Denmark Camp Adventure Is One of the World’s Greatest PlacesTIMECamp Adventure in Denmark opened its 45-m-tall, hourglass-shaped tower in March, with a spiraling walkway that allows people to climb above the forest canopy for panoramic views of the surroundings. about
Pigs Pigs' emotions could be read by new farming technologybbc.co.uk - BBC NewsFarmers could soon get a better understanding of how pigs are feeling thanks to artificial intelligence. The technology, which is in its early stages, scans the animals' faces to try and identify whether
Play buttonMilitary History A Chunk of Trinitite Reminds Us of the Sheer, Devastating Power of the Atomic Bombsmithsonianmag.com - Richard Rhodes The first atomic bomb ever exploded was a test device, insouciantly nicknamed the Gadget. In mid-July 1945, American scientists had trucked the …
Peer Review BES launches large-scale study to test whether 'blinding' reduces bias in science publishingphys.org - British Ecological Society Scientific papers go through a peer-review process before they are accepted for publication in a journal. They are sent to two or more independent …
Biological Species There are way more species of horseshoe bats than scientists thoughtphys.org - Field Museum Horseshoe bats are bizarre-looking animals with giant ears and elaborate flaps of skin on their noses that they use like satellite dishes. There are …
Magnetism Studying quantum phenomena in magnetic systems to understand exotic states of matterphys.org - Tokyo Institute of Technology Besides solids, liquids and gases, more exotic states of matter can be generated in specific materials under special conditions. Such states are of …
Volcanoes Underground links between quakes and eruptions of Japan's biggest active volcanophys.org The threat of explosive volcanic eruptions looms over many cities around the world. Earthquakes, another major geological hazard, are known to have …
Science Researchers explain slow-moving earthquakes known as 'slow slip events'phys.org - Danielle Torrent Tucker The Earth's subsurface is an extremely active place, where the movements and friction of plates deep underground shape our landscape and govern the …
Science The Solar System’s Loneliest Planets, Revisitedscientificamerican.com - Shannon Hall On August 25, 1989, in Pasadena, Calif., NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was bustling with activity. Scientists, reporters and even a bona fide rock …
Sea Lions West Coast fishermen have few options against sea lionshcn.org - Carl Segerstrom With the lights of Moss Landing, California, twinkling in the distance, Captain Porter McHenry stood on the top deck of the Merva W, a large …
Paleontology‘Maybe if I just put a beard on my face, people would listen to me’: The Bearded Lady Project premieres at Lawrence Halldailycal.org - Alexandra Casey Five years ago, Ellen Currano, a University of Wyoming associate professor of paleobotany, sat in a male-dominated faculty meeting and suggested a …
Data Science What Is Self-Service Data Science?Forbes - Sean Byrnes50% of the open data science jobs. This large gap is driven by the massive impact that data science is having on modern business and how a growing number of companies that adopt data science and artificial
NASA Remnants of Mission Shakti: NASA Says 49 Fragments of India’s Anti-Satellite Test Remain on Earth’s Orbitweather.com - TWC India India launched the anti-satellite (ASAT) missile on March 27, 2019, to destroy a 740 Kg spacecraft at low-orbit. The test demonstrated the country's …
Geology Geologists get called 'dirty polluters', but we're needed to fight climate changeThe Conversation UK - Craig Storey and James Darling and Nick Koor When people hear we are geologists, we are often asked if we have found any oil lately. Sadly – and wrongly – the most common view of geology as a …
NASA Zap! Scientists Fire Laser for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover for 1st Timespace.com - Samantha Mathewson NASA's Mars 2020 rover reached another milestone with the first successful test of its SuperCam instrument. SuperCam is a remote-sensing instrument …
Liver Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 22, 2019) - An enzyme induced by stress to help reduce production of damaging free radicals is also used by liver cancer to …
Science Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient waterphys.org - Louise Lerner For centuries, miners have burrowed into the earth in search of salt—laid down in thick layers from ancient oceans long since evaporated. When …
Business Boeing spacecraft astronauts see new frontier for commercial spaceReuters - By Collin EatonHOUSTON (Reuters) - A crew of veteran U.S. astronauts and aviators are training in Houston for a manned mission to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft, which could
Microscopy A Cheap Microscope Could Change How Malaria Is DetectedThe Atlantic - Ed YongOctopi is designed to rapidly detect malaria in poor settings—but its true potential is even greater. In the rural parts of Uganda, lab technicians spend hours each day on thankless and seemingly unceasing
Neurophilosophy Why gene editing could create so many jobsBBC News - Richard GrayWe are at the start of a new frontier of genomic medicine The Francis Crick Institute is the biggest biomedical research institute under one roof in Europe with around 1250 scientists and 250 other staff
Fish California sails toward biggest salmon harvest in yearsAssociated Press - By TERENCE CHEA, Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trolling off the California coast, Sarah Bates leans over the side of her boat and pulls out a long, silvery fish prized by anglers and seafood lovers: wild king salmon. Reeling in
Science Earth to FEDOR: Russia launches humanoid robot into spaceReuters - by Gabrielle Tétrault-FarberMOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian humanoid robot was making its way on Thursday to the International Space Station after blasting off on a two-week mission to support the crew and test his skills. Known as
Sperm Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPRNPR - Rob SteinFirst it was human embryos. Now scientists are trying to develop another way to modify human DNA that can be passed on to future generations, NPR has learned. Reproductive biologists at Weill Cornell in
Protons Forget About Electrons And Protons; The Unstable Muon Could Be The Future Of Particle PhysicsForbes - Ethan SiegelThe Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. The particle tracks emanating from a high energy collision at the LHC in 2014 show the creation of many new particles. It's only because of the
Play buttonInnovation You Can Thank Chemist Stephanie Kwolek for Bulletproof Vests and Yoga Pantssmithsonianmag.com - Dan Samorodnitsky This story originally appeared on Massive Science, an editorial partner site that publishes science stories by scientists. There’s a pile of fibers …
Satellites Here Come the Space Tugs, Ready to Tidy Up Earth's OrbitsWIRED - Sarah Scoles For the low, low price of $2.25 million, SpaceX will put your small satellite on a