As humans proliferate, we have penetrated deeper into wildlife habitats, creating a widespread increase in ambient noise with our devices, traffic, and industry. A growing body of research has shown how noise …
Read More »Captured on video: Meteor lights up the SWFL sky
FORT MYERS, Florida – Did you see the striking streak of light that cut through the dark sky on Monday night? If you didn’t, your home security camera might have it. NBC2 …
Read More »100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in sand
About 100,000 years ago, an extended family of 36 Neanderthals walked along a beach, with children jumping and frolicking in the sand, scientists report after analyzing the fossilized footprints of bathers in …
Read More »NASA’s helicopter engine needs a flight control software update before the first flight to Mars
Illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The Ingenuity team has identified a software fix for the scripting issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned …
Read More »‘What monsters could be lurking there?’: Scientists say particles can override the laws of physics
After twenty years, confirming research conducted in 2001 has found that a tiny subatomic particle may be challenging the best theory scientists have about how physics works, titled the Standard Model. At …
Read More »Gray wolves survived the Ice Age extinction by adapting their diet
Gray wolves kill a horse in the Beringia mammoth steppe habitat during the late Pleistocene (about 25,000 years ago). Credit: Julius Csotonyi Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived …
Read More »NASA shares stunning image of vast blue dunes on Mars
NASA shared an image of the dunes surrounding the north polar cap of Mars. The false-color image shows a sea of blue dunes and wind-sculpted yellow lines on the red planet. The …
Read More »NASA delays historic first flight of Ingenuity helicopter to Mars
An artist concept of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter taking off. NASA / JPL-Caltech It looks like we will have to wait a little longer to see a helicopter flying on Mars. NASA …
Read More »NASA delays helicopter flight to Mars after test turn ends abruptly
NASA has delayed the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter after a crucial spin test of the drone’s rotor blades came to an abrupt halt. This was the last major test …
Read More »‘Ghost forests’ are spreading across the US coastal regions.
Climate change is reshaping our coasts and, as it turns out, the forests that live there. A new study published April 4 in the journal Ecological Applications found that over the past …
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