Advertisement

Science News

Rare meteor storm possible over Memorial Day weekend

Science News // 1 hour ago

Rare meteor storm possible over Memorial Day weekend

Meteor showers are among the most enjoyable astronomy events, with shooting stars streaking through the sky as Earth plows through a field of debris left behind by a comet.

Scientists sequence genome from Pompeii victim's DNA for first time

Science News // 15 hours ago

Scientists sequence genome from Pompeii victim's DNA for first time

Northwestern engineers develop smallest remote-controlled walking robot

Odd News // 17 hours ago

Northwestern engineers develop smallest remote-controlled walking robot

A quarter of world's Internet users vulnerable to infrastructure attack

Science News // 18 hours ago

A quarter of world's Internet users vulnerable to infrastructure attack

5.5-magnitude earthquake rattles southern Mexico near Acapulco

World News // 1 day ago

5.5-magnitude earthquake rattles southern Mexico near Acapulco

May 26 (UPI) -- A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico on Wednesday in an area that's rife with seismic activity, scientists said.

Boeing's Starliner lands in New Mexico after successful mission to ISS

Science News // 1 day ago

Boeing's Starliner lands in New Mexico after successful mission to ISS

ORLANDO, Fla., May 25 (UPI) -- Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico on Wednesday at 6:49 p.m. EDT, ending a six-day-long mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Transporter 5 launches with remains of 47 people for 'space burial'

Science News // 1 day ago

SpaceX's Transporter 5 launches with remains of 47 people for 'space burial'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 25 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched its 22nd rocket of the year on Wednesday, the Transporter-5 rideshare mission, which included delivery of the cremated remains of 47 people to space for the space burial company Celestis.

Mars, Jupiter will converge before dawn Sunday

Science News // 1 day ago

Mars, Jupiter will converge before dawn Sunday

Mars and Jupiter will make an exceptionally close encounter in the pre-dawn sky during the extended Memorial Day weekend, an astronomical event known as a conjunction.

Lidar study reveals much more dense early urban Amazon settlements

Science News // 1 day ago

Lidar study reveals much more dense early urban Amazon settlements

May 25 (UPI) -- Evidence of early urbanism has been found in the Amazon through the first-time use of Light Detection and Ranging technology.

Scientists discover fossil of massive flying 'Dragon of Death'

Science News // 2 days ago

Scientists discover fossil of massive flying 'Dragon of Death'

May 24 (UPI) -- Scientists have uncovered the remains of one of the largest pterosaurs on record, in Argentina, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Cretaceous Research.

One dirty pool can spread many cases of E.Coli, experts warn ahead of summer

Health News // 3 days ago

One dirty pool can spread many cases of E.Coli, experts warn ahead of summer

As the weather warms and families flock to pools, dirty water may dampen the fun. Swimmers at a Pennsylvania community pool learned that the hard way in June 2021 when more than a dozen kids were sickened by bacteria.

British scientists create new source of Vitamin D with gene-edited tomatoes

Science News // 3 days ago

British scientists create new source of Vitamin D with gene-edited tomatoes

May 23 (UPI) -- British scientists have used a genome editing process to create a new source of Vitamin D in tomatoes as a way to help address malnutrition.

Denial of institutional racism linked to anti-Black prejudice, study says

Science News // 3 days ago

Denial of institutional racism linked to anti-Black prejudice, study says

May 23 (UPI) -- People who deny the existence of structural racism, a combination of institutional and societal factors that reinforce racial inequity, likely also exhibit anti-Black prejudices, a new study has found.

5.5-magnitude quake strikes in Japan off coast of 2011 Fukushima disaster site

World News // 3 days ago

5.5-magnitude quake strikes in Japan off coast of 2011 Fukushima disaster site

May 23 (UPI) -- Scientists say that a strong earthquake was recorded off the coast of Japan -- near Fukushima, which was the site of a nuclear accident a decade ago that was triggered by a quake.

Study: British bumblebees need more habitats to survive

Science News // 3 days ago

Study: British bumblebees need more habitats to survive

May 23 (UPI) -- Conservation experts say stable habitats are desperately needed to protect endangered bumblebee populations, a new report from the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology said Monday.

Boeing's Starliner docks with International Space Station

Science News // 6 days ago

Boeing's Starliner docks with International Space Station

May 20 (UPI) -- Boeing's Starliner space craft docked with the International Space Station for the first time Friday.

Asteroid 4 times larger than Empire State Building to fly past Earth

Science News // 6 days ago

Asteroid 4 times larger than Empire State Building to fly past Earth

A massive asteroid over a mile wide is expected to make a closer-than-normal trip past the Earth near the end of May, an approach so close that it could be spotted in the sky.

Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming 11 days sooner due to urban global warming

Science News // 1 week ago

Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming 11 days sooner due to urban global warming

May 20 (UPI) -- Kyoto, Japan's, iconic cherry blossoms marking the start of spring are now fully blooming 11 days sooner due to climate change warming.

Boeing's Starliner launches uncrewed test flight to space station

Science News // 1 week ago

Boeing's Starliner launches uncrewed test flight to space station

ORLANDO, Fla., May 19 (UPI) -- A ULA Atlas V rocket launched Thursday from Florida for Operation Flight Test-2 of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station.

NASA engineers investigate Voyager 1 spacecraft data mystery

Science News // 1 week ago

NASA engineers investigate Voyager 1 spacecraft data mystery

May 19 (UPI) -- NASA engineers are investigating a mystery with telemetry data from the 45-year-old Voyager 1 probe, which is 14.5 billion miles from Earth, though they say the spacecraft continues to receive and execute commands.

Prev

Page 1 of 10

Advertisement