The scientists who proposed that the COVID-19 Omicron variant had emerged in a broad range across Africa months before it was first detected in the south of the continent have retracted their paper, admitting that their samples were contaminated. First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021, the Omicron strain has since quickly…
Surprising Study on Omicron’s Origin Retracted After Authors Discover Contaminated Samples
NASA Retires InSight Mars Mission After Lander Falls Silent
NASA says it is retiring its InSight Mars lander mission, after over four years of collecting data on the red planet. InSight recently fell silent for the first time since arriving on Mars, its power levels had been dwindling for months because of dust coating its solar panels. InSight landed on Mars in 2018 and…
Israeli Archaeologists Excavating ‘Jesus Midwife’ Tomb
JERUSALEM—An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday. The intricately decorated Jewish burial cave complex dates to around the first century A.D., but it was later associated by local Christians with Salome, the midwife of Jesus in the…
Scientists Develop Gelatinous Robots to Crawl Through Human Body to Deliver Medical Payloads or Diagnose Illnesses
Scientists have developed miniature gelatinous robots that can crawl through the human body to deliver medicine or diagnose illnesses. The “gelbot” is powered by little more than temperature changes, and its innovative design, which resembles an inchworm, is one of the most promising concepts in the field of soft robotics, according to Jill Rosen of John Hopkins University….
Makers of New Heavy Trucks Must Cut Nitrogen Oxide Pollution by Over 80 Percent: EPA
December 21, 2022
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Tuesday that new heavy truck makers will have to cut nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 80 percent, the latest move in an effort toward implementing the Biden administration’s “Clean Truck Plan.” The new standards will go into effect from 2027. Specifically, nitrogen oxide emissions from new semis…
Australians Break Record for Fastest Electric Car in the World
December 21, 2022
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An Australian solar-powered car weighing a quarter that of a Tesla has provisionally broken the record for the fastest electric vehicle (EV) in the world. Built from scratch by a group of 45 engineering students, the car travelled at an average speed of nearly 85 kilometres per hour and set the “unofficial” team record for…
Male Scientists, It’s Time to Pack Your Bags
December 21, 2022
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Commentary A few months ago, a few dozen women gathered in a room in Sydney to participate in a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon,” aimed at writing profiles of women in STEM, heaping praise on these academics simply because they are female. In two hours, the group had created nine new profiles about female scientists/researchers and edited 22…
Bill Gates: No One Wants to Be ‘the First to Say It,’ but the Paris Agreement Climate Goal Is Not Within Reach
December 20, 2022
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Software billionaire Bill Gates recently admitted that the climate change target as established by the Paris Climate Accord will likely not be met. The 2015 Paris Climate Accord has a goal of limiting global warming below 2 degrees Celsius—and preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius—compared to preindustrial levels. In a recent interview with Reuters, Gates said…
2 Earth-Like Planets Found in Part of Universe Where Life Could Survive
A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered two earth-like planets orbiting a red dwarf star that lies within the habitability zone of the star. The newly discovered planets, GJ 1002b and GJ 1002c, are orbiting the star GJ 1002 which is located less than…
Russia May Expedite Launch of Next Space Capsule After Leak
MOSCOW—Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said Monday that a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station doesn’t require evacuation of its crew, but the agency kept open the possibility of launching a replacement capsule, if needed. Roscosmos said a panel of experts would determine later this month whether the Soyuz…
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