The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on the evolution…
Month: September 2018
NASA sees Hurricane Helene decoupled by wind shear
NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Helene as it continued tracking toward the Azores…
IWC passes Brazil project to protect whales
Tempers flared at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday as it voted to back a…
The next phase: Using neural networks to identify gas-phase molecules
Scientists have developed a neural network that can identify the structure of molecules in the gas…
NASA gets inside look at large and powerful Hurricane Florence
NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at the large and powerful Hurricane Florence early on…
Climate-induced soil changes may cause more erosion and flash flooding
A new study predicts a climate-induced reduction in large soil pores, which may intensify the water…
Expedited partner therapy: With STDs at an all-time high, why aren’t more people getting a proven treatment?
In a new paper, physicians describe the barriers that stand in the way of getting expedited…
Why some people are at risk of gout
Researchers have helped characterize a genetic variant that enables new understanding of why some people are…
BPA replacements in plastics cause reproductive problems in lab mice
Twenty years ago, researchers made the accidental discovery that BPA had leached out of plastic cages…
People show confirmation bias even about which way dots are moving
People have a tendency to interpret new information in a way that supports their pre-existing beliefs,…