Science

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is launching to orbit today. Here’s how to watch live.

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A private Cygnus freighter is set to launch on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday (Feb. 19), and you can watch the whole thing live. Launch coverage is scheduled to start Saturday at 12:15 p.m. EST (1715 GMT) on the NASA website, the NASA app, NASA social media and here … Read more

Fowl play: Turkey turmoil at NASA center in California

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A flock of wild turkeys has gotten a little too interested in space exploration, so a NASA facility is helping the hefty birds explore a nice reserve instead. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California just south of San Francisco covers some 500 acres and hosts scientists working on topics from exoplanets to flight technology — … Read more

Study of Over 1 Million People Reveals Heart Attacks Can Reduce Parkinson’s Risk

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We know the devastating effects Parkinson’s disease can have, but scientists are still trying to figure out how it gets started and how to cure it. Some new research may have found helpful clues, linking having a heart attack with a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s later.   The drop in risk is around 20 … Read more

The Milky Way’s Dramatic History of Violence Has Been Charted in a New Map

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Over the course of the history of the Universe, the Milky Way has not been serenely sailing through intergalactic space. Quite the contrary, actually. Over the last 13.6 billion years or so, it has collided with and consumed multiple other galaxies.   Now, through painstaking work, astronomers led by Khyati Malhan of the Max Planck … Read more

Don’t Miss: A fresh look at the enduring mysteries of the big bang

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Dan Bradica Visit A New Nature at White Cube Bermondsey in London spotlights the work of the late Isamu Noguchi, whose sculptures in galvanised steel and other industrial materials explore the fundamental structures of nature. Chris Reardon/EPIX Entertainment Watch From is a new sci-fi horror show made by the executive producers of Lost. It sees … Read more

Bearbnb: Polar bears make themselves at home in abandoned village

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By Gege Li Dmitry Kokh Photographer Dmitry Kokh AN ABANDONED weather station and its surrounding settlement is an unconventional place to find polar bears, but then we are living in unconventional times. Dmitry Kokh Wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh happened upon the animals when the boat he was on took shelter from a storm at the … Read more

Human genome: A virus has been ‘fossilised’ in our DNA for 106 million years

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The remnants of a virus that plagued our mammal ancestors during the age of the dinosaurs have been found lurking in our genomes Life 18 February 2022 By Michael Le Page An artist’s impression of prehistoric animals from the early Cretaceous period MARK P. WITTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Around 106 million years ago, the DNA of … Read more

Cryptocurrency crimes have got too big for the US government to ignore

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As more money pours into cryptocurrency crimes and scams, government agencies are increasingly cracking down, as the launch of dedicated Department of Justice and FBI enforcement teams demonstrates Technology | Analysis 18 February 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker Bitcoin is just one of many cryptocurrencies Shutterstock/Coyz0 Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have continued to rise in profile, … Read more

Most carbon capture technologies create more emissions than they save

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Carbon capture and utilisation technologies, which aim to pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it for emissions-lowering processes, emit more carbon than they remove Environment 18 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins A carbon capture facility at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Saudi Arabia Maya Siddiqui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Most carbon … Read more