Fascinating 1950s time capsule is opened nearly 80 years after burial
Mail Onlineby Adriana Tardugno·14d ago
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A fascinating time capsule has been opened nearly 80 years after it was sealed and buried at a school in California.
Across six cultures, children step in when peers need help
Phys.orgby Max Planck Society·14d ago
Across six cultures, children step in when peers need help A new study by an international research team provides the first systematic, cross-cultural comparison of how children help their peers.
A Physicist Has an Ingenious Plan to Track Arctic Sea Ice With a Cold War-Era Early Warning Radar
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan·14d ago
It took U.S. military scientists and defense contractors the entirety of the Cold War to bring the concept to fruition, but it only became operational as the Berlin Wall came crumbling down.
Suns set on hunt for giant planets in nearby binary system
Phys.orgby University·14d ago
Suns set on hunt for giant planets in nearby binary system New research led by the University of Michigan is helping set the stage for future observatories to characterize rocky planets outside our...
Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
Wiredby Emily Mullin, Anna Rogers·14d ago
Tech executives have long touted the potential for their AI models to accelerate the pace of biology discoveries. Last week, they announced one.
SpaceX's Starship rocket does its job during first orbital flight
Phys.orgby Alan Boyle·14d ago
SpaceX's Starship rocket does its job during first orbital flight SpaceX sent its Starship super-rocket on its first orbital flight—a shorter-than-planned test mission that put operational Starlink...
How the moon and sun may trigger slow earthquakes on Earth
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold·14d ago
How the moon and sun may trigger slow earthquakes on Earth Paul Arnold Author While not quite a fatal attraction, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun creates tiny stresses on Earth that can...
How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing
Phys.orgby Jules Bernstein·14d ago
How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated in its atmosphere more than 2...
Researchers find a fungus in Kentucky's forest grass that makes rare bug-fighting chemicals
Phys.orgby Jordan Strickler·14d ago
Researchers find a fungus in Kentucky's forest grass that makes rare bug-fighting chemicals Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment...
Plant lovers wanted: Study highlights demand for citizen science
Phys.orgby Anna Zarra Aldrich·14d ago
Plant lovers wanted: Study highlights demand for citizen science Over the last several years, invasive plant and insect species have found their way into more and more social media feeds.
Amazon's Big Deal Days sale starts October 6th, but here are 70 early deals worth buying right now
Popular Scienceby Stan Horaczek·14d ago
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Archaeologists Unearth a Medieval Woman Buried With a Child in Her Arms
Gizmodoby Margherita Bassi·14d ago
Archaeologists in southern Italy have discovered the remains of a woman holding a child. The striking finds came to light a few days ago in Sipontum, an ancient coastal city on the Adriatic Sea...
Parasites that steer nocturnal hosts into water do not rely on lunar cycles, study finds
Phys.orgby Kyoto University·14d ago
Parasites that steer nocturnal hosts into water do not rely on lunar cycles, study finds Like many parasites, nematomorphs are known to manipulate their hosts' behavior to complete their life...
NASA has Underspent on Research and Analysis for 15 Years - Eos
Eosby Kimberly M. S. Cartier·14d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
A Buried Oklahoma Crater Was Dated to the Wrong Era—and It Actually Lines Up With a Mass Extinction
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·14d ago
In 1991, an oil company discovered a giant crater buried under Ames, Oklahoma. Subsequent investigations led researchers to propose the meteor responsible for the structure belonged to the many...
Alien life? Why the possibility of exoplanet LHS 1140b emitting helium gas is so exciting
The Conversation Canadaby Jon Willis, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria·14d ago
This summer, exoplanet science — the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun — took a big step forwards.
This cat is new to science. What does it take to identify a species?
Phys.orgby Katya Poltorak·14d ago
This cat is new to science. What does it take to identify a species? There's a new cat in town, but this one won't curl up on your hamper, knead your sweaters or squeeze in front of your screen...
A medieval remedy could offer ideas for beating antibiotic resistance
Science Newsby Hannah Thomasy·14d ago
A look one thousand years into the past is revealing clues about how to develop the bacteria-fighting drugs of the future.
How to evolve Applin into Flapple, Appletun, and Dipplin in Pokémon Go
Polygon.comby Julia Lee·14d ago
Applin has made its Pokémon Go debut, alongside its two original evolutions, Flapple and Appletun, and its other evolutions Dipplin and Hydrapple, added in a later event.
Rotating light pattern reveals laser frequency in a single image
Phys.orgby University·14d ago
Rotating light pattern reveals laser frequency in a single image An international team of physicists has developed a new method for determining the precise color of laser light using an image that...
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