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Hundreds of mammoth bones discovered in Austrian wine cellar
Hundreds of mammoth bones have been uncovered in an Austrian wine cellar, in a discovery labelled an “archaeological sensation.”
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NOAA issues highest-ever May forecast for the coming hurricane season
In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever issued in May, forecasters with NOAA predict an above-normal number of storms.
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These birds may be capable of ‘mental time travel’ much like humans use to retrieve memories
The ability to remember things that happened in the past is a hallmark of episodic memory. New research suggests it’s an ability humans may share with Eurasian jays.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer
Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina. There's an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above average in storm activity, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday in its annual outlook. The weather agency predicted between 17 and 25 named storms will brew up this summer and fall, with 8 to 13 achievi
6 min read - TechnologyThe Conversation
Here’s how machine learning can violate your privacy
A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.
6 min read - ScienceCBS News
Euclid telescope captures dazzling new images of cosmos
Shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy are among the new images.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Doctors treat hundreds of victims of heatstroke in Pakistan after heatwave hits the country
Doctors treated hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan on Thursday after an intense heatwave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said. The city, known for its archaeological sites, is in southern Sindh province, which was badly hit by climate-induced monsoon rains and devastating floods in 2022.
3 min read - LifestyleCNN
What it’s really like to live in Antarctica
Few people can say they’ve lived on the White Continent, but those who do have incredible stories.
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‘Seeds are life’: How a seed bank in the Mojave Desert is preserving an ancient ecosystem under threat
The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.
7 min read - WorldCNN
Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago – believed to contain billions of dollars worth of artifacts and the rights to which are under heated dispute.
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Italian museum recreates Tanzanian butterfly forest to raise awareness on biodiversity research
In a lush greenhouse high in the Alps, butterflies of various species and colors flutter freely while butterfly pupae are suspended in a structure as they grow into adult insects. This is the Butterfly Forest in the tropical mountain greenhouse in Trento, Italy, a project by the Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), an Italian science museum. It's modeled on Udzungwa Mountains, a mountain range and rainforest area in south-central Tanzania that’s one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
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Boeing's Starliner facing additional delay for extended leak analysis
NASA managers have ordered additional reviews of a small helium leak in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to make sure it can be safely launched as is.
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Extreme weather is having a dire effects on animals. Here’s what’s being done to protect them.
As animals like howler monkeys fall dead from trees in Mexico due to high temperatures, conservationists explain their plan to protect wildlife during what is expected to be an unusually hot summer.
3 min read - TechnologySpace
Safety first: NASA pledges to use AI carefully and responsibly
NASA will keep safety front of mind while harnessing the ever-growing power of artificial intelligence, agency officials stressed.
4 min read - ScienceCNN
Scientists say they’ve found where the sun’s magnetic field originates
The sun’s powerful magnetic field has long puzzled scientists. A new study suggests the source of its magnetic field is nearer the surface than first thought.
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When and where you can see May's Flower Moon
May's full moon will peak on Thursday morning, but the Flower Moon already appears full.
2 min read - ScienceSpace
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday (May 22), the second mission in less than 24 hours for the company.
2 min read - ScienceCNN
May’s full flower moon will light up the sky this week
The full moon returns for its May engagement, and for many will appear to come quite close to a bright star. Here’s when to watch for it.
3 min read - WorldSpace
Satellites capture smoke pouring from hundreds of wildfires across North America (photos)
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have captured the smoke pouring out of hundreds of wildfires blazing across Canada and Mexico since last week.
3 min read - ScienceSpace
AI finds hidden galactic evolution clues in over 100 galaxies. Here's how
Scientists enlisted AI to help peruse a massive dataset in search of neutral carbon absorbers in galaxies, which can reveal lots about galaxy evolution.
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Antarctica's "doomsday glacier" undergoing "vigorous ice melt," study finds
The "doomsday glacier" packs so much ice that if it were to completely collapse, it could singlehandedly cause global sea levels to rise by more than two feet.
2 min read - USCNN
Climate change could be about to make flight turbulence a lot worse
Severe turbulence can put even seasoned flyers on edge and in extreme cases result in casualties and damage. Experts say climate change will make it worse.
6 min read - ScienceSpace
Scientists find weird link between a solar mystery and feeding black holes
The solar dynamo that drives sunspots and solar flares could be located near the surface of the sun scientists find, solving a 400-year-old solar mystery and providing a weird link to black holes.
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Sun's magnetic field may originate closer to the solar surface
The sun's magnetic field, which causes solar storms like the one that hit Earth this month and produced beautiful auroras, may originate at shallower depths in the star's interior than previously thought, according to researchers. The sun's outer 30% is comprised of an "ocean" of churning gases plunging more than 130,000 miles (210,000 km) below the solar surface. The research, comparing new theoretical models to observations by the sun-observing SOHO spacecraft, provides strong evidence that
3 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
Sun's magnetic field may form close to the surface. This finding could improve solar storm forecasts
New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The magnetic field appears to generate 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) beneath the sun’s surface. Previous calculations put the roots of this process more than 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) below, an international team reported Wednesday.
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Churning spacetime and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin
Black holes are such a drag! Especially for the guts of stars they've destroyed and the fabric of spacetime they pull along with them.
6 min read - ScienceSpace
Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut launch delayed again, this time with no new flight date
The 1st astronaut mission aboard Boeing's Starliner will not lift off May 25 as planned. NASA has not yet revealed the cause, but a helium leak has been ongoing in the spacecraft.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Space debris could be dealt with more cheaply than previously thought, new NASA report suggests
A new report by NASA outlines the most promising approaches to keeping the space around Earth safe and usable for future generations.
2 min read - WorldYale Environment 360
With Climate Change, Winter Storms Delivered 20 Percent More Rainfall to British Isles
A new analysis finds that climate change fueled excessive rainfall in the U.K. and Ireland this fall and winter.
1 min read - USAssociated Press
Graduating seniors seek degrees in climate change and more US universities deliver
At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in California in 2020. “We’ve had horrible heat waves and they’ve impacted my everyday life,” the high school junior said.
5 min read - ScienceSpace
How can space travel lead to medical breakthroughs? Veteran astronaut explains
Sierra Space Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tom Marshburn shares how medical research in space makes a difference here on Earth.
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Anonymous gifts are common. But a climate group says a $10 million gift it got is an all-out mystery
On a Friday morning in April, Dan Stein, the founder of Giving Green, a climate philanthropy organization, found some big news in a surprising email. An anonymous donor had given his fund $10 million. Giving Green collects donations and disperses them to a handful of nonprofits that it believes have the potential to make a significant difference in preventing climate change and reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases.
6 min read - ScienceThe Conversation
US participation in space has benefits at home and abroad − reaping them all will require collaboration
You have the US space program to thank for some of the technology in your phone and laptop.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Amateur astronomer finds 5 fascinating new galaxies — and they're now named after him
Giuseppe Donatiello is an amateur astronomer with a unique distinction: discoverer of 11 galaxies, nine with his name.
8 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
At international energy conference, delegates push to make clean cooking accessible to all
Participants at a global conference on how to reduce the world's energy use are calling for universal access to clean cooking through government incentives and subsidies to unlock more private sector funds. The Paris-based International Energy Agency's 9th annual conference on energy efficiency brings together ministers, CEOs and thought leaders from around the world to discuss how to speed up progress on energy efficiency, which experts say can drastically reduce planet-warming emissions. On
3 min read - USSpace
Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
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Euclid 'dark universe' telescope team will unveil new full-color images today (May 23): How to watch live
With the Euclid space telescope set to deliver a new batch of images on Thursday (May 23), we're looking back at the dark universe detective's achievements thus far.
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The Ukraine war is forcing migrating eagles to change their flight paths, scientists say
Greater spotted eagles are already a species under threat and scientists have found that they have been facing yet another danger: the war in Ukraine.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Most of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok
Singapore Airlines said a relief plane flew into Singapore early Wednesday morning with most of the passengers who were on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after one man died and dozens of people were injured. The airline said 143 passengers arrived in the city state shortly after 5 a.m. The airline’s CEO, Goh Choon Phong, said an additional 79 passengers and six crew members remained in Bangkok, including the
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Hundreds of mountain goats were flown to a new home. Very few survived.
Hundreds of mountain goats were relocated to Washington state's Cascade Mountains. But most died within a few years, due, in part, to the effects of climate change.
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NASA rules out Saturday launch for Boeing's oft-delayed Starliner crew ship
NASA ruled out a planned Saturday launch of Boeing's Starliner to allow more time for analysis of a small, but persistent helium leak in the ship's propulsion system.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India's river islanders return home in between floods
Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The island, like two thousand others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes rain heavier and more erratic in the region. “We need some sort of a permanent solution,” Ali said.
3 min read - WorldNBC News
Climate change and turbulence: Experts weigh in after death on Singapore Airlines flight
One passenger died and 30 others were injured aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by "severe turbulence," officials said Tuesday, but experts say such deaths are rare even as researchers warn climate change may be causing more extreme cases of turbulence.
5 min read - ScienceSpace
Dream Chaser space plane arrives in Florida ahead of 1st launch to ISS (photo)
Dream Chaser is almost ready for its first mission. The space plane Tenacity and a cargo module are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for final testing ahead of an ISS launch.
3 min read - ScienceSpace
China's Chang'e 6 mission gearing up for early June landing on moon's far side
China's robotic Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the lunar far side is now in orbit around the moon, gearing up for its landing attempt.
2 min read - ScienceSpace
A comet approaching Earth could become brighter than the stars this fall
By the end of this summer, we may have a good idea as to whether we'll have a bright naked-eye comet gracing our early autumn evening sky, known as C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).
7 min read - ScienceSpace
SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites and sticks the landing (video)
SpaceX launched the first batch of satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's "proliferated architecture" early Wednesday morning (May 22).
2 min read - ScienceCNN
Rare lunar event may reveal Stonehenge’s link with the moon
Does Stonehenge align with the moon as well as the sun? Archaeologists are using the major lunar standstill, a phenomenon that happens every 18.6 years, to investigate.
7 min read - ScienceSpace
Plants signal NASA satellites with waning 'glow' ahead of flash drought
NASA scientists have discovered signs of an impending flash drought months before the onset by observing the brightness of "glowing" plants from space.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
Modeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine with intense radiation bombardment and strip away their atmospheres.
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