Vets across the country are scrambling to treat the rising number of dogs sick with severe respiratory illness. At the same time, scientists are trying to figure out what’s causing the current outbreak, how widespread it is and how many previously healthy pups have become seriously ill or died. Maple was a happy, healthy seven-month-old … Read more
During the wee hours of Christmas Eve this year, before the gift wrapping begins and the smell of gingerbread brightens the air, a spacecraft is ready to take off for the moon. It is called the Peregrine Falcon Moonlander, named after the fastest flying bird in the world Soil. If all goes according to plan, … Read more
Quantum advantage is the milestone that the field of quantum computing is fervently working towards, where a quantum computer can solve problems beyond the reach of the most powerful non-quantum computers or classical computers. Quantum refers to the scale of atoms and molecules where the laws of physics as we experience them break down and … Read more
For the first time, food and agriculture were central during the annual United Nations climate conference in 2023. More than 130 countries signed a declaration on December 1 pledging to make their food systems – everything from production to consumption – central to national strategies to tackle climate change. The declaration contains few concrete actions … Read more
NASA has given green-lighted space agency-funded researchers permission to request access to Chinese lunar samples returned to Earth via that country’s Chang’e-5 moon mission. In December 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission shot 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of moon rocks and soil back to Earth from the Oceanus Procellarum exploration site on the moon’s near side. … Read more
The art of falling asleep appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, which take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, a new study shows. Using this strategy, the animals rack up about 11 hours of sleep every day, challenging a pattern observed in humans … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer will be: “Huh?” Ask those who know and the answer may be, “Why should I worry?” The negotiations, called Conference of Parties, last almost two weeks and are in their 28th edition in Dubai. Delegates … Read more
The spread of false narratives surrounding three recent extreme weather events in Latin America shows how climate change disinformation in Spanish and Portuguese can undermine efforts to tackle and mitigate the effects of global warming in the region, according to a new study released Wednesday. Environmental organizations Roots and Friends of the Earth, part of … Read more
“In 1976, Janet and I signed up for an ‘astronomy cruise’ to Bermuda. One evening we were on deck where Fred Hess, a planetarium expert, pointed out the star patterns visible to the naked eye. Janet used her binoculars to look at the stars the objects described, and the highlight came when we saw the … Read more
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -In Texas, oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum is building a massive facility to suck 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually to prevent the climate from warming, a project backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in investment firm BlackRock. In Louisiana, a consortium of companies, including Switzerland’s … Read more