NASA has identified over 4,100 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System — but space researchers at New York University in Abu Dhabi now say that not all exoplanets in habitable zones will be able to maintain hospitable conditions for life. Exoplanets in close proximity to stars are subject to radiation bursts
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Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died of gun-related injuries in 2017, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Credit: Brian Blanco/Getty US lawmakers have reached an agreement that would fund gun-violence research for the first time in more than 20 years. A spending bill introduced on 16 December includes US$25
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers agreed on Monday to support a proposal on rules governing which financial products can be called “green” and “sustainable” after EU member states rejected a deal on it last week.
Instagram is giving politicians the same free rein to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook. Instagram is expanding its limited fact checking test in the US from May and will now work with 45 third-party organizations to assess the truthfulness of photo and video content on its app. Material rated as false will be
WASHINGTON — Startup satellite builder Saturn Satellite Networks says it doesn’t have a customer lined up for the small geostationary spacecraft it booked aboard the inaugural launch of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, but reserved the 2021 mission to save time down the road. Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 12 that Saturn agreed to launch one or
Staring at screens right before sleep turns out to be a lot worse than previously thought. Dr. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, lays out all of the negative effects bedtime screen viewing can have on the brain and body. —————————————-———- Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI
Malaysia is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It is full of lush terrain and a variety of natural wonders that aren’t like anywhere else. Whether you’re looking for natural beauty or eager to explore the culture of the area, Malaysia has something for everyone. Natural Beauty is Everywhere in Malaysia Are
Building blocks: artist’s impression of antibodies binding to antigen-conjugated DNA tiles to induce the assembly of tubular nanoscale structures. (Courtesy: Ella Marushchenko) Nanostructures composed of DNA building blocks can be made to self-assemble and disassemble in response to certain environmental conditions. The new technique has been developed by Francesco Ricci and colleagues at the University
50 years ago, we tested the capabilities of our Moon landing spacecraft in Earth’s orbit. Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart performed systems checks and gathered data. The Lunar Module and the Command Module separated by nearly 100 miles and an engine burn check brought them back
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Frank Close, Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History (Allen Lane, 2019) reviewed by Ann Finkbeiner. Angela Saini, Superior (Beacon, 2019) reviewed by Robin Nelson. Glass eyes of a type used in the twentieth century for ‘racial’ classification.Credit: David Harrison Daniel Kennefick, No Shadow of a Doubt (Princeton, 2019) reviewed
Cisco today announced that it has acquired Exablaze, an Australia-based company that designs and builds advanced networking gear based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company focuses on solutions for businesses that need ultra-low latency networking, with a special emphasis on high-frequency trading. Cisco plans to integrate Exablaze’s technology into its own product portfolio.
A turtle can’t crawl out of its shell. In fact, the shell is actually part of a turtle’s skeleton, as much of our ribcage is of ours. But if you could peer inside a shell, you’d find some of the most unusual features in the animal kingdom, such as a butt — err, cloaca —
We all know that someone who is not a people person or hates people. Sometimes, he or she ends up disliking everyone. If you know folks who do believe that hell is other people, we found the perfect gifts for them. Here are five gifts you can give to the person in your life who
Taken from the December 2019 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Havovy Cama is the global purchasing skills-development and training manager at Cummins, where she develops online e-learning resources for purchasing professionals What sparked your initial interest in physics? I remember
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As an amphibian biologist, I’m particularly obsessed with frogs, which are important in ecosystems because they eat insects and are themselves eaten by birds and reptiles. But frogs are vulnerable: 40% of amphibian species worldwide are at risk of extinction. We’ve already lost at least four frog species in Australia. By going into the field
TikTok logo is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 13, 2019. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images TikTok is now one of the most popular mobile apps in the world. But success has brought greater scrutiny from the
Workers extracting oil from oil wells in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on May 5, 2018. Benjamin Lowy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oil prices fell but remained near three-month highs on Monday after the United States and China agreed to an initial trade deal, a move market participants said could stoke oil
Earth is about to come face to face with a large asteroid next week, called 216258 (2006 WH1). First spotted in 2006 by the La Sagra Observatory, the asteroid will fly by Earth on December 20 at 10:17am EST, according to the NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). The asteroid has been classified as
Credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui/Reuters Fish are a source of micronutrients that help to prevent nutrient-deficiency diseases. For 43 countries, Hicks et al. mapped the relationship between the fish-derived nutrients available from fisheries’ catches and the prevalence of such diseases. Their data demonstrate that catches in some developing countries should be enough to meet the key micronutrient
Buildings under construction are a maze of half-completed structures, gantries, stacked materials, and busy workers — tracking what’s going on can be a nightmare. Scaled Robotics has designed a robot that can navigate this chaos and produce 3D progress maps in minutes, precise enough to detect that a beam is just a centimeter or two
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace, a German startup developing a small launch vehicle, has raised $17 million in a Series A round led by Airbus Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital. Munich-based Isar Aerospace is developing Spectrum, a two-stage, liquid-fueled rocket designed to launch 1,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit. One of the company’s advisers and investors
Come summertime, fruit flies arrive in droves. They’re drawn in by the smell of fruit — and by the fungi and other microorganisms that produce rot. Once they land on apples, bananas, and whatever else they can find, they lay hundreds of eggs that hatch into hundreds of maggots, which then pupate into flies. So
Have you ever wondered why whales are big but aren’t bigger? Science now has an explanation for it. A new study says that the whale’s body size is influenced by how whales capture their prey and how much food is available, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science. The study involved 90 blue whales, the most massive
