Science news
- Science
Ongoing Megadrought Puts the West in ‘Uncharted Waters’
CLIMATEWIRE | When Maria Regalado Garcia tried to wash the dishes in her California home one recent morning, only a…
Read More » - Science
Salty Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away
Although most rain on Earth falls over the oceans, lightning at sea is rarer than expected—and for decades, scientists were…
Read More » - Science
Robot unties knotted cables but can’t pick them up off the floor
A robot that can untangle long cables with just two simple grippers may be useful in aircraft and car manufacturing…
Read More » - Science
Behold, Some Hidden Gems from JWST’s First Images
The first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed new views of the cosmos in exquisite, never-before-seen…
Read More » - Science
Coronavirus may enter the brain by building tiny tunnels from the nose
How the virus behind covid-19 enters the brain was somewhat of a mystery, but new evidence hints it may build…
Read More » - Science
Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
In the classic comedy Groundhog Day, protagonist Phil, played by Bill Murray, asks “What would you do if you were…
Read More » - Science
The Slow Bake of Our Infrastructure
As England, Spain and huge swaths of the U.S. deal with record-shattering high temperatures, the time has come to stop…
Read More » - Science
Efforts to regulate ‘killer robots’ are threatened by war in Ukraine
International efforts to legally control the use of “killer robots” are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Technology 13…
Read More » - Science
James Webb Space Telescope’s first deep-field image is stunning
The first science image from the James Webb Space Telescope, presented by US president Joe Biden on 11 July, is…
Read More » - Science
Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines
Two and a half years into the COVID pandemic, the numbers are grim. While 80% of people living in the…
Read More »
