Tag: science
Octopus latches onto 6-year-old boy, refusing to release, mother says, showing footage of the child’s injuries
Taryn included video footage showing the marks dotting the length of her son's arm all the way up to his...
A wasting disease killed millions of sea stars. After years of searching, scientists just found a cause.
“It was like a battleground,” Drew Harvell remembers. “It was really horrible.”She’s reflecting on a time in December 2013, on the coast of Washington...
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from...
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time
Now, three mathematicians have finally provided such a result. Their work not only represents a major advance in Hilbert’s program, but also taps into...
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
NEW YORK – The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed...
The Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition Crisis
The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase was when surgeons at the few hospitals...
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
“The Climate Working Group and the Energy Department look forward to engaging with substantive comments following the conclusion of the 30-day comment period,” Woods...
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of...
A Secretive US Space Plane Will Soon Test Quantum Navigation Technology
The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again.On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the...
Mexican scientists are creating mass graves of pigs in the hope they’ll someday lead to cartel victim discoveries
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up....
