CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced Monday that the 29-year-old physician assistant—a former patient hired last spring—will launch later this year alongside a billionaire who’s using his purchased spaceflight as a…
New Evidence Defies Theory of Galactic Evolution in Early Universe
A recent observation has challenged the current theory about the way galaxies formed in the early days of the universe. Many cosmologists believe that the universe began with a Big Bang. Therefore, galaxies forming in the early universe could experience very chaotic physical processes, which made them appear disordered. However, the new study has cast…
What Exactly Is the Polar Vortex?
February 19, 2021
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At the start of February 2021, a major snowstorm hit the northeast United States, with some areas receiving well over two feet of snow. Just a few weeks earlier, Spain experienced a historic and deadly snowstorm and dangerously low temperatures. Northern Siberia is no stranger to cold, but in mid-January 2021, some Siberian cities reported temperatures below minus 70 F (minus 56…
Panthers Are Actually Just Black Leopards With Invisible Spots, but Why Are They So Ultra Rare?
When you think of panthers, those black, mysterious—not to mention dangerous—leopards of the wild, your imagination may wander to obscure jungles in India or Africa, where few humans set foot. And your imagination would not be far off, for such animals are among the rarest large cats in the world. “Black panthers are uncommon,” Nicholas Pilfold,…
NASA’s Astrobiology Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Mars Landing
LOS ANGELES—NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
NASA Rover Streaks Toward a Landing on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet. Ground controllers at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, settled in nervously for the descent…
South Dakota Governor Calls Biden’s Abrupt Termination of Keystone Pipeline ‘Dangerous’
February 17, 2021
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said that President Joe Biden’s recent executive decision to end the Keystone XL Pipeline project has not only hurt her state’s economy but is dangerous for America’s energy independence, adding that she would like to see the Biden administration prioritize all-of-the-above energy policy. “I’ve always been a supporter of diversified…
Parrot With No Beak Gets Second Chance at Life After Rescuers Craft New Prosthetic Beak
An animal rehabilitation center in Brazil is being hailed for its innovation in helping an injured parrot with a missing beak found in the wild. The bird was admitted to the center, and a handmade prosthetic beak was contracted, allowing the parrot to be able to eat again and fully recover. Experts at Renascer ACN,…
Victoria Fast-Tracking Regional Recycling
Victoria has injected $20 million to fast-track regional recycling infrastructure as they work towards implementing a new four-bin system that separates household waste into rubbish, recycling, glass, and green waste. “We are revolutionising recycling across Victoria. By separating household waste into four categories, we’re making the most of the material and making sure we reduce…
The Year of No Science
Commentary Remember “The Year of Living Dangerously”? That was a 1982 film based on a 1978 novel about a love affair during the year Sukarno was overthrown in Indonesia, 1967. 2020 and now 2021 might be called the Year or Years of No Science… or maybe Phony Science… or Pretentious Science… or, perhaps most accurately,…
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