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AUG 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita has collaborated with his peers to document what he is calling atmospheric ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
On August 7, A SpaceX recovery vessel called GO Navigator brought the Crew Dragon capsule back to its home port.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2020Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 06, 2020Chemistry & Physics
While injection-induced earthquakes have become commonplace in oil fields where wastewater is pumped deep into the Earth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
Outside of the Earth's magnetic field exist many kinds of dangerous radiation. These include ultraviolet, X-rays, an ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 04, 2020Chemistry & Physics
If this year has been nothing but stress and you are looking for a venue for some "serious" laughter, this is ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 04, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The lashing movement of the sperm tail as it seems to swim through aqueous environments is an optical illusion.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
A team of seismologists reports capturing the aurora lights not on cameras, but on seismometers. They say that three 201 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
From analyzing ancient light emitted by the Big Bang, physicists have been able to provide a new estimate of the Earth&# ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
It’s commonly said that roughly half of all missions to Mars have succeeded- while roughly half have failed. But a ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 31, 2020Chemistry & Physics
2020 turns out to a year of breakthrough for nuclear fusion. The world's largest fusion project ITER (International ...Written By: Daniel Duan
AUG 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita has collaborated with his peers to document what he is calling atmospheric
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
On August 7, A SpaceX recovery vessel called GO Navigator brought the Crew Dragon capsule back to its home port.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 06, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
While injection-induced earthquakes have become commonplace in oil fields where wastewater is pumped deep into the Earth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Physicists have found that in the distant past, Mars may not have been warm enough to carry vast oceans. Instead, in new
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Outside of the Earth's magnetic field exist many kinds of dangerous radiation. These include ultraviolet, X-rays, an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 04, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
If this year has been nothing but stress and you are looking for a venue for some "serious" laughter, this is
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 04, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The lashing movement of the sperm tail as it seems to swim through aqueous environments is an optical illusion.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A team of seismologists reports capturing the aurora lights not on cameras, but on seismometers. They say that three 201
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
From analyzing ancient light emitted by the Big Bang, physicists have been able to provide a new estimate of the Earth&#
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
It’s commonly said that roughly half of all missions to Mars have succeeded- while roughly half have failed. But a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 31, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
2020 turns out to a year of breakthrough for nuclear fusion. The world's largest fusion project ITER (International
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan