Research, climate change, and environmental issues.
On Tuesday night, May 6, SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites into space. The mission, named Starlink 6-93, carried 28 satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket lifted off at 9:17 p.m. EDT (0117 GMT on May 7) from Launch Complex 40. This wasn’t just another launch; it marked the…
According to a new scientific study, bee production in Brazil, one of the country’s most powerful economic engines, is emitting over twice the greenhouse gas levels allowed under international climate targets. Published in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research, the study estimates that if current trends persist, Brazil’s beef sector would produce between 0.42 and 0.63…
Life on Earth couldn’t exist without heavy metals. These elements are vital from the iron in our blood to the gold in our electronics. But where did they come from? A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters finds that some of the universe’s heavy elements, such as gold, platinum, and uranium, possibly came from one…
These available materials, includiIn a remarkable discovery, scientists have identified a centuries-old mummy found in a church crypt in the Austrian village of St Thomas am Blasenstein as a local parish priest and uncovered a rare embalming method responsible for the body’s exceptional preservation. According to a new study published in Frontiers in Medicine, the mummy is that of Franz Xaver…
A new study from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has put ChatGPT’s writing skills under the test, and while the AI might ace grammar and structure, it’s still not quite ready to outwrite real students. The study, published in Written Communication, compared 145 essays written by university students with an equal number generated by ChatGPT. The…
For years, scientists believed that massive, meat-eating reptiles called sebecids disappeared from the planet around 11 million years ago. But fresh fossil finds from the Dominican Republic challenge that timeline and put the Caribbean back on the prehistoric map. Sebecids are not average crocodiles. They were built more like greyhounds than swamp lurkers. These creatures…
A fossilized humerus bone discovered three decades ago in southeastern Australia is rewriting scientists’ knowledge on how the world’s most bizarre mammals, echidnas and platypuses, developed. Echidnas were long regarded as land-dwellers only, but they could have inherited a semi-aquatic ancestor from the platypus, suggests new research coordinated by the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The research, in…
Filoviruses are perhaps the most deadly pathogens ever known to science. And even though decades have passed since the Marburg virus was first found in 1967 and the initial Ebola outbreak occurred in 1976, still much of this deadly virus family is not known. Filoviruses are thought to have crossed from animals to humans, perhaps…
Air quality in the United States has gotten much better over time, resulting in improved health and fewer asthma attacks. Yet almost half of all Americans continue to breathe unhealthy air, a new report from the American Lung Association says. Despite sustained efforts over the years, the report pinpoints that 156 million Americans still live…
A new archaeological study suggests Britain’s Pagan roots endured longer than previously thought, thanks to surprising finds in East Anglia. A Hoard with Hidden Stories A stash of Roman-era jewelry and silverware found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, is challenging long-held beliefs about the spread of Christianity in Britain. According to a new paper published…
