Good vision makes life varied and colorful, but the popularity of modern electronic products has led to an increasing rate of myopia, with about 30 percent of the world’s population being nearsighted. Now, a study has found that a caffeine metabolite may slow the progression of the common vision condition in which nearby objects are…
Caffeine Metabolite May Slow Progression of Myopia in Children: Study
NASA Says DART Mission Succeeded in Altering Asteroid’s Trajectory
The spacecraft that NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet out of its natural orbit—the first time humanity has altered the motion of a celestial body, NASA’s chief announced on Tuesday. “This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and a watershed moment for humanity,” NASA chief Bill…
Alex Jones Warns of AI and Genetic Engineering in Best-Selling Book ‘The Great Reset’
Alex Jones’s new book “The Great Reset” has made it to several top-selling lists, despite a steady stream of recent news about lawsuits targeting him that put the beleaguered radio and TV host in a negative light. The book was published on Aug. 30. During its first week, it hit #2 in The Wall Street Journal,…
LIVE 2 PM ET: NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
LIVE NOW: NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
A ‘Cataclysmic’ Celestial Couple Gone Wrong: A Star Eats Its Mate
WASHINGTON—Unlike the lonely sun, about half the stars in our Milky Way galaxy are in a long-term committed relationship with another star, orbiting each another in a celestial marriage called a binary system. Researchers this week described one of these marriages gone wrong—a twosome that borders on the extreme, with the pair whirling around each…
Researchers Retro-Fit Diesel Engine With Hydrogen Hybrid to Cut Emissions
Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney have successfully retrofitted a diesel engine to run as a hydrogen-diesel hybrid, cutting down C02 emissions by around 85 percent. The move comes as part of a wider push for governments to electrify their nation’s transport networks as part of the net-zero movement. The team,…
SpaceX Delivers Russian, Native American Women to Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A Russian cosmonaut who caught a U.S. lift to the International Space Station arrived at her new home Thursday for a five-month stay, accompanied by a Japanese astronaut and two from NASA, including the first Native American woman in space. The SpaceX capsule pulled up to the station a day after launching into…
SpaceX Delivers Russian, Native American Woman to Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A Russian cosmonaut who caught a U.S. lift to the International Space Station arrived at her new home Thursday for a five-month stay, accompanied by a Japanese astronaut and two from NASA, including the first Native American woman in space. The SpaceX capsule pulled up to the station a day after launching into…
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