Scientific News

Silicon Valley's greatest minds misread pandemic demand. Now their employees are paying for it.
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 5:59 pm
In the early months of the pandemic, Facebook only grew bigger and more central to our lives. With lockdowns spreading, ...
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Report: Greenland ice sheet shows extensive inland thinning, faster sea level rise
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 5:33 pm
New research published in the Journal Nature shows extensive thinning of Greenland's ice sheet and a speedup of the Northeast ...
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Heat shield that could land humans on Mars is hitching a ride to space
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 4:58 pm
When a polar satellite designed to improve weather forecasting launched early Thursday, an experimental heat shield tagged along. It could ...
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Why AeroVironment Stock Is Flying Higher Today
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 4:13 pm
What happened Drone maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) received an upgrade overnight, and the stock is taking off as a result. ...
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3.5 billion-year-old rock structures are one of the oldest signs of life on Earth
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 3:57 pm
Layered rocks in Western Australia are some of Earth's earliest known life, according to a new study.The fossils in ...
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Climate activist wants to translate climate science into 100 languages
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 3:24 pm
Climate Cardinals is a grassroots organization started by Sophia Kianne which seeks to translate scientific environmental literature into over 100 languages.
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Can Planets Die?
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 3:23 pm
While many of us are worried about climate change and its effects on Earth's habitability, other planets are also being ...
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Scripps Team Studies Maternity Cycle of Deep-Sea Octopus After Chance Capture off La Jolla
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 3:10 pm
The chance rescue of a deep-sea octopus from a line trap off La Jolla gave researchers at Scripps Institution of ...
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Apple Tweaks iPhone Feature Used for Anonymous Protests in China
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 2:32 pm
iPhone's AirDrop has been used to spread anonymous protests in China, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Apple has rolled out an ...
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U.S. forecaster sees 76% chance of La Nia prevailing during winter
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 2:21 pm
There is a 76% chance of La Nia conditions during the northern hemisphere winter, a U.S. government weather forecaster said ...
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NASA launches weather satellite, experimental heat shield
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 2:13 pm
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket boosted a high-power weather satellite into orbit early Thursday and then fired an inflated "...
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'Spectacular' and bizarre ocean creatures (like stilt-walking fish) found living near deep-sea volcanoes
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 1:00 pm
Light-up fish and ancient volcanic structures are among the discoveries of a new expedition to map the remote Cocos Islands ...
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Musk Ends Twitter's 'Work From Home Forever' Policy in First Email to Staff
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 12:45 pm
Its clear that Twitter owner and supreme ruler Elon Musk has no problem bombarding his employees with bad news. In ...
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Window Into the Universe
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 12:19 pm
T he greatest cosmic observatory ever inventedoriginally known as the Next Generation Space Telescopewas first proposed in 1995 and was supposed ...
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NASA May Have Just Made a $4.1B Mistake - If This Bet Turns Bad, It's Going to Get Ugly
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 12:01 pm
With a system bearing down on Florida, NASA has decided to leave its $4.1 billion Artemis 1 rocket on its launch pad.
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Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 12:00 pm
A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites but climate action could save most of ...
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Why the Space Force is getting serious about on-orbit servicing
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 12:00 pm
The Space Force is making organizational shifts and upping its engagement with space companies developing on-orbit logistics technology.
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Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 11:37 am
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a polar-orbiting weather satellite and a reentry technology demonstrator on its final flight from California.
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Underground Exploration
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 11:08 am
Founded by former Israeli army intelligence unit members, Exidogo offers what it describes as a non-intrusive platform that uses electromagnetic, ...
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Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft undocks from China's Tiangong space station (video)
Thu, Nov 10th 2022 at 11:00 am
The uncrewed Tianzhou 4 detached from the docking hub of the Tiangong space station on Wednesday (Nov. 9) at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0655 ...
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