At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution
Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being…
A Zombie White Dwarf Star is Born Again. Hallelujah!
Stars go through a host of changes as they evolve, but most of the time, those changes play…
IonQ | Quantum Algorithms Accelerate Engineering Simulations
New hybrid quantum research breakthrough cuts through supercomputing bottlenecks to save processing time for complex car and jet…
Trump officials move to dismantle key protection for US endangered species | Trump administration
More than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal…
This week in science: T. rex footprints, solar 'superflares,' and benefits of reading – NPR
This week in science: T. rex footprints, solar ‘superflares,’ and benefits of reading NPR1st adult T. rex trackway found…
Why Wave Energy Is The Final Frontier Of Renewable Energy
With the Earth’s atmosphere being effectively just a less dense fluid than the oceans around us, it’s reasonable…
‘I’m so looking forward to seeing nature again’: SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronauts gearing up for trip home to Earth
Leaving the International Space Station will be bittersweet for its outgoing crew, who’ve been living aboard the orbital…
Disorder is key to tuning a high-temperature superconductor
Cornell physicists have discovered that minimizing disorder, not varying electron count, is the key factor for controlling the…
Another whale-watching boat mishap reported in Tonga
It comes just over three weeks after another unlicensed boat carrying several New Zealand Anglican Church delegates the…
On this day in space! Sept. 17, 1789: Astronomer William Herschel discovers Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas
On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn’s “Death Star” moon, Mimas. Of course, “Star…
New cat species identified in Bolivia for first time in more than a century | Bolivia
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking…
SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28, a 6-day delay for megarocket’s 1st orbital flight
SpaceX has pushed the next launch of its Starship megarocket back by nearly a week. SpaceX had originally…