PLATO’s Mission To Discover Exoplanets Like Earth
One of the hottest fields in astronomy right now is the search for exoplanets. NASA’s Exoplanet Archive currently lists over 5,700 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars.And more discoveries will be...
6 Elo 202417min
Why Cancer Death Rates Have Decreased Over The Last 30 Years
“Cancer” is a dreaded word in the doctor’s office. But about 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during our lives, the most common being breast, prostate, and lung cancer, according ...
5 Elo 202418min
Hawaiʻi Wildfire Survivors Join Health Study | Wind Turbine Blade Sinks Off Massachusetts Coast
The University of Hawaiʻi study will be the largest of its kind to investigate the health and social impacts of the Maui wildfires. Also, fiberglass is washing up on Nantucket’s shores, and residents ...
2 Elo 202420min
The Science And History Of Refrigeration
You know that disappointing feeling when you’re ready to make a delicious meal, but you crack open the refrigerator only to find mushy tomatoes, dried-out bread, or oozing strawberries?Refrigeration f...
1 Elo 202417min
Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery
If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation. Not only are batteries key for many technologies, they’ll also be necessary ...
31 Heinä 202417min
Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites
Last year, almost half of the honeybee colonies in the U.S. died, making it the second deadliest year for honeybees on record. The main culprit wasn’t climate change, starvation, or even pesticides, b...
30 Heinä 202417min
What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love | If Colorado Was Flattened, How Big Would It Be?
What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love–And LossLove has the reputation of being a fairly unique human emotion. If we’re lucky, we can experience lots of love in our lives: with romantic partners, chi...
29 Heinä 202418min
Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur On Mars | A Science Hero, Lost and Found
In a first, NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered pure sulfur on Mars. And, we revisit a conversation from 2015 about Alexander von Humboldt and Andrea Wulf's “The Invention of Nature,” which is our A...
26 Heinä 202425min
