Category : science

When changing a light bulb is a really big deal

Lighthouses have been upgrading to more efficient LED lights, but for some that is a step too far.

Choking air from Western fires just won't ease up

Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won't come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for even longer. People in Oregon...

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial suspended in US for at least several more days amid concerns over serious complication

The experimental vaccine is drawing scrutiny after a participant in clinical trials was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an inflammatory syndrome.

Funds and firms call for tougher 2030 EU climate target

Investors managing trillions in assets and more than 120 business leaders called on the European Union to commit to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030 on Tuesday, saying anything less would fail to unlock the private financing needed. This would...

How this year's destructive U.S. West wildfire season came to be

The region's increasingly dry and overgrown forests have become large-scale tinderboxes over decades while wildfires have become more frequent, more intense and more deadly. U.S President Donald Trump blames poor forest management - mainly a failure...

Bill Gates says the pandemic wiped out 25 years of vaccine progress in 25 weeks

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released its 2020 Goalkeepers report, meant to measure progress on development goals, on Monday.

Scientists create gene-edited animals as 'surrogate sires' to boost food production

Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production. The process cou...

A whistleblower is accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing the wombs of some immigrant women detainees

"I've had several inmates tell me ... they've had hysterectomies and they don't know why they went or why they're going," Wooten said.

A whistleblower is accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing the wombs of some immigrant detainees

"I've had several inmates tell me ... they've had hysterectomies and they don't know why they went or why they're going," the nurse Dawn Wooten said.

Why NASA won't send humans to Venus

Although Venus is easier to reach than Mars, scientists and space agencies around the world show little interest in exploring the planet.

Flu outbreaks may be linked to COVID-19; arthritis drug benefit seen

Influenza outbreaks may be linked with the spread of COVID-19 infections, according to a European study. The researchers created a mathematical model of transmission of the novel coronavirus in Belgium, Italy, Norway and Spain. It calculates that h...

Why it's okay to eat the brown part of an avocado

Is brown avocado safe to eat? How about brown guacamole? Well, it depends on how long you've let it sit out for.

Fifteen scientists launch critique of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine data

A group of scientists sent a formal letter to the Lancet on Monday outlining doubts about the accuracy of early data on Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, one of the authors said, adding further fuel to a dispute surrounding the "Sputnik-V" shot. Fifteen sc...

Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it's leading has completed its first "gated milestone" in a NASA-funded effort to develop a lunar lander for crewed missions. The milestone — known as the...

Astronomers found a gas in Venus' clouds that could signal alien life

Scientists discovered trace amounts of phosphine gas in clouds on Venus. On Earth, this gas is typically produced by microbes.

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