Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

These 24 Planets Might Be Better Places to Live Than Earth, Astrobiologists Say

Science & Health

4 months ago

These 24 Planets Might Be Better Places to Live Than Earth, Astrobiologists Say

George Dvorsky

Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

Science & Health

4 months ago

Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

Dharna Noor

Gene-Editing CRISPR Pioneers Get a Well-Deserved Nobel Prize

Science & Health

4 months ago

Gene-Editing CRISPR Pioneers Get a Well-Deserved Nobel Prize

Ed Cara

All Hail 747, Your Hefty Fat Bear Champion of 2020

Science & Health

4 months ago

All Hail 747, Your Hefty Fat Bear Champion of 2020

Catie Keck

We Estimate There Are Up To 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics on the Seafloor

Science & Health

4 months ago

We Estimate There Are Up To 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics on the Seafloor

Britta Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox and Justine Barrett

The Budget Assumes a COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes Available Next Year, But Is This Feasible?

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Budget Assumes a COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes Available Next Year, But Is This Feasible?

Holly Seale

This Year’s Hole in the Ozone Is Twice the Size of the U.S.

Science & Health

4 months ago

This Year’s Hole in the Ozone Is Twice the Size of the U.S.

Dharna Noor

Hundreds of Dead Animals Washing Up on a Beach Is Russia’s Latest ‘Ecological Catastrophe’

Science & Health

4 months ago

Hundreds of Dead Animals Washing Up on a Beach Is Russia’s Latest ‘Ecological Catastrophe’

Dharna Noor

Wounded Orcas Off Spanish Coast Could Be Attacking Boats in Retaliation

Science & Health

4 months ago

Wounded Orcas Off Spanish Coast Could Be Attacking Boats in Retaliation

George Dvorsky

Beirut Blast Ranks Among History’s Most Powerful Accidental Explosions

Science & Health

4 months ago

Beirut Blast Ranks Among History’s Most Powerful Accidental Explosions

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

4 months ago

Hurricane Delta Is Picking Up Steam

Brian Kahn

The 2020 Budget Reveals Australia Won’t Charge For Space Launches… Yet

Science & Health

4 months ago

The 2020 Budget Reveals Australia Won’t Charge For Space Launches… Yet

Tegan Jones

The Government is Spending $25 Million on Women in STEM Cadetships

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Government is Spending $25 Million on Women in STEM Cadetships

Tegan Jones

We Discovered a Missing Gene Fragment That’s Shedding New Light on How Males Develop

Science & Health

4 months ago

We Discovered a Missing Gene Fragment That’s Shedding New Light on How Males Develop

Peter Koopman

Do Twitter Bots Spread Vaccine Misinformation? Research Shows It’s Not That Simple

Science & Health

4 months ago

Do Twitter Bots Spread Vaccine Misinformation? Research Shows It’s Not That Simple

Adam Dunn

What is Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, the Condition Affecting Some COVID-19 Survivors?

Science & Health

4 months ago

What is Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, the Condition Affecting Some COVID-19 Survivors?

Michael Musker

There’s A Bold New Shitter Headed For The International Space Station

Science & Health

4 months ago

There’s A Bold New Shitter Headed For The International Space Station

Jason Torchinsky

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History

Science & Health

4 months ago

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History

Brian Kahn

Tasmanian Devils Are Back On Australia’s Mainland for the First Time in 3,000 Years

Science & Health

4 months ago

Tasmanian Devils Are Back On Australia’s Mainland for the First Time in 3,000 Years

