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Simulating dead bodies could help calculate an accurate time of death

Forensic scientists currently use basic temperature measurements to determine time of death, but a 3D simulation of the entire body could give much more accurate estimates

29 May 00:00 New Scientist 2676996513673597966.html
Israeli Scientists Find Traces of Cannabis and Frankincense on 2,700-Year-Old Altars

Israeli researchers have analyzed organic residues from two altars of the 8th century BC shrine at the Biblical fortress of Arad and found that one of them contained frankincense that was mixed with animal fat for evaporation; on the other altar, cannabis substance was mixed with animal dung to enable its mild heating.

29 May 00:00 Sci News 2819513025448048.html
New Evidence Suggests Some Jurassic Theropod Dinosaurs were Cannibals

An analysis of the fossilized vertebrate remains from the Jurassic Mygatt-Moore Quarry in Colorado has revealed the bones of a theropod dinosaur called Allosaurus that bear tooth marks made by this and other large-bodied carnivorous dinosaurs.

29 May 00:00 Sci News 2819513284458904.html
Marine Biologists Discover New Species of Red Alga

A team of marine biologists from China and the United Kingdom has revised the taxonomy of Pyropia, a large genus of red alga (seaweed) in the family Bangiaceae, and described a new species and four new genera.

29 May 00:00 Sci News 2819514563741510.html
Study: Women with Neanderthal Progesterone Gene Have Higher Fertility

Almost one in three women with European descent inherited a genetic variant of the progesterone receptor called V660L from Neanderthals.

29 May 00:00 Sci News 2819514625934315.html
In Planet Formation, It's Location, Location, Location

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are finding that planets have a tough time forming in the rough-and-tumble central region of the massive, crowded star cluster Westerlund 2. Located 20,000 light-years away, Westerlund 2 is a unique laboratory to study stellar evolutionary processes because it's relatively nearby, quite young, and contains a large stellar population.

29 May 00:00 SpaceDaily 2879240067232028218.html
Distance from Brightest Stars Is Key to Preserving Primordial Discs

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was used to conduct a three-year study of the crowded, massive and young star cluster Westerlund 2. The research found that the material encircling stars near the cluster's centre is mysteriously devoid of the large, dense clouds of dust that would be expected to become planets in a few million years.

29 May 00:00 SpaceDaily 2879240067668200375.html
NASA's AIM Spots First Arctic Noctilucent Clouds of the Season

Ice-blue clouds are drifting high above the Arctic, which means the Northern Hemisphere's noctilucent cloud season is here.

29 May 00:00 SpaceDaily 2879240067691600510.html
Fresh Antimatter Study Will Help Search for Dark Matter

The ALICE collaboration has presented new results on the production rates of antideuterons based on data collected at the highest collision energy delivered so far at the Large Hadron Collider.

29 May 00:00 SpaceDaily 2879240067919388361.html
Mergers between galaxies trigger activity in their core

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play a major role in galaxy evolution. Astronomers from the University of Groningen and Netherlands Institute for Space Research have now used a record-sized sample of galaxies to confirm that galaxy mergers have a positive effect on igniting AGNs.

29 May 00:00 SpaceDaily 2879240068172272327.html
Scientists analyse samples of Lukha river

SHILLONG: The samples of Lukha river are still being analysed pertaining to the mystery of the river turning blue.Member Secretary of Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board, JH Nengnong told The Shillong Times that though there are no mining activit

29 May 00:00 The Shillong Times 2998999879378614399.html
Ferritin heavy chain protein shows promise as a potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine or antiviral

A new study published on the online preprint server bioRxiv in May 2020 reports the construction and testing of a new ferritin-based antigen-bearing protein that has biological activity towards the ACE2 receptor. This could indicate its potential for development as a vaccine or antiviral.

29 May 00:37 News-Medical.net 4522523030827862660.html
Smart windows that self-illuminate on rainy days

A research team develops self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors. Applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care and safety management.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754802206252273.html
Scientists develop method to help epidemiologists map spread of COVID-19

Scientists have developed a method they believe will help epidemiologists more efficiently predict the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their new study outlines a solution to the SIR epidemic model, which is commonly used to predict how many people are susceptible to, infected by, and recovered from viral epidemics.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754802468164046.html
Researchers discover new high-pressure material and solve a periodic table puzzle

In the periodic table of elements there is one golden rule for carbon, oxygen, and other light elements. Under high pressures they have similar structures to heavier elements in the same group of elements. Only nitrogen always seemed unwilling to toe the line. However, high-pressure researchers have actually disproved this special status.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754802761974179.html
New model predicts the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers describe a single function that accurately describes all existing available data on active COVID-19 cases and deaths -- and predicts forthcoming peaks.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754802815140865.html
Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes

Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754802971684095.html
Active material created out of microscopic spinning particles

Researchers have created a new kind of self-healing active material out of 'microspinners,' which self-assemble under a magnetic field to form a lattice.

29 May 00:00 ScienceDaily 600754803011329178.html
Ask Ethan: How Are Mega-Constellations Of Satellites Changing The Night Sky?

It's not just about SpaceX and Starlink. What we're deciding today will have a global impact for years and decades to come.

29 May 00:00 Forbes 6028587531889746876.html
The Recipe for Efficient Protein Synthesis

Scientists have studied more than 30 thousand variants of genetic sequences encoding two fluorescent proteins in order to determine which characteristics of mRNA can increase the efficiency of translation.

29 May 00:00 Technology Networks 7581232463350327198.html
IIT Roorkee to conduct research for identifying antiviral to tackle COVID-19

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will conduct research on the identification of antiviral to treat COVID-19.

29 May 00:00 Telangana Today 8182025567681939142.html
Managers weigh weather odds in deciding next Crew Dragon launch attempt

Mission managers are weighing a motley mix of weather models, safety criteria and astronaut workload considerations as they decide when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft might have the best chance to launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

29 May 00:00 Spaceflightnow 836874141415715791.html
SpaceX Starship test vehicle explodes moments after test-firing

A full-size prototype of SpaceX’s Starship violently exploded in South Texas moments after a test-firing of its Raptor engine Friday, dealing a setback to the company’s next-generation reusable rocket program.

29 May 00:00 Spaceflightnow 836874142799998930.html
Chinese CDC Now Says The Wuhan Wet Market Wasn't The Origin of The Virus

Experts still don't know where the new coronavirus came from.

29 May 00:00 ScienceAlert 8369231564776520216.html
Study Reveals Why Large Groups of Humans Are Hopeless in a Crisis

Humans are social animals and that's usually a good thing. But while there might be safety in numbers under some circumstances, new psychological research suggests human connection isn't always a good thing.

29 May 00:00 ScienceAlert 8369231565707114172.html
Interstellar Visitor May Be One of Rarest Objects In Universe

A team of scientists think the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua might actually be a hydrogen iceberg. The unusual idea could explain its stranger properties.

29 May 00:00 Futurism 8561510289405092257.html
Nanoscope received NIH grant to advance ultrafast laser-based gene delivery to the retina

The Nanoscope team has developed Multi-Characteristic Opsins to sensitize cells toward low level of white light so that vision is improved at ambient room light.

29 May 01:57 News-Medical.net 4522523030692049657.html
Biophysicists reveal molecular mechanism behind light-driven sodium pumping

An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state.

29 May 02:36 News-Medical.net 4522523031599547534.html
SwRI receives $1.9 million to identify potential treatments for COVID-19

Using Department of Defense supercomputers, Southwest Research Institute is virtually screening millions of drug compounds to search for and test possible treatment options for the novel coronavirus 2019.

29 May 04:01 News-Medical.net 4522523031042089245.html
RIT scientists develop method to help epidemiologists map spread of COVID-19

Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have developed a method they believe will help epidemiologists more efficiently predict the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their new study, published in Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, outlines a solution to the SIR epidemic model, which is commonly used to predict how many people are susceptible to, infected by, and recovered from viral epidemics.

29 May 04:00 EurekAlert! 8889232467554835337.html
Limits on evolution revealed by statistical physics

What is and is not possible for natural evolution may be explained using models and calculations from theoretical physics, say researchers in Japan. To explain this the limits of evolution, researchers simplified the natural world to fit idealized physics models and searched for any mathematical structure within biological complexity.

29 May 04:00 EurekAlert! 8889232467802797091.html
New model predicts the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic

This week in the journal Frontiers, researchers describe a single function that accurately describes all existing available data on active COVID-19 cases and deaths -- and predicts forthcoming peaks.

29 May 04:00 EurekAlert! 8889232468321342988.html
Research explores the impact of invasive grasses on South Texas landscapes

Scientists writing for the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management say several exotic grass species once grown in South Texas for livestock forage and erosion control have expanded from the areas where they were planted and have become invasive. They now are reducing the region's biodiversity and the habitats available for wildlife.

29 May 04:00 EurekAlert! 8889232468881182936.html
COVID-19 Update: Virus Found in Bats is 'Closest Relative' of SARS-CoV-2; 6 Feet Not Enough to Avoid COVID-19, Experts Say

Experts discovered a new virus in bats that is currently the closest relative of SARS-CoV-2. Medical experts claimed that 6 feet is not far enough to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus.

29 May 06:28 Tech Times 4011848568122334971.html
Ancient Mass Extinction Tied To Ozone Loss, Warming Climate

Iwastheone shares a report from Science Magazine: The end of the Devonian period, 359 million years ago, was an eventful time: Fish were inching out of the ocean, and fernlike forests were advancing on land. The world was recovering from a mass extinction 12 million years earlier, but the climate w...

29 May 06:00 news.slashdot.org 626091440434297231.html
Exact time Starlink satellites will fly over Merseyside this weekend

There's still a chance to catch the elusive satellites

29 May 06:00 Liverpool Echo 7727211174320742642.html
Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes

Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows.

29 May 07:33 phys.org 3476726124758968558.html
Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games of chance have relied on the roll of a die, the flip of a coin, or the shuffling of cards ...

29 May 07:52 Tech Xplore 4945708898673175511.html
Science News Briefs from All Over

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about an incredibly well-preserved horned lark ( Eremophila alpestris ), like the one pictured, that lived 46,000 years ago.

29 May 07:52 Scientific American 532798825201974059.html
Fitness wearables provide early-warnings for Covid symptoms, study finds

US News: WASHINGTON DC: Preliminary research has found that constant stream of data from wearable devices such as Oura rings, Fitbits and Apple Watches reveal .

29 May 07:17 The Times of India 6060938664799193056.html
Solar probe to pass through comet's tail for 'bonus science'

The European Space Agency says its Solar Orbiter will unexpectedly pass through the tail of a comet in the coming days.

29 May 08:20 WVLT 4089046910063503975.html
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck Earth at ‘Deadliest Possible Angle,’ New Research Suggests

When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth, it struck at an angle that maximised its destructive potential, according to new computer simulations of the catastrophic event.

29 May 08:00 Gizmodo UK 8363059001478599181.html
Special Times Call for Special Measures – InfraTec Responds to the Effects of the Corona Pandemic

With the current corona crisis, the world is facing a multitude of challenges. First and foremost is the protection of public health.

29 May 09:30 News-Medical.net 4522523031910587606.html
COVID-19: Maintain 20 feet distance from people to avoid infection

Maintaining a 6 feet distance from the next person to avoid COVID-19 infection may no longer hold true. A new study says that 20 feet is the new minimum.

29 May 10:45 Thehealthsite 4766622850899080732.html
New iguana species is found 'hiding in plain sight' in the Caribbean - having been known to inhabitants for years but thought to be a South American 'invader'

The Southern Antilles iguana has a unique DNA profile and distinct bodily features including horns on its nose, a high crest and dark brown eyes. It had been misidentified as the common green iguana.

29 May 11:07 Mail Online 124328111632840268.html
Predicting How Contact Tracing Can Control the Spread of COVID-19

News-Medical spoke to Lewis Spurgin about a new study that looked at 'real world' movement data and social contact to understand the spread of COVID-19.

29 May 11:11 News-Medical.net 4522523030670316092.html
Inertia and the power grid: A guide without the spin

The power grid is evolving to include ever-higher levels of wind and solar generation—which do not provide inertia, historically a key source of grid reliability. Should system planners and operators ...

29 May 11:40 Tech Xplore 4945708899652031258.html
Volcanos in space - Skywatching

Volcanoes are important things. They play a part in recycling the surface rocks of a world, and in building new land. For example, all the Hawaiian Islands are actually active or extinct volcanoes.

29 May 11:00 Castanet 616068603532910279.html
900 Acre Solar Farm Agreed for Kent Coast

The government has given a controversial plan for a solar farm the go ahead, with the mammoth 900 acre site set to be the country's largest array of panels by some margin; and requiring the biggest battery we've ever seen too.

29 May 11:30 Gizmodo UK 8363059001501485427.html
Storm Unearths Wreck of Century-Old Boat in Utah’s Great Salt Lake

The vessel may belong to a fleet used to construct and maintain a railroad causeway that crosses the briny body of water

29 May 11:46 Smithsonian Magazine 8368884273639960955.html
Evidence of Cannabis Use Reportedly Found at Ancient Israelite Temple Altar

The researchers argued that the practice of burning pot might've been employed by the priests at Jerusalem as well.

29 May 11:00 Sputniknews 967333868536144036.html
UK joins COVID-19 High Performance Computing consortium

Consortium is attempting to use supercomputers in the quest to find cures for COVID-19.

29 May 12:38 TechRadar 2111116914671030079.html
First Bald Eagle Nest Spotted In Cape Cod In More Than 100 Years

The first bald eagle nest has been spotted in Cape Cod, Massachusetts since 1905 as wildlife experts celebrate the endangered species’ soaring population a

29 May 12:14 IFLScience 242791749330361606.html
NASA And SpaceX Are About To Retry Their Historic Astronaut Launch. Here's How To Watch.

After weather conditions postponed the scheduled launch for Wednesday, NASA and SpaceX's historic launch to send two astronauts to the International Space

29 May 12:01 IFLScience 242791749339905852.html
Space Funerals: Celestis And Aura Flights Will Send The Ashes Of Your Loved Ones In Space

People can now send their loved ones' ashes across space. Aura And Celestis Flights offers space funerals.

29 May 12:00 Tech Times 4011848566724445510.html
SpaceX's big launch aims to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — a 21-year-old laboratory orbiting 250 miles above the Earth

This will be the first time since 2011 that an American-made spacecraft has launched people from US soil to the space station.

29 May 12:06 Business Insider 6060062399606675822.html
Here’s what to expect as SpaceX launches its first human crew to space

What you need to know about the first orbital launch from the US in a decade.

29 May 13:00 The Verge 1337119305126345778.html
Researchers create active material out of microscopic spinning particles

At the atomic level, a glass of water and a spoonful of crystalline salt couldn't look more different. Water atoms move around freely and randomly, while salt crystals are locked in place in a lattice. ...

29 May 13:31 phys.org 3476726122915966895.html
Evidence found of Kuroshio current strengthening due to intensifying tropical cyclones

A team of researchers from the Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, the Second Institute of Oceanography, the Southern Marine Science and Engineering ...

29 May 13:00 phys.org 3476726123133482133.html
Climate scientists create model for global forest growth through 2060

When it comes to the fight against global warming, our forests offer a valuable service. Trees act as carbon sinks, capturing CO2—the main greenhouse gas heating up the Earth's climate—from the air ...

29 May 13:30 phys.org 3476726123301706759.html
Integrating satellite and socioeconomic data to improve climate change policy

Bangladesh is on track to lose all of its forestland in the next 35-40 years, leading to a rise in CO2 emissions and subsequent climate change, researchers said. However, that is just one of the significant ...

29 May 13:17 phys.org 3476726123911544285.html
World’s deepest octopus, complete with Dumbo ears, captured on film 4 miles below the surface

(CNN) — The deepest known sighting of an octopus has been captured on film, more than a mile deeper than the previous reliable sighting. The observations of...

29 May 13:01 WSVN 7News 4504855330906840494.html
Flexible low-voltage high-frequency organic thin-film transistors

Electronic applications on unconventional substrates that require low-temperature processing methods have primarily driven the development of organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) in the past few decades. ...

29 May 13:30 Tech Xplore 4945708898452170872.html
Solitons from new fibre laser could improve eye surgery

Short and powerful pulses are held together by high-order dispersion

29 May 13:07 Physics World 8721234135545980447.html
Solar probe to pass through comet's tail for 'bonus science'

The European Space Agency said Friday that its Solar Orbiter probe will pass through the tail of a comet in the coming days and scientists plan to switch on its instruments early to conduct some 'bonus science.'

29 May 14:47 CTVNews 2422791597442690851.html
Smart windows that self-illuminate on rainy days

Smart windows that automatically change colors depending on the intensity of sunlight are gaining attention as they can reduce energy bills by blocking the sun's visible rays during summer. But what about ...

29 May 14:16 phys.org 3476726123537220191.html
A non-destructive method of analysing molecules in cells

When investigating how tumors grow, or how pharmaceuticals affect different types of cells, researchers have to understand how molecules within a cell react—and interact. This is possible with modern ...

29 May 14:03 phys.org 3476726123702035307.html
Tectonic plates are a lot older than we thought

Earth's underground network of tectonic plates was in place more than 4 billion years ago—about a billion years earlier than scientists had thought.

29 May 14:02 Futurity 5051862825358256070.html
Nippon Paint says its new VirusGuard+ paint can destroy human coronaviruses - here's what it actually does, Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore

Business Insider - Using copper ion technology, the paint can destroy viruses and bacteria on walls via "contact killing", Nippon Paint said.. Read more at businessinsider.sg

29 May 14:47 www.businessinsider.sg 5090408757480138143.html
Nippon Paint says its new VirusGuard+ paint can destroy human coronaviruses – here’s what it actually does

The world is in the middle of a global pandemic, and for many people, germs and bacteria have become the number one enemy in everyday life.

29 May 14:47 Business Insider Malaysia 8325046884064568735.html
Newly Discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species Is the Size of a Fingernail

This tiny creature is the first of its kind discovered near the continent of Africa

29 May 14:31 Smithsonian Magazine 8368884274412157670.html
Wuhan wet market 'was not where coronavirus started but was super-spreader site'

The state-backed Chinese Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said genetic evidence proves coronavirus originated from bats before it jumped to humans

29 May 15:59 mirror 675785261406601129.html
Antarctic ice sheets retreated at a faster rate in the past, study suggests

Scientists analysed wave-like ridges on the Antarctic seafloor

29 May 15:59 Metro 970161747390988504.html
Research explores the impact of invasive grasses on South Texas landscapes

Scientists writing for the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management say several exotic grass species once grown in South Texas for livestock forage and erosion control have expanded from the areas ...

29 May 16:09 phys.org 3476726124139458261.html
Dormant ‘zombie fires’ are burning in the Arctic again

Fierce fires that have lain dormant for months are igniting once again across the Arctic region. The so-called “zombie fires,” which are remnants of record blazes seen last year, may be

29 May 16:00 New York Post 7654946768678767674.html
Strawberry Moon Eclipse 2020: Timing, where to watch and all you need to know

A lunar eclipse only occurs during a Full Moon. The Earth, Moon and the Sun form a straight line during the lunar eclipse, with the Earth partially or completely hiding the Moon from the Sun.

29 May 17:52 The Financial Express 1288289580298037827.html
NCL team helps control leaked gas from tanker

The leaked gas was identified as acetic acid, which has a boiling point at 118 degrees Celsius, is highly corrosive and can be toxic when inhaled.

29 May 17:15 The Indian Express 2885715105305212312.html
Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation

The world's largest all-electric plane has successfully completed a test flight, the first step in a long process its developers say will led to an era of low-cost, pollution-free air travel.

29 May 17:14 Tech Xplore 4945708898729940450.html
Sun Pharma gets nod for drug trial in COVID-19 patients

DCGI approves testing of pancreatitis drug Nafamostat

29 May 17:25 The Hindu 6679535025165495839.html
Astronomers share video of black hole outburst

May 29 (UPI) -- Scientists with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released a new video Friday showing a pair of jets exploding from a black hole located 10,000 light-years from Earth. Chandra recorded the jets approaching speeds of nearly 80 percent the speed of light.

29 May 17:42 UPI 8257973865726029140.html
NASA revives "worm" logo and debuts SpaceX spacesuits

NASA will use the Danne & Blackburn-designed "worm" logo for the first time since 1992 when the Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station launches tomorrow.

29 May 18:24 Dezeen 1175672637885368522.html
As China's coronavirus shutdowns end, air pollutants rise to traditional levels

As economic activity resumes in China following the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are rising to traditional standards for the first time this year. 

29 May 18:48 Fox News 7362823821485110614.html
China reveals plan for ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station to rival ISS

China has outlined plans to build an orbiting science lab by 2023. The “Heavenly Palace” station will house six people and serve as a test bed for experiments on astronomy, technology and

29 May 18:25 New York Post 7654946768956796510.html
Quest for COVID-19 vaccines: Where they stand

May 29 (UPI) -- As the worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus continues to rise, scientists across the globe are racing to find a vaccine.

29 May 18:56 UPI 8257973864900311221.html
'Fleet of Underwater UFOs' Spotted off the Greek Coastline by Alien Hunter

Google Earth can prove to be a valuable tool for those UFO enthusiasts who like to scroll over the detailed images of our planet in a bid to spot some evidence for the...

29 May 18:51 Sputniknews 967333867887270544.html
What Birds Do for Us and What We Can Do for Them

We want to return to our lives and livelihoods without sacrificing the natural world that supports us in body and in spirit.

29 May 19:21 NY Times 1961078288092798216.html
The science behind the SpaceX Crew Dragon launch tomorrow

On Saturday, two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will make history by traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, and Crew Dragon capsule.

29 May 19:10 Digital Journal 4566489173096358548.html
Watch: SpaceX prototype Starship rocket just exploded in a big fireball

SpaceX’s Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle just exploded in a huge fireball during a static fire test in Boca Chica, Texas. While the Starship spacecraft is still early in development, th…

29 May 19:47 Boing Boing 4601305168762041518.html
Paper-thin gallium oxide transistor handles more than 8,000 volts

People love their electric cars. But not so much the bulky batteries and related power systems that take up precious cargo space.

29 May 19:48 Tech Xplore 4945708898982766835.html
Team cracks the case of the universe’s ‘missing matter’

Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery of "missing matter"—material long predicted to exist in the universe but never detected—until now.

29 May 19:34 Futurity 5051862824816193028.html
OpenAI and Uber create Virtual Petri Dish to find the best AI model for a task

Researchers at OpenAI and Uber propose Synthetic Petri Dish, a highly efficient technique for finding optimal AI architectures.

29 May 19:50 VentureBeat 6273363635730796221.html
Mergers between galaxies trigger activity in their core

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play a major role in galaxy evolution. Astronomers from SRON and RuG have now used a record-setting sample of galaxies to confirm that galaxy mergers have a positive effect ...

29 May 20:40 phys.org 3476726123648574498.html
Mercury levels in shark fins illegal and dangerous to human health

Shark fins recently sampled from markets in China and Hong Kong contained dangerously high levels of mercury.

29 May 20:17 phys.org 3476726124387529720.html
SpaceX's latest Starship rocket prototype just exploded during an engine test

SpaceX's previous Starship prototypes burst during fuel-tank testing, but the fourth prototype exploded during an operation to test-fire its engine.

29 May 20:59 Business Insider 6060062400771980181.html
Coronavirus | Monkeys snatch blood samples in Meerut

A video showing one of the monkeys sitting on a tree and fiddling with one of the sample kits was widely shared on social media.

29 May 20:03 The Hindu 6679535026019013988.html
Jets Blasted To 80% The Speed Of Light From A Black Hole Caught On Film

Jets blasted outwards from a stellar-mass black hole at 80 percent the speed of light have been caught on film by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. MAXI J1

29 May 21:34 IFLScience 242791748188778529.html
Scientists develop method to help epidemiologists map spread of COVID-19

Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have developed a method they believe will help epidemiologists more efficiently predict the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their new study, published in ...

29 May 21:33 phys.org 3476726124591184958.html
Russia sparks space race with the US by announcing plans for an orbital station

The plans revealed by the Kremlin will start after the International Space Station is scrapped in around 2030 and will allow it to launch “far-out” missions to the moon and Mars

29 May 21:21 mirror 675785260292609071.html
Puffy 'cotton ball' clouds are a rocket launch's most common nightmare. Here's why they delayed SpaceX's historic flight.

SpaceX and NASA delayed their historic astronaut launch on Wednesday after puffy clouds rolled in. They're the biggest threats to a rocket launch.

29 May 21:49 Yahoo 7097669637491119303.html
Dinosaur-killing asteroid created massive magma chamber that lasted millions of years, study shows

The asteroid that slammed into Earth some 66 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs also produced a gigantic pool of magma many times larger than the crater at the center of Yellowstone National Park, new research reveals.

29 May 21:55 Fox News 7362823821414521813.html
Printing machinery maker launches UV system to disinfect everything from keys to shoes, fish, vegetables and even malls

In the wake of COVID-19, the global UV disinfection equipment market is projected to grow from $2.9 billion in 2020 to $5.3 billion by 2025

29 May 22:25 Business Today 1145527432682385952.html
The Planet's Forests Are Becoming Younger And Shorter As Climate Change Bites

The world’s forests are dramatically changing. A destructive cocktail of deforestation and climate change are leading to younger and shorter forests across

29 May 22:27 IFLScience 242791749546385559.html
Why a 16th-Century Artist Imagined Comets as Glorious, Fiery Swords

Explore a captivating compendium of cosmic illustrations.

29 May 22:46 Atlas Obscura 58081916844399586.html
SpaceX's Prototype Starship Exploded In Giant Fireball Mid-Testing

SpaceX's Starship prototype exploded in a ball of fire during testing on Friday, one day before the company is due to jointly launch the first crewed mission from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

29 May 22:10 Interesting Engineering 7328942542549314632.html
Scientists Simulate Unmanned Aircraft Striking, Deflecting Asteroid From Earth

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have come up with a novel way to deflect asteroids from Earth by having unmanned vehicles collide with the threatening...

29 May 22:18 Sputniknews 967333868328586941.html
No Decision On Next Launch Attempt For Historic SpaceX Crewed Mission

A final decision on a launch attempt for SpaceX's milestone mission to the International Space Center on Saturday afternoon will take place after assessing the weather that morning, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said Friday.

29 May 23:07 NDTV.com 5090057681952633566.html