Category : science

The Gene-Edited Babies And CRISPR-Cas9 Controversy, Explained

Outrage continues to grow over the news that Chinese scientist He Jiankui

Coal is still king in global power production

Coal remains the most widely used means of electricity production in the world. It also happens to be the biggest emitter of climate-changing carbon dioxide of any fuel. Despite efforts to tackle global warming, worldwide demand for coal was up one...

Cave Paintings Reveal How Ancient Humans Understood the Stars

Ancient humans appear to have understood far more than typically given credit.

Correction: Missing Hawaii Humpbacks story

HONOLULU (AP) — In a story Nov. 26 about a decline in Hawaii humpback whale sightings in Hawaii, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a researcher published data about the latest decline in whale sightings. The researcher has published peer...

NASA will live stream the landing its is OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe

The Mars InSight lander only just touched down on the Red Planet, but NASA is already gearing up for the landing of another incredibly interesting mission. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spac...

NASA’s will live stream the landing its is OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe

Family Faces Thousands in Fines for Epic Christmas Lights Because Spreading Cheer Will Cost You

Not very merry

Gene-edited twins, Placenta organoids in a dish, When the last leaves drop

Claims by a Chinese scientist that he has gene-edited human embryos, transplanted them producing genetically edited twins, who will pass on these changes to their offspring, has the scientific community outraged. The work, which was carried out in se...

New research, November 19-25, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impacts& Mankind Decreased takeoff performance of aircraft due to climate change Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level& (open access) Heading for...

NASA Announces Its Commercial Partners to Deliver Small Objects to the Moon

NASA chooses nine companies to bid on flying to Moon

The US space agency on Thursday announced nine private companies, mostly start-ups, that will bid on $2.6 billion in contacts to build spacecraft to carry payloads to the Moon as early as 2019. The move is part of NASA's goal of sending people to th...

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