Brian Kahn

40% of the Amazon Is on the Brink of Transitioning to Savanna

Science & Health

4 months ago

40% of the Amazon Is on the Brink of Transitioning to Savanna

Dharna Noor

CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

Science & Health

4 months ago

CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

Rose Pastore

Exxon’s Leaked Five-Year Plan Is a Climate Disaster

Science & Health

4 months ago

Exxon’s Leaked Five-Year Plan Is a Climate Disaster

Dharna Noor

Trump Returning to White House to Possibly Infect Remaining Allies

Science & Health

4 months ago

Trump Returning to White House to Possibly Infect Remaining Allies

Tom McKay

Trump’s Flunkies Told CDC to Alter Report on Covid-19 Risk to Children: Report

Science & Health

4 months ago

Trump’s Flunkies Told CDC to Alter Report on Covid-19 Risk to Children: Report

Tom McKay

Early Humans Were Using Fire 300,000 Years Ago to Forge Superior Stone Tools

Science & Health

4 months ago

Early Humans Were Using Fire 300,000 Years Ago to Forge Superior Stone Tools

George Dvorsky

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog

Science & Health

4 months ago

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog

Andrew Liszewski

Discoverers of Hepatitis C Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Science & Health

4 months ago

Discoverers of Hepatitis C Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine

George Dvorsky

Putting Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day On My Homescreen Finally Convinced Me to Use a Widget

Gadgets

4 months ago

Putting Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day On My Homescreen Finally Convinced Me to Use a Widget

Andrew Liszewski

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Nails the Planetary Problems But Misses the Political Ones

Science & Health

4 months ago

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Nails the Planetary Problems But Misses the Political Ones

Dharna Noor

Oh God, These Things Have a ‘Slaughter Phase’

Science & Health

4 months ago

Oh God, These Things Have a ‘Slaughter Phase’

Alyse Stanley

Preserved Brain Tissue Found in Victim of Ancient Vesuvius Eruption, Scientists Report

Science & Health

4 months ago

Preserved Brain Tissue Found in Victim of Ancient Vesuvius Eruption, Scientists Report

George Dvorsky

This Is What Happens When Science and Compassion Become Disposable

Science & Health

4 months ago

This Is What Happens When Science and Compassion Become Disposable

Brian Kahn

Many Big-Brained Birds Have Human-Like Lifespans — but Why?

Science & Health

4 months ago

Many Big-Brained Birds Have Human-Like Lifespans — but Why?

Jake Buehler

Coronavirus: How the Pharma Industry is Changing to Produce a Vaccine on Time

Science & Health

4 months ago

Coronavirus: How the Pharma Industry is Changing to Produce a Vaccine on Time

Beatrice Melinek and Stephen Morris

The Maliwawa Figures are a Previously Undescribed Rock Art Style Found in Western Arnhem Land

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Maliwawa Figures are a Previously Undescribed Rock Art Style Found in Western Arnhem Land

Paul S.C.Taçon and Sally K. May

How Our Imaginations Can Help Decide Earth’s Future

Science & Health

4 months ago

How Our Imaginations Can Help Decide Earth’s Future

The Conversation

Biodiversity: Where the World is Making Progress and Where It’s Not

Science & Health

4 months ago

Biodiversity: Where the World is Making Progress and Where It’s Not

Tom Oliver

Why Frogs Love To Lay Their Eggs In Elephant Footprints

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Frogs Love To Lay Their Eggs In Elephant Footprints

George Dvorsky

Melting Antarctic Ice Exposes 800-Year-Old Penguins That Still Look Fresh

Science & Health

4 months ago

Melting Antarctic Ice Exposes 800-Year-Old Penguins That Still Look Fresh

George Dvorsky

Black Hole From the Beginning of Time Has Galaxies Caught in Its ‘Spider Web’

Science & Health

4 months ago

Black Hole From the Beginning of Time Has Galaxies Caught in Its ‘Spider Web’

George Dvorsky

Coal Baron Who Fought to Weaken Black Lung Protections Files for Black Lung Benefits

Science & Health

4 months ago

Coal Baron Who Fought to Weaken Black Lung Protections Files for Black Lung Benefits

Brian Kahn

The Trump Administration Hid Polar Bear Research That Could Threaten Its Plan to Drill the Arctic

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Trump Administration Hid Polar Bear Research That Could Threaten Its Plan to Drill the Arctic

