Navigating academia as a dual-career couple
Amy Lytle and Etienne Gagnon. (Photo by Deb Grove, Franklin & Marshall College.) Jessica Bickel and Thijs Heus.…
Huge 900-pound ocean sunfish found dead on Cape Cod beach
A massive ocean sunfish, estimated to weigh more than 900 pounds, was found stranded on a Cape Cod beach earlier this…
A NASA spacecraft just found a giant new crater on the moon. Here’s why everyone’s talking about the ‘once-in-a-century’ discovery
A newly discovered crater on the moon is giving scientists a rare glimpse into the immediate aftermath of…
Crews begin concrete lining inside Blackwater CSO Tunnel
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The next phase of the Blackwater CSO Tunnel project is underway with crews beginning…
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…
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…
NASA’s New $4 Billion Space Telescope Just Saw Starlight for the First Time. Here’s What It Saw
The road to launch was long and arduous, but NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope finally got to space…
Drought lingers into mid-September, with 4 WNC counties in ‘severe’ category
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The drought conditions have lessened throughout North Carolina, with three WNC counties still in…
Roundup: Space Force academy / Louisiana Innovation / Data center power
Louisiana enters race: Louisiana is seeking to become the home of a new national academy for the U.S.…
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…
New cat species identified for first time in more than a century in Bolivia | Bolivia
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking…