science / science - 5 years ago

Watch a Spacecraft Fire a Bullet at an Asteroid

Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will perform a flyby sample collection mission on a distant asteroid.

science / science - 5 years ago

Ectopic Pregnancy Pain, Explained

Could your abdominal pain in the first trimester signal an ectopic pregnancy?

science / science - 5 years ago

No, Mexican scientists did not find a cure for HPV. Here’s what you need to know

You may have seen this headline trending on social media: a “cure” for human papillomavirus and the cancers it causes. Congratulations to Dr. Eva Ramon Gallegos and her team from the National Polytechnic Institute who have made incredible groundbreaking research helping cure HPV leading to the prev...

science / science - 5 years ago

Mars - rovers v humans? Forests and carbon, Ethiopian bush crow

Nasa have called time on the 14 year mission with the Mars Opportunity rover. Curiosity is still there. But what's next for our exploration of the Red planet? Adam asks Senior Strategist in Space Systems at Airbus, Liz Seward and BBC space correspondent, Jonathan Amos. Airbus are working with the Eu...

science / science - 5 years ago

Israel set to join elite lunar club with first mission to moon

Hebrew for the biblical phrase "in the beginning" - was due for liftoff at 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched by California-based entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company. If all goes according to plan, Beresheet, about the size of a dishwasher, will arrive on the near-s...

science / science - 5 years ago

Venezuela's Maduro threatens border closure to block humanitarian aid

Guaido, who is recognized by dozens of countries as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, was poised for a showdown with Maduro's government on Saturday, when the opposition will attempt to bring in food and medicine being stockpiled in neighboring countries. Maduro denies there is a humanitarian c...

science / science - 5 years ago

Trump administration ends California talks on auto emissions: White House

California could be joined in any court fight by 12 other states that have adopted its standards and want stricter rules to fight climate change. Several other states have also demanded the administration abandon its August proposal to freeze federal fuel efficiency standards after 2020 and take aw...

science / science - 5 years ago

Were dinosaurs killed off by asteroid or volcanoes? It's complicated

Before the 1980s, the dominant theory had been that huge and prolonged volcanic eruptions caused a rapid and deadly shift in the planet's climate by sending vast clouds of ash, gas and dust into the atmosphere. Then scientists discovered the huge Chicxulub crater of an ancient asteroid impact off t...

science / science - 5 years ago

NASA’s confidence in SpaceX and Boeing may be wavering

To say that NASA bet big on U.S. companies Boeing and SpaceX to provide solutions for manned spaceflight would be a colossal understatement. The space agency basically put all its eggs in two baskets, and neither of them seem to be capable of staying on track, with countless delays, setbacks, and th...

science / science - 5 years ago

This space harpoon could be a solution to our growing space junk problem

The RemoveDEBRIS mission has successfully tested a harpoon that was designed to capture space junk in orbit. This marks the second successful attempt for the research team. In September 2018, they deployed a net that wrapped itself around an orbiting piece of debris.  Read more...More about Space, M...

science / science - 5 years ago

Jameela Jamil Confirms She Has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

"I'm fine."

science / science - 5 years ago

11 Frostbite Symptoms to Remember Every Winter

Don’t ignore these.

science / science - 5 years ago

Why do zebras have stripes? Perhaps to dazzle away flies

LONDON (AP) — Zebra stripes are dazzling — particularly to flies.

science / science - 5 years ago

Modest dinosaur dubbed 'harbinger of doom' set stage for T. rex

Scientists on Thursday said they have unearthed in central Utah fossils of a relatively small, fleet-footed, lightly built forerunner to T. rex that lived 96 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. It was given that name, which means "harbinger of doom," because Moros was a member of the sa...

science / science - 5 years ago

Life after cancer: More survivors live longer, face new health challenges

More cancer patients live longer. Few get the help they need to stay healthy.