How reentry heat helps spacecraft return to Earth
Typical spaceships orbiting the Earth are not too far away. They are only a few hundred miles above our heads. So when it’s time to get back on solid ground,…
Could Fentanyl Vaccine Breakthrough Save People From Overdosing?
Drug overdose deaths have risen sharply in the US in recent years. In 2021, 106,699 people died from an overdose. According to Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthat number was…
Watch the epidemiologist’s opinion on zoonoses and COVID-19
Watch the epidemiologist’s opinion on zoonoses and COVID-19 Debate continues over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, fueled in part by the US Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau…
The future of baseball may include robot umpires
This article was originally published on April 27, 2022. From the Albuquerque Isotopes to the Charlotte Knights, to the El Paso Chihuahuas to the Sacramento River Cats, robotic umpires are…
The first women in Antarctica
In 1895, seven men from the Norwegian whaling ship Antarctica made the first substantiated landing on the Antarctic continent. But it was four long decades before a woman could claim…
Meet the four astronauts who will soon be taking a trip to the moon
NASA has selected the four astronauts who will travel to the moon during the upcoming Artemis 2 mission, which will be humanity’s first manned return to the moon in more…
Tyrannosaurus teeth were hidden behind lizard-like lips
The Tyrannosaurus usually depicted with his fearsome teeth on full screen. But a paper published in Science states that theropod dinosaurs, such as T-Rexin fact, it had thin, lizard-like lips…
Can the MIND diet slow the progression of Alzheimer’s?
Did your mother ever say “you have to eat your vegetables”? Well, she was right; you should definitely eat your greens – and you should make sure she eats hers…
James Webb Space Telescope mirrors increase precision in eye surgery
The recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will help rewrite our understanding of space. Astronomers have already done it looked further back into the early universe than ever before…
Why is a huge patch of seaweed headed for Florida?
You’ve probably heard it in the media for weeks now: a giant kelp mass about 5,000 miles wide is heading toward Florida, where it will engulf beaches with tons of…