Category : science

Fact check: Genetically modified mosquitoes are cleared for release in the US

Biotech company Oxitec has been cleared by EPA to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas, but local approval is needed first.

What Are Stars?: A Guide

An ode to the giant nuclear reactors in the night sky.

SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink internet satellites

SpaceX has now launched 538 Starlinks through nine launches.

Rocket Lab successfully launches its 12th Electron, carrying NASA and NRO payloads

Rocket Lab has returned to active launch status from its first launchpad in New Zealand, after the global COVID-19 pandemic temporarily paused its work there. Early this morning, it flew its 12th Electron launch vehicle from its launch site on NZ's...

Red pandas tracked by satellite in conservation 'milestone'

Red pandas in Nepal are being monitored in their last stronghold in the mountainous forests of Nepal.

Nature crisis: New global extinction target proposed

With species fast disappearing, the world needs a single target for fighting extinction, say experts.

Five years after Pluto encounter, New Horizons probe does a far-out parallax experiment

NASA's New Horizons probe has measured the distance to nearby stars using a technique that's as old as the ancient mariners, but from a vantage point those mariners could only dream of. The experiment, conducted on April 22-23 as the spacecra...

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. By comparing the molecular fingerprints of different virus samples collected in Wa...

Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?

As the UK gradually begins to ease out of lockdown, Marnie explores how engineers are hoping to reduce the spread of Covid-19. We’ve learned how infected people exhale droplets and aerosols, containing the virus, and how we can then either inhale th...

Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'

Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet.

Astronauts are using VR to train for the Boeing Starliner capsule

Astronauts can virtually prepare for any scenario

Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxi

Boeing isn't due to start flying NASA crews to the International Space Station until next year, but in the meantime, astronauts can steer a computer-generated Starliner space taxi with the aid of Varjo's virtual-reality headsets. Flnland-base...

The WHO Stumbles, and Some Scientists See a Pattern

Even as the World Health Organization leads the worldwide response to the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is failing to take stock of rapidly evolving research findings and to communicate clearly about them, several scientists warned Tuesday.In a ne...

Black engineers see both pride and exclusion in the return of human spaceflight

"You don’t have to leave aerospace to be confident you’re working against injustice, but you do have to change the way you’re doing the aerospace work."

World's largest green turtle colony nearly twice as big as thought

The world's largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, after drones enabled better surveys of the animals. Australian scientists determined that there were about 64,000 gre...

«
1
2
...
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
...
2449
2450
»