For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced the existence of BetelBuddy, a small companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. And now we have another exciting discovery to share. In a Planetary Science Journal paper published earlier this month, astronomers with the …
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Explorers on a quest to study a famed wartime shipwreck site have discovered new artifacts from one lost American destroyer. The USS DeHaven, which was sunk during an attack off the Solomon Islands in World War II, still has torpedoes and a bell that are still largely intact, according to the Ocean Exploration Trust, a nonprofit that recently surveyed and …
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The New Horizons spacecraft is humanity’s fastest-moving spacecraft and headed to interstellar space. Since its exploration of Pluto 10 years ago and subsequent flyby of Arrokoth in 2019, it’s been traversing and studying the Kuiper Belt while looking for other flyby objects. That’s not all it’s been doing, however. New Horizons also has an extended program of making heliophysics observations. …
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Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. Their lineage not only survived the mass extinction that ended the reign of non-avian dinosaurs, but also gave rise to the largest living lizards on Earth. Today, these formidable creatures pace through forests and scrublands, flicking their tongues as they go. A …
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A study reveals potentially fatal side effects of GLP-1 drugs, that people are using to lose weight. It’s well known that using GLP-1 drugs has proven to give out amazing weight loss results to many, but while beneficial to people who want to lose weight, the side effects vary greatly by severity. From tooth decay to a saggy butt and …
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Human sperm have long been a subject of fascination—not just for their role in fertilization, but for their remarkable ability to navigate through some of the most viscous environments in the body. But a recent study published in PRX Life has raised a surprising question: do sperm really follow the laws of physics? The answer, it turns out, is more …
Read More »MADISON, Wis . (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials declared Thursday that the former clerk of the state’s capital city broke several laws related to not counting nearly 200 absentee ballots in the November presidential election, but they stopped short of recommending criminal charges be brought. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to accept a report finding that the former …
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A discovery in Egypt has provided an extraordinary glimpse into the ancient art of winemaking. Archaeologists recently unearthed 5,000-year-old sealed wine jars in the tomb of Queen Meret-Neith at Abydos, one of the earliest known royal burial sites in Egypt. This discovery not only offers a tangible link to early winemaking but also sheds light on the advanced techniques used …
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Want to bring the world closer? The best telescopes are one option but you shouldn’t underestimate the power and portability of binoculars. With many night sky phenomena happening this week alongside Amazon Prime Day, such as Saturn making it’s return to the night sky and the full moon, known as the buck moon, there couldn’t be a better time to …
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The Trump administration will start sharing the personal information of nearly 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, with federal immigration authorities as the president seeks to ramp up deportations. In a statement to NBC News on Thursday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin described the latest data-sharing agreement between her agency and the Centers for Medicare …
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