Feb 10 In our cosmic neighborhood, space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away. Continue reading
Feb 09 Are seed oils toxic? The answer is complicated, according to research By Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as health secretary, has proclaimed that widely used cooking oils such as canola oil and soybean oil are toxic. But research shows that the health… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 2:45 How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life may have been scattered… Continue watching
Feb 08 How paleontologists are using fossilized shark teeth to date the past By Stephanie Killingsworth, Bruce J. MacFadden, The Conversation Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the discovery of an innovative method for dating ancient sediments. Continue reading
Feb 07 The U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic nearly 70 years ago. Can we do it again? By Alexandra M. Lord, The Conversation By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar to that of 1918 could easily erupt, killing millions again. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 7:39 Why engineers are turning to beavers for insights into managing water resources By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps with water management and the… Continue watching
Feb 06 Scientists just cracked the perfect boiled egg By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Researchers cooked hundreds of eggs and used math to tackle this runny conundrum. Continue reading
Feb 05 Researchers link DeepSeek’s chatbot to Chinese Mobile, telecom banned from operating in U.S. By Byron Tau, Associated Press The chatbot's web login page contains heavily obfuscated computer script that when deciphered shows connections to computer infrastructure owned by China Mobile, a state-owned telecommunications company. Continue reading
Feb 05 Researchers say an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this decade. Continue reading
Feb 01 The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded By Timothy J McCoy, Sara Russell, The Conversation In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth. Continue reading