Category : science

The Most Influential Scientist You May Never Have Heard Of

Throughout his life, Alexander von Humboldt sought out the world’s interconnections.

Is Juul Making It Easy for Kids to Vape in School? New Study Suggests Yes

Young people may be vaping during school, a study of Twitter posts suggests.

Asteroid size of Empire State Building to pass Earth Saturday night

After an asteroid safely flew past Earth on Friday, another that's possibly larger than the Empire State building is expected to pass by Saturday night. 2000 QW7, the skyscraper-sized asteroid, should whiz past Early at 7:54 p.m. EST. NASA estimate...

The nearly extinct white rhino might live on, thanks to lab-created embryos

Humanity may be able to save the northern white rhino after all, thanks to scientists who managed to create two in vitro embryos. When Sudan, the last male northern white rhino left at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, died in 2018, the two female...

US park rangers debunk myth on tossing banana peels, apple cores

Next time you toss a banana peel or apple core on the ground believing you're feeding nature, you may want to think twice. "These 'natural' food items will not decompose quickly," the rangers said in a Facebook post shared at least 50,000 times by F...

Coming attraction: Evidence is mounting for detection of a second interstellar visitor

Two years after astronomers made their first detection of a celestial object that came into our solar system from the neighborhood of another star, they think they've spotted another one. The comet, known as C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was discovered on...

Speaking four or more languages could reduce the risk of dementia finds new study

New Canadian research has found that having a strong ability for learning languages may help to reduce an individual's risk of developing dementia. Carried out by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the new study looked at 325 Roman Catholic...

One fifth of injured US cyclists were not wearing a helmet finds new study

A new large-scale US study has found that around one in five cyclists who are injured while on their bike are not wearing a helmet, with men and ethnic minorities the least likely to wear a cycle helmet to protect themselves. Led by researchers at C...

A full moon will rise Friday the 13th. Here's why it's so rare - and why it'll look small

A stunning harvest moon will rise in the eastern sky on Friday the 13th. It's also a micromoon, too, which means it's an unusually small full moon

America Might Soon Have a New Way To Kill Russian or North Korean ICBMs

AI could be a game-changer.

Could drinking tea boost brain health?

New research has found, for the first time, evidence to suggest that drinking tea could have a positive effect on the structure of the brain, possibly helping to protect against cognitive decline as we age. The participants were classified into two...

'A traffic jam around the moon': Physicist Michio Kaku on aliens, space travel and his search for the 'God Equation'

Physicist Michio Kiku talks with Yahoo News on topics from the state of human evolution to the upcoming traffic jam around the moon.

A 'turning point' on UFOs: Physicist Michio Kaku tells ufology conference the truth is out there

Sparked by recently released Navy cockpit videos, interest in UFOs is spiking. A world “ufology” conference drew its share of eccentrics — but also a renowned physicist and government officials who say it’s time to take the phenomenon more seriously.

Natalie Portman joins Hollywood space race with 'Lucy in the Sky'

NASA may have grounded its space shuttles, but more Hollywood A-listers than ever are exploring the final frontier, with Natalie Portman launching one of two astronaut movie premieres at Toronto's film festival. "Lucy in the Sky" opens with Portman...

Bigelow Aerospace and NASA test earthly mockup of interplanetary space station

Bigelow Aerospace opened up its ground-based prototype for a space station module — or perhaps even a Mars transport habitat — for inspection today at its headquarters in North Las Vegas. The open house centered on the Mars Transporter Testing Unit,...

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