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Prices seem to be on the rise all around recently, but you need to spend a bomb to grab some great stargazing equipment. You may think of telescopes when someone mentions stargazing but binoculars can offer clear views of the night sky, and are often a cost-effective alternative. Amazon have some great deals on binoculars … Read more
The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that shook the South Pacific Ocean in January will not affect Earth’s climate despite sending clouds of ash dozens of miles high into the atmosphere, a new study confirmed. Powerful volcanic eruptions, such as the one that ripped apart the uninhabited Polynesian island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai on Jan. 15, … Read more
On March 4 a four-metric-ton spent rocket stage will end its uncontrolled, 7.5-year voyage through space with a flourish: it will slam into the far side of the moon, close to the 570-kilometer-wide crater Hertzsprung, at about 9,300 kilometers per hour, creating a modest crater of its own. Earth is no stranger to space junk … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope will zero in on a portion of the famous Orion Nebula, the closest region of mass star-formation to Earth, to learn more about how massive young stars shape their environments. The Orion Nebula, some 1,350 light-years away from Earth, is known as a stellar nursery. Dense clouds of gas and dust … Read more
There was a time, not so long ago, when computers were so large, they occupied entire rooms. Today, some processing units can come as small as a few specks of dust. Even next to a grain of rice, these stacks of micrometer-sized chips look infinitesimal. Shrinking computer batteries to fit that size, however, has proved … Read more
If the seaweeds nori, kombu, or wakame have long been part of your diet, there’s a good chance your gut bacteria harbor genes from sea life. Microbiologists have discovered the human gut microbiome has acquired this exotic DNA multiple times during the history of seaweed consumption in Asia. Whether these genes can be acquired in … Read more
If you’re looking for intergalactic gaming on the go, our best space mobile games list has you covered. Mobile gaming is sometimes considered a lesser form of gaming, mostly by people who consider themselves ‘proper’ gamers, but we bet they’d change their tune if they played some of these exceptional space mobile games. Mobile gaming … Read more
The archerfish is one of Southeast Asia’s deadliest sharpshooters. When a tasty insect or spider catches its eye on the banks of a mangrove forest, the small, striped swimmer fires a precise, high-powered jet of water from its mouth, knocking the bug into the river, where it can be gobbled up. To do so, the … Read more
Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases have raised global temperatures, causing major impacts on Earth’s ecosystems and human society, as the first installment of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made unequivocally clear in August. The second installment of that report, released on February 28, makes the stark and game-changing … Read more
Patent rulings and scientific honors don’t always mesh, as the team that won the Nobel Prize for creating the genome editor CRISPR learned yesterday. After a 7-year patent battle, a U.S. court rejected its intellectual property claim to a key use of CRISPR, potentially costing it many millions in licensing fees. According to a ruling … Read more