sky this week to see the last supermoon of the year.December’s full supermoon, also called the cold moon, will be at its fullest around 6:14 p.m. ET Thursday, according to EarthSky.“On Thursday, the moon will rise right around sunset time,...
Lockheed Martin opens new hypersonic weapons facility
Dec 3 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it has opened a hypersonics system integration lab at its Huntsville campus as it pushes to develop next-generation weapons.Hypersonic weapons, which can travel at more than five times the speed of sound and evade...
Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to operate. A single, medium-sized data center here on Earth can consume...
Researchers slightly lower study’s estimate of drop in global income due to climate change
The authors of a study that examined climate change's potential effect on the global economy said Wednesday that data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.The researchers at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate...
Excelsior Sciences raises $95 million to speed small molecule drug development using AI
By Kamal Choudhury Dec 3 (Reuters) - Excelsior Sciences said on Wednesday it has raised $95 million to develop technology that uses machines and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development and testing of small molecules, aiming to cut years off drug...
China’s LandSpace fails to complete reusable rocket test
By Eduardo Baptista and Joey RouletteBEIJING/WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The maiden test of LandSpace's next-generation Zhuque-3 rocket ended in failure on Wednesday, dashing the Chinese firm's hopes of becoming the third company after Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff...
Chinese reusable booster explodes during first orbital test, in failed bid to catch SpaceX
A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster Wednesday – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the country’s growing commercial space sector races to catch up with...
Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning, scientists say
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia is being pummeled by unusually severe floods this year, as late-arriving storms and relentless rains wreak havoc that has caught many places off guard.Deaths have topped 1,400 across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, with more...
San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator Claude dies at 30
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30.The science museum in Golden Gate Park is popular with Bay Area school children...
Renowned astronomers push to protect Chile’s cherished night sky from an industrial project
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of the universe in this inhospitable desert along the Pacific coast.A rare confluence of factors makes the Atacama an ideal...
San Francisco sues 10 companies that make ultraprocessed food
The city of San Francisco on Tuesday sued 10 major food companies, alleging that they marketed and sold ultraprocessed foods that they knew were harmful to human health and had been designed to be addictive.The lawsuit argues that the foods have contributed to a...
Sick ants invite self-sacrifice to save colony: “Come and kill me”
Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.Many animals conceal illness for social reasons. For example, sick...