22 Apr News govindmohan Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn’t done There’s a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips. Researchers have spent decades de Read More
22 Apr News govindmohan Senate hearings with RFK Jr. put Cassidy’s competing loyalties to Trump and science on display Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a tough situation as he prepares to question Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in two Se Read More
21 Apr News govindmohan Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advi Read More
20 Apr News govindmohan Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a Read More
19 Apr News govindmohan A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copl Read More
18 Apr News govindmohan The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here’s how to spot it The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky. The shower peaks Tuesda Read More
17 Apr News govindmohan Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity. B Read More
16 Apr News govindmohan Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship’s performance, especially the heat shield The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship fo Read More
16 Apr News govindmohan A lost icon: The American chestnut and its central place in the eastern landscape The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States. It was majestic, supp Read More
16 Apr News govindmohan Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting fr Read More
2 Apr News Earthquake in Indonesia kills at least 1 person and sets off small tsunami An undersea earthquake in Indonesian waters has killed at least one person and set off small tsunami Read More
1 Apr News CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, mon Read More
1 Apr News To fix a patient’s irregular heartbeat, doctors first tested its digital ‘twin’ Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they c Read More
1 Apr News SpaceX files initial paperwork to sell shares to the public and likely make Musk a trillionaire Elon Musk’s space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public Read More
1 Apr News The Latest: Fueling begins as NASA aims to send 1st crew to the moon in 53 years Launch preparations have begun for the Artemis II mission, NASA’s planned lunar fly-around by four Read More
1 Apr News Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms Pollution levels in Iowa’s water have been abnormally high this winter. That’s forcing t Read More
1 Apr News NASA begins fueling rocket to launch astronauts on the first lunar trip in half a century NASA has begun filling its moon rocket gas tank for humanity’s first lunar trip in more than h Read More
31 Mar News Moon rocket and weather are on NASA’s side for the first astronaut launch in decades Everything seems to be going NASA’s way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of Read More
31 Mar News NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA̵ Read More
31 Mar News Things to know about Rice’s whale, rare species in way of Trump plans for more Gulf drilling One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice’s whale, is in the way of the Trump administratio Read More
31 Mar News Federal ‘God squad’ poised to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules Trump administration officials will soon consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexi Read More
30 Mar News NASA begins the countdown for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years. NASA’s countdown Read More
