The Hubble Space Telescope just cools off at altitude. POT The Hubble Space Telescope is taking the senior satellite equivalent of a mental health day. The godfather of all orbiting observatories “entered …
Read More »Some sea slugs develop new bodies after decapitation
Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: some decapitated sea slugs can regenerate entirely new hearts and bodies. This “wonder of nature,” reported in a biology journal Monday, could eventually help …
Read More »Comets may have seeded Earth with life-sustaining carbon
NASA’s airborne telescope has made another important discovery just months after it confirmed the presence of water on the sunlit surfaces of the Moon. SOFIA’s latest finding relates to the essence left …
Read More »These slugs cut their heads off when they want a new body
The head (left) and body (right) of a photosynthetic and regenerative sea slug.Picture: Sayaka Mitoh Looking like split pea pods with a glossy sheen, sea slugs Elysia cf. marginata Y Elysia atroviridis …
Read More »Insatiable demand for cannabis has created a giant carbon footprint
The life cycle of greenhouse gas emissions from indoor cannabis growing modeled in the US Credit: Hailey Summers / Colorado State University It’s no secret that America’s $ 13 billion cannabis industry …
Read More »The Mars Rover landing site is named after science fiction legend Octavia Butler
Perseverance’s landing site on Mars is now called Octavia E. Butler Landing. Picture: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona That magical place in Jezero Crater where NASA’s Perseverance rover made its …
Read More »Octavia E. Butler: NASA Names Perseverance Rover Landing Site for Author
For its pioneering work in the world of science fiction, NASA named the site on Mars where the Perseverance rover landed “Octavia E. Butler Landing.” “Its guiding principle, ‘When you use science, …
Read More »Research shows that we are strikingly similar to the first animals on Earth
Dickinsonia fossil, an animal from the Ediacaran era. Credit: Mary Droser / UCR It is possible that the first multicellular organisms lacked heads, legs or arms, but today fragments of them remain …
Read More »Indoor Marijuana Farms Are Traversing the Planet
A bud of a growing marijuana plant is displayed at Essence Vegas’ 54,000-square-foot marijuana growing facility on July 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo: Ethan miller (fake images) As more states legalize …
Read More »Meteor seen in the sky over Vermont, NASA reports
A meteor roared over northern Vermont at 47,000 miles per hour Sunday night, surprising people in neighboring Canada and Maine, according to NASA Meteor Watch. Scientists report that the meteor reached 52 …
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