Dharna Noor

Woman With Rare Skull Condition Leaked Spinal Fluid After Covid-19 Nasal Swab, Doctors Say

Science & Health

4 months ago

Woman With Rare Skull Condition Leaked Spinal Fluid After Covid-19 Nasal Swab, Doctors Say

Ed Cara

Microsoft’s Windows XP Leak Would Be Less of an Issue, If So Many Didn’t Use It

Science & Health

4 months ago

Microsoft’s Windows XP Leak Would Be Less of an Issue, If So Many Didn’t Use It

Brianna O'Shea and Paul Haskell-Dowland

Buried Lakes of Salty Water on Mars May Provide Conditions for Life

Science & Health

4 months ago

Buried Lakes of Salty Water on Mars May Provide Conditions for Life

Graziella Caprarelli

A COVID-19 Vaccine May Come Without a Needle, the Latest Vaccine to Protect Without Jabbing

Science & Health

4 months ago

A COVID-19 Vaccine May Come Without a Needle, the Latest Vaccine to Protect Without Jabbing

Vasso Apostolopoulos and Maja Husaric and Maximilian de Courten

Ford Surprises Charitable Lawn-Mower With A Replacement For His 530,000 KM 2012 Ford Edge

Cars

4 months ago

Ford Surprises Charitable Lawn-Mower With A Replacement For His 530,000 KM 2012 Ford Edge

Justin T. Westbrook

No Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Can Prevent Covid-19, Concludes New Study

Science & Health

4 months ago

No Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Can Prevent Covid-19, Concludes New Study

Ed Cara

The First Dinosaur Feather Ever Found Is Still Controversial

Science & Health

4 months ago

The First Dinosaur Feather Ever Found Is Still Controversial

George Dvorsky

We Can Use Less Energy and Still Have Good Lives

Science & Health

4 months ago

We Can Use Less Energy and Still Have Good Lives

Dharna Noor

Greenland Faces a Century of Unprecedented Ice Loss

Science & Health

4 months ago

Greenland Faces a Century of Unprecedented Ice Loss

Brian Kahn

The End of Climate Change Denial Is the Start of Something Much Worse

Science & Health

4 months ago

The End of Climate Change Denial Is the Start of Something Much Worse

Brian Kahn

Vexing Space Station Air Leak Traced to Russian Module After False Alarm

Science & Health

4 months ago

Vexing Space Station Air Leak Traced to Russian Module After False Alarm

George Dvorsky

Extremely Good Cat Learns to Copy Human Movements

Science & Health

4 months ago

Extremely Good Cat Learns to Copy Human Movements

Ed Cara

Does Australia Really Have the Deadliest Snakes? We Debunk 6 Common Myths

Science & Health

4 months ago

Does Australia Really Have the Deadliest Snakes? We Debunk 6 Common Myths

Damian R. Michael and Dale Nimmo and Skye Wassens

New Research On How Planetary Forces Shape the Earth’s Surface Highlights Rocky Icebergs and Deep Anchors

Science & Health

4 months ago

New Research On How Planetary Forces Shape the Earth’s Surface Highlights Rocky Icebergs and Deep Anchors

Simon Lamb

There Are At Least 41 Regions of DNA Involved in Left-Handedness

Science & Health

4 months ago

There Are At Least 41 Regions of DNA Involved in Left-Handedness

David Evans and Sarah Medland

Scientists Reveal More About Volcanic Eruption That Rocked the Ancient Maya

Science & Health

4 months ago

Scientists Reveal More About Volcanic Eruption That Rocked the Ancient Maya

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

4 months ago

Fat Bear Week Is Finally Here

Ed Cara

Horrified Scientists Watch Snakes Feasting on the Organs of Living Toads

Science & Health

4 months ago

Horrified Scientists Watch Snakes Feasting on the Organs of Living Toads

George Dvorsky

Will Chris Wallace Ask These Climate Questions at Tonight’s Debate or Is He a Coward?

Science & Health

4 months ago

Will Chris Wallace Ask These Climate Questions at Tonight’s Debate or Is He a Coward?

Dharna Noor

D-Wave’s New Quantum Computer Is Inscrutable and Open for Business

Science & Health

4 months ago

D-Wave’s New Quantum Computer Is Inscrutable and Open for Business

Sophia Chen

Digital Technologies Will Help Build Resilient Communities After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Science & Health

4 months ago

Digital Technologies Will Help Build Resilient Communities After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Yolande E. Chan and Arman Sadreddin and Suchit Ahuja

How Global Heating is Simplifying the World’s Ecosystems

Science & Health

4 months ago

How Global Heating is Simplifying the World’s Ecosystems

Miguel Lurgi

There’s Mounting Evidence for Subglacial Lakes on Mars, But Could They Really Host Life?

Science & Health

4 months ago

There’s Mounting Evidence for Subglacial Lakes on Mars, But Could They Really Host Life?

David Rothery

U.S. Health Director Overheard Trashing Trump’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Guy, Scott Atlas

Science & Health

4 months ago

U.S. Health Director Overheard Trashing Trump’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Guy, Scott Atlas

Tom McKay

The FDA Approved Prescription Opioids Without Critical Safety Data, Study Says

Science & Health

4 months ago

The FDA Approved Prescription Opioids Without Critical Safety Data, Study Says

Ed Cara

Astronomers Claim to Spot Multiple Bodies of Liquid Water on Mars

Science & Health

4 months ago

Astronomers Claim to Spot Multiple Bodies of Liquid Water on Mars

George Dvorsky

A Distant Blue Star Hosts One of the Most Extreme Exoplanets Known to Science

Science & Health

4 months ago

A Distant Blue Star Hosts One of the Most Extreme Exoplanets Known to Science

George Dvorsky

15 Years Later, Zathura: A Space Adventure Is a Movie Lost in Time

Entertainment

4 months ago

15 Years Later, Zathura: A Space Adventure Is a Movie Lost in Time

Germain Lussier

Scientists Created an Enzyme Cocktail That Eats Plastic

Science & Health

4 months ago

Scientists Created an Enzyme Cocktail That Eats Plastic

Dharna Noor

California’s Wildfire Season Reignites as Flames Roar Into Towns Across Wine Country

Science & Health

4 months ago

California’s Wildfire Season Reignites as Flames Roar Into Towns Across Wine Country

Dharna Noor

The Oceans Are Turning Into a Layer Cake

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Oceans Are Turning Into a Layer Cake

Brian Kahn

The UK Could Be the First Country to Intentionally Give People Coronavirus to Test Vaccines

Science & Health

4 months ago

The UK Could Be the First Country to Intentionally Give People Coronavirus to Test Vaccines

Ed Cara

Your Personal Data is the Currency of the Digital Age

Science & Health

4 months ago

Your Personal Data is the Currency of the Digital Age

Guillaume Desjardins

We Found a Whole New Genus of Australian Daisies, and You’ve Probably Seen Them on Your Bushwalks

Science & Health

4 months ago

We Found a Whole New Genus of Australian Daisies, and You’ve Probably Seen Them on Your Bushwalks

Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden

Why Violence Against Virtual Animals is an Ethical Issue

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Violence Against Virtual Animals is an Ethical Issue

Simon Coghlan and Lucy Sparrow

A Million Deaths From Coronavirus: Seven Experts Consider Key Questions

Science & Health

4 months ago

A Million Deaths From Coronavirus: Seven Experts Consider Key Questions

The Conversation

New Mini-Moon Might Actually Be Old Space Junk Coming Back to Haunt Us

Science & Health

4 months ago

New Mini-Moon Might Actually Be Old Space Junk Coming Back to Haunt Us

George Dvorsky

This Dog Is Learning How to Detect Covid-19

Science & Health

4 months ago

This Dog Is Learning How to Detect Covid-19

Jody Serrano

She’s Voting From Space, So Americans Have No Excuse

Science & Health

4 months ago

She’s Voting From Space, So Americans Have No Excuse

Alyse Stanley

A ‘Climate Anomaly’ Worsened World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic, New Research Suggests

Science & Health

4 months ago

A ‘Climate Anomaly’ Worsened World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

The Quiet of Covid-19 Has Birds Singing Sultrier Songs

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Quiet of Covid-19 Has Birds Singing Sultrier Songs

Dharna Noor

Don’t Be Fooled by Reports on the ‘New’ Coronavirus Mutation

Science & Health

4 months ago

Don’t Be Fooled by Reports on the ‘New’ Coronavirus Mutation

Ed Cara

California’s Joshua Trees Become the First Plants to Receive Protections Due to Climate Change

Science & Health

4 months ago

California’s Joshua Trees Become the First Plants to Receive Protections Due to Climate Change

Dharna Noor

Why Unions Are the Key to Passing a Green New Deal

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Unions Are the Key to Passing a Green New Deal

Dharna Noor

Why Contemplating Death Can Help You Live a Happier Life

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Contemplating Death Can Help You Live a Happier Life

Steve Taylor

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Do Humans Harm the Harmless?

Gizmodo International

Koalas Are Australia’s Sweethearts But Cows Are Allegedly Murdering Them

Online

4 months ago

Koalas Are Australia’s Sweethearts But Cows Are Allegedly Murdering Them

Sarah Basford Canales

Australia’s Just Signed Up For a Shot at 9 COVID-19 Vaccines, Here’s What to Expect

Science & Health

4 months ago

Australia’s Just Signed Up For a Shot at 9 COVID-19 Vaccines, Here’s What to Expect

Adam Taylor

How to Figure Out if Corporate Climate Plans Are Bullshit or Not

Science & Health

4 months ago

How to Figure Out if Corporate Climate Plans Are Bullshit or Not

Brian Kahn

Black Hole From Iconic Image Appears to Be Wobbling

Science & Health

4 months ago

Black Hole From Iconic Image Appears to Be Wobbling

George Dvorsky

Too Much Liquorice Stopped Man’s Heart and Killed Him, Doctors Say

Science & Health

4 months ago

Too Much Liquorice Stopped Man’s Heart and Killed Him, Doctors Say

Ed Cara

‘Extremely Brilliant’ X-Ray Beams Are About to Revolutionise How We See Into Matter

Science & Health

4 months ago

‘Extremely Brilliant’ X-Ray Beams Are About to Revolutionise How We See Into Matter

Rose Pastore

Scientists Have Figured Out How to Capture Energy From a Gentle Breeze

Science & Health

4 months ago

Scientists Have Figured Out How to Capture Energy From a Gentle Breeze

Andrew Liszewski

This New Quantum Processor Is Made of Light

Science & Health

4 months ago

This New Quantum Processor Is Made of Light

Sophia Chen

Trauma Disrupts Children’s Brains — but Researchers Are Finding New Ways Help Them Heal

Science & Health

4 months ago

Trauma Disrupts Children’s Brains — but Researchers Are Finding New Ways Help Them Heal

Jackie Rocheleau

How The New NBN Upgrades Will Make Internet Speeds Faster

Science & Health

4 months ago

How The New NBN Upgrades Will Make Internet Speeds Faster

Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas

Tasmania’s Whale Stranding Tragedy Explained

Science & Health

4 months ago

Tasmania’s Whale Stranding Tragedy Explained

Olaf Meynecke

Svalbard Glaciers Lost Their Protective Buffer in the Mid-1980s and Have Been Melting Ever Since

Science & Health

4 months ago

Svalbard Glaciers Lost Their Protective Buffer in the Mid-1980s and Have Been Melting Ever Since

Brice Noël and Michiel van den Broeke

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