Tag: Science

Texas Targets 10 Financial Companies, 340+ Funds Over ESG-Driven Fossil Fuel Divestment

Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Aug. 24 released a list of ten financial companies and almost 350 funds said to be boycotting energy firms involved in fossil fuels, marking another advance in the war between individual U.S. states and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement. The state comptroller must publish such a list…


Congressional Bill Says Threats to National Security From UFOs ‘Expanding Exponentially’

U.S. lawmakers have made references in an appropriations bill and accompanying Senate Intelligence Committee report that Congress believes some unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), commonly referred to as UFOs, might not be “man-made.” Further, Congress notes that threats against the national security of the United States from these “cross-domain transmedium” objects have been exponentially increasing. The noteworthy…


Pork Rinds for Your Eyes? Pig Skin ‘Cornea’ Restores Sight

When you hear “pork rind,” you probably think of the popular snack food, not corneal implants. Pork rind is simply the culinary term for pig skin, which has now been transformed through the ingenuity of scientists to help blind people see. Of the first 20 visually impaired participants in a study of biosynthetic corneas derived…


Wind Turbine Blade Waste Could Be Recycled Into Gummi Bears: Researchers

Researchers have created a composite resin they believe can be used in wind turbine blades and later recycled—or upcycled—into a variety of products, including countertops, diapers, and even gummy bears. Scientists from Michigan State University (MSU) released their findings at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (Aug. 21 to 25), saying the material can…


New Treatment May Help Cancer Patients Who Are Resistant to Immunotherapy: Study

A new treatment may bring back hope for cancer patients who had become resistant to immunotherapy, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests. Immunotherapy is a mode of cancer treatment that aims to boost the body’s own immune system to target and kill cancer cells and is employed when other options such as surgery,…


Hawaii Seeks End to Strife Over Astronomy on Sacred Mountain

HONOLULU—For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future…


Receding Water Levels of China’s Yangtze Reveal Ancient Buddha Statues

BEIJING—Plunging water levels of the Yangtze River have revealed a submerged island in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing and a trio of Buddha statues on it that are believed to be 600 years old, state media Xinhua has reported. The three statues were found on the highest part of the island reef called Foyeliang, initially…


NASA Astronaut to Join Russians on Soyuz Rocket

U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio will launch to the space station from Kazakhstan with two Russians in September. That same month, Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, will join two Americans and one Japanese aboard a SpaceX rocket flying from Florida. Another crew swap will occur next spring. This will be Rubio’s first spaceflight since becoming an astronaut…


Unprecedented Images of Jupiter Released by James Webb Telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter’s Great Red…


‘Inflation Reduction Act’ a Win for Renewable Energy, Won’t Help Inflation

In his prepared remarks, President Joe Biden called the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) one of the most “significant laws in our history” and hyped it as a win for reducing inflation and tackling the “climate crisis.” Likewise, Senate Democrats claim the IRA will “help fight inflation” while simultaneously lowering the cost of energy for…