Tag: Science

National Geographic Photographer Captures Sublime Shots of Two Worlds Above and Below the Sea

National Geographic photographer David Doubilet’s journey of creating his signature “above and below the sea” shots began three decades ago in Grand Cayman. It was there that two worlds converged on either side of a razor-thin molecular border between sky and sea. Above were the “impossibly blue skies and billowing clouds;” below, the surreal, “sun-dappled…


Largest Gold Nugget Found in Alaska Weighs 20 Pounds—to Fetch $700,000 to 1.2 Million at Auction

The largest gold nugget ever found in Alaska is set to be auctioned in Texas in December and is expected to fetch over $700,000. In the summer of 1896, over 100,000 prospectors descended upon northwestern Canada after gold was found near the Klondike River. About 100 years later, in 1998, a prospector named Barry Clay—so the…


NFL Defensive Great Michael Strahan to Be Next Space Tourist

“Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month. Strahan, who turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, on the Dec. 9 mission aboard the New Shepard, a spacecraft named after her father and the first American in space. The Blue Origin flight,…


Gas Prices Are Rising. Who Did That?

News Analysis The stickers are a smash hit. At the top: President Joe Biden, pointing with double finger guns or, in one of several other versions, a single outstretched finger. Underneath him, in bold black text: “I Did That!” or a variation thereof. Slapped on a gas pump next to the digital meter display, the…


Launch of New NASA Space Telescope Delayed After Incident

BERLIN—The European Space Agency says the launch of a new NASA telescope to replace the famed Hubble observatory is being postponed to allow experts to check the device for possible damage following an incident at its spaceport in French Guiana. The ESA said in a statement late Monday that technicians had been preparing to attach…


Scientists: Global Cooling Imminent

In an exclusive interview, scientist Valentina Zharkova told The Epoch Times that her 2015 paper predicting the onset of a grand solar minimum between 2020 and 2053 has been borne out, prompting her to warn that temperatures could soon rapidly fall. Grand solar minima last for multiple solar cycles, during which the sun produces less…


Astra Space Makes It to Orbit Faster Than SpaceX: What Investors Should Know

A space company that went public via SPAC merger completed a successful commercial orbital launch Friday, which has shares moving higher Monday morning. What Happened Astra Space completed its first commercial orbital launch Friday, a mission for the U.S. Space Force. “Reaching orbit is a historic milestone for Astra,” Astra CEO and Founder Chris Kemp…


Awesome Science (Episodes 6): Explore Mount St. Helens Part2

In this episode, Noah travels to one of the few active volcanoes in the contiguous United States to find out why it’s called, “God’s gift to creationists.” Through cataclysmic events back in the 1980s, similar geologic features worldwide can now be explained by the Flood using Mount St. Helens as a scale model. Noah explores…


Yara Debuts World’s First Autonomous Electric Container Ship

OSLO—The world’s first fully electric and self-steering container ship, owned by fertilizer maker Yara, is preparing to navigate Norway’s southern coast. The Yara Birkeland, an 80-meter-long (87 yards) so-called feeder, is set to replace truck haulage between Yara’s plant in Porsgrunn in southern Norway and its export port in Brevik, about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles)…


Warmer Summers Worsen Tick Infestations for US Moose: Study

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—It’s a ghastly sight: ticks by tens of thousands burrowed into a moose’s broad body, sucking its lifeblood as the agonized host rubs against trees so vigorously that much of its fur wears away. Winter tick infestation is common with moose across the northern United States—usually survivable for adults but less so for…