Examining Algal Blooms in Blue Mesa
The summers of 2021 and 2022 were tough seasons for Colorado’s Blue Mesa Reservoir. A severe drought gripped…
In 1971, the Soviet probe Mars 3 became the first spacecraft to land softly on Mars. It survived the descent, began transmitting from the surface, and then went permanently silent after just 14.5 seconds — a failure that has never been fully explained.
On 2 December 1971, the Soviet Mars 3 lander did something no spacecraft had ever done. It descended…
31 alien-like marine species discovered off the coast of Brazil
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See The Milky Way At Its Best As Planets Glow: The Night Sky This Week
Topline With the bright glare of the full Strawberry Moon now fading into the early morning hours, this…
Scientists build living ‘neurobots’ that grow their own neural networks
The notion of “adapt or die” is an underlying principle of Darwinian evolution theory. This adaptation, known as…
Super Typhoon Bavi smacks into US Pacific island territories home to key military bases
One of the strongest super typhoons on the planet this year was striking the US Pacific Islands on…
Starwatch: Waning crescent moon pairs up with the Seven Sisters | Space
In the early hours of 11 July, the waning crescent moon will be gliding past the beautiful Pleiades…
Upside-down whales aren’t sick or hurt – they’re just resting
If you stand on one of Australia’s southern shorelines at this time of the year, you might be…
NASA wants to light the first fire on the moon. Here’s why
article Images from Artemis II mission. (NASA Johnson National Space Center / FOX Weather) NASA is preparing to…
On the journey to the Moon, dark-adapted Apollo crews averaged one unexplained flash of light every 2.9 minutes — roughly 20 per hour — from something that had no business existing behind closed eyes
On the outbound leg of Apollo 11 in July 1969, Buzz Aldrin closed his eyes in the darkened…
US in renewed Moon race with China, timeline now measured in months: NASA chief
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A cockroach can survive for about a week without its head, dying eventually of thirst rather than injury, because its open circulatory system and body-wide breathing let it function long after decapitation would kill a mammal
Entomologists who have spent careers studying the American cockroach Periplaneta americana will tell you the same thing: cut…