With the Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year announced on 12 December, Physics World journalists look back at the past decade of winners and explore how research in that field has moved on. Here Hamish Johnston reflects on the 2018 breakthrough award to Pablo Jarillo-Herrero of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and colleagues for making the discovery
The Curiosity rover has discovered ancient organic molecules on Mars, embedded within sedimentary rocks that are billions of years old. News Release: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Dan Gallagher Graphics from the NASA-TV broadcast of this discovery are available at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12967 Music provided by Killer Tracks: “Crystalline” by Enrico Cacace & Manuel Bandettini, “Based
Boris Johnson remains UK prime minister after the Conservative party wins the election with a substantial majority.Credit: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg/Getty The United Kingdom is now firmly on the path towards leaving the European Union, after the Conservative party won a majority of 79 seats in yesterday’s general election — a result that has major implications for
MADRID (Reuters) – A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a U.N. climate summit ground to a delayed close, prompting sharp criticism from smaller countries and environmental activists. Carolina Schmidt, COP25 President and Chile’s Minister of Environment, speaks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Seoul and South Korea may well be the secret startup hub that (still) no one talks about. While often dwarfed by the scale and scope of the Chinese startup market next door, South Korea has proven over the last few years that it can — and will — enter the top-tier of startup hubs. Case
Finally Taking Major Steps to Rein in Space Debris When Intelsat became a founding member of the Space Data Association (SDA) 10 years ago, we and other leading satellite operators were perhaps a bit naïve in thinking that by working together, we could have a major impact on the accumulation of orbital space debris. Indeed,
grouping of photovoltaic solar panels on rooftop Steve Cicero | Photographer’s Choice | Getty Images The solar market in the U.S. added 2.6 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the third quarter of 2019, with total solar capacity — which includes both photovoltaic and concentrating solar power — hitting 71.3 GW, according to a new report.
How many kids can you have? Moulay Ismail set the record with at least 1171 children. But it’s different for men and women. Having children for women takes about a year, if you count the pregnancy and recovery time. For men, there is less time and resource investment, so they can have many more children.
Christmas is coming, and right now you are probably rushing on preparing gifts. Whether it is for yours or some other children who are so special to you that you want to give them toys on Christmas, you must check if it is eco-friendly. After all, most plastic items contain ingredients that can be harmful
Taken from the December 2019 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Jude Dineley catches up with three early-career scientists whose work outside the lab is helping improve the academic environment for others Extracurricular: (From left) Leïla Haegel, Jana Lasser and Salma
US authorities have dropped charges against two researchers accused of attempting to export chemicals to Iran in violation of trade sanctions. The decision follows a prisoner swap in which the United States freed a third researcher who was charged alongside them — and imprisoned. Iran released a jailed US researcher in exchange and both were
Star Wars has come to Facebook’s Messenger app. Facebook today announced a new set of Star Wars-themed features for Messenger users, including a chat theme, reactions, stickers, and AR effects. The features were developed in partnership with Disney to help promote the upcoming film, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which premieres nationwide on December
WASHINGTON — NASA announced Dec. 12 that it has selected the site on a near Earth asteroid where a spacecraft will touch down and collect samples, a task that has become more difficult than mission planners originally expected. NASA said that its Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft will
A Saudi Aramco logo sits on display during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 13, 2018. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia made history this week as it debuted its crown jewel, Saudi Aramco, for public
After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu’s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-Rex mission team selected the site designated “Nightingale” – located in a crater high in Bennu’s northern hemisphere. Since its arrival in December 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has mapped the
NIH director Francis Collins has faced criticism for not moving faster to strengthen his agency’s policies on harassment.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Nearly 40% of women trainees polled by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) between January and March 2019 reported being sexually harassment at work. Those are the results of a staff survey delivered
MADRID (Reuters) – Green activists dumped horse manure and staged a mock hanging outside the venue of a U.N. climate summit in Madrid on Saturday, airing their frustration at the failure of world leaders to take meaningful action against global warming. Climate change activists of Extinction Rebellion hold banners after unloading a truck filled with
As the holiday slowdown looms, the final U.S.-listed technology IPOs have come in and begun to trade. Three tech, tech-ish or venture-backed companies went public this week: Bill.com, Sprout Social and EHang. Let’s quickly review how each has performed thus far. These are, bear in mind, the last IPOs of the year that we care
SpaceNews announced the winners of its third annual SpaceNews Awards for Excellence & Innovation at a Dec. 10 awards luncheon in Washington. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and U.S. Air Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, commanders of U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command, were in attendance to accept government leader of the year awards.
Whales are the largest living animals that have ever existed on this Earth. A blue whale can grow to a whopping 110 feet in length, outweighing even the dinosaurs. But curiously their story begins from rather humble beginnings. Here is the story of how whales became the giants of the sea. —————————————————– Science Insider tells
There are more than 90 types of essential oils each with its own unique aromas and qualities. Essential oils are used by people in their everyday routines for health, beauty and home care benefits but with so many different types it can be difficult to determine which essential oils are right for you. To make
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87. He is the only person to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs and was the first to fly into space six times
Electroporation enables minimally invasive extraction of RNA and proteins critical to characterizing tissue. (Courtesy: iStock/Christoph Burgstedt) Biopsy: an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of a disease. This clinical definition obscures much of a patient’s experience during and after a biopsy. Local tissue injury, bleeding, inflammation,