What started as a routine cleaning job turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for Jennifer Dowker, a boat captain and scuba instructor in Cheboygan, Michigan. While cleaning the hull of her glass-bottom tour boat, she spotted a small green bottle resting on the riverbed. Curious, she dove down and retrieved it—only to find a delicate, handwritten note inside. To her surprise, …
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Jasper City Schools officials are responding to a tuberculosis case that was identified at Jasper High School on Friday. School will continue as normal with “deep cleaning and sanitizing,” and officials announced in a recent release that they are following public health protocol to ensure the safety of students and staff. The school recently sent letters home to all potential …
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A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity of star-birth in the region and deepening the mystery of why star formation at the very heart of our galaxy is so sluggish. Sagittarius B2 is a dense …
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Microplastics are now so ubiquitous we’re drinking, eating, and inhaling them. As a result, they’re showing up in our poop, placentas, reproductive organs, and brains. Now these fossil-fuel-derived particles, less than 5 mm in size, have been found deep within our bones. A new review of 62 studies suggests microplastics and smaller nanoplastics are impacting our skeletal health in multiple …
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Scientists sound alarm after making unsettling discovery deep in human bones: ‘There’s a gap in our knowledge’ Yahoo The big problems with microplastics 1A | Speak Freely Opinion | You Are What (Plastics) You Eat MedPage Today How Small Are Microplastics? We Put Things Into Perspective Visual Capitalist Your Microplastics Questions Answered by Professor Andre Dick Vethaak Technology Networks Source link
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Imelda Muller was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in Sept. 2025. Photo courtesy of Bill Stafford/NASA UVM Larner College of Medicine alum Imelda Muller is one of NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates, out of a pool of 8,000, the space agency announced Monday. “With upcoming exploration missions, we are pushing the …
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Israeli hospital performs deep brain surgery under hypnosis | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Science At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon declared that he had never before encountered a patient so calm and at ease during an awake brain surgery. DR. UDI BONSHTEIN practices hypnosis on a patient (photo credit: RONI ALBERT) ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 13:10 Source …
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Scientists aboard the submersible Fendouzhe have made an extraordinary discovery in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. At over 3,000 meters below the surface, researchers have identified massive hydrogen-producing structures that could revolutionize our understanding of deep-sea energy sources. This remarkable finding, located west of the Mussau Trench, represents one of the most significant geological discoveries of recent years. The site, christened …
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Both Psyche and Earth are moving through space at tremendous speeds, and they are so distant from each other that the laser signal — which travels at the speed of light — can take several minutes to reach its destination. By using the precise pointing required from the ground and flight laser transmitters to close the communication link, teams at …
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Neutrinos are one of the most enigmatic particles in the standard model. The main reason is that they’re so hard to detect. Despite the fact that 400 trillion of them created in the Sun are passing through a person’s body every second, they rarely interact with normal matter, making understanding anything about them difficult. To help solve their mysteries, a …
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