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Mars Rover 'Perseverance' Gets Significant Boost After Important Testing at Kennedy Space Center
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover — Perseverance — received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...
New Species of Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered in New Mexico Yields Evolutionary Insights
The discovery of a new species of dromaeosaurid — a family of generally small to medium-sized feathered carnivores that lived during the Cretaceous Period — is reported in Scientific Reports. The fossil furthers our understanding of dinosaur evolution ...
Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's worst-case climate warming scenario. As a result, this will lead to an extra 17 centimetres of sea level rise by 2100.
Graphene device could harvest Wi-Fi signals for wireless charging
In its current form, wireless charging technology isn't much more useful than plugging in your phone – after all, the device still has to be in contact with the charger. But there's plenty of ambient radiation just floating around in the air, and now researchers from ...
Mass extinction that killed 70 percent of Earth's animals might've taken place in a different time period
The mass extinction that killed nearly 70 percent of the Earth's land animals 252 million years ago may have played out at different times on land and in the sea, according to the study of fossils from South Africa and Australia. The study, published in the ...
Avon Lake resident organizes a neighborhood safari parade to lift community spirits
AVON LAKE, Ohio – John Naisbitt, author of the 1980s best-selling book, Megatrends, once said, “Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it." Avon Lake resident Sara Troyer not only got in front of a parade, she organized it. It was called ...
Ipswich cancer fundraiser postponed due to health crisis
THE Cancer Council has made the heartbreaking decision to postpone one of their biggest fundraisers to protect the community from coronavirus. The decision to postpone Ipswich Relay for Life, which was previously set to take place on May 23-24, was ...
Astronaut's Urine Could Build Their Future Home in The Moon! How Does it Look Like?
How do you think the first human settlement would be built? There are a lot of things that come to mind, but using urine to make your home in the moon plus some other ingredients would not ever come to your account, until now. Astronauts.
A place that makes you ask the questions that really matter
Visitors to Antarctica are often awed and humbled by its size, and its extreme climate. But it also caused the BBC's Justin Rowlatt to reflect on the human ability to solve problems together - and to feel hope for the future. We take off from a glacier near McMurdo ...
Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why are people stealing hospital supplies?
Dr John Wright explains how Bradford Royal Infirmary is preparing for a "tsunami" of Covid-19 cases.
NASA Hubble Space Telescope: After 30 Years of Service, Hubble Will Have a Different Birthday
The 30th birthday celebration of Hubble Space Telescope will be changed based on the current situations today. Apparently, space activities can also be affected by the massive spread of coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Mercedes F1 to make breathing aid
Thousands of the devices, which deliver oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator, could be made.
Fossil Finds Give Clues About Flying Reptiles In The Sahara 100 Million Years Ago
Three new species of toothed pterosaurs — flying reptiles of the Cretaceous period, some 100 million years ago — have been identified in Africa by an international team of scientists led by Baylor University. The pterosaurs, which soared above a world ...
Coronavirus: Self-isolation when you are affected by dementia
Families affected by dementia are adjusting to develop new routines away from external support.
Asteroid News: A 4-KM Rock to Make Earth 'Close Approach' – Astronomers Can Already See It
The NASA tracked asteroids strikes of towards Earth's corner space on this April 29. Astronomers have given a name to it called Asteroid 52768 and also expecting to make space agency for the United States for about 6.2km. On March 24, according to ...
UK anti-fake news unit dealing with up to 10 false coronavirus articles a day
Downing Street's anti-fake news unit is dealing with up to 10 cases of misinformation about coronavirus a day as it emerged some articles are getting more views than all of those posted by the NHS put together. Oliver Dowden, the culture and digital secretary, ...
Total number of COVID-19 cases up to 11 in Jamesburg
JAMESBURG – The Jamesburg Police Department has received notification from the Middlesex County Health Department that there are four additional COVID-19 cases in the borough. As of March 29, a 35-year-old female, an 83-year-old female, ...
Seismometers Worldwide Detect Decrease in Human Activity Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns
Seismometers around the world are recording the decreased seismic activity resulting from people staying home amid covid-19 social distancing orders. These detectors measure seismic waves through Earth's crust, but they also pick up humans moving ...
Greenwood to host coronavirus testing site Tuesday
Mississippi health authorities will be opening Tuesday a one-day drive-through site in Greenwood to test those who are showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Coronavirus image 3. The sample collection site will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ...
Coronavirus: Six months before UK 'returns to normal' - deputy chief medical officer
The UK faces reviews of measures every three weeks for six months or more, says deputy chief medical officer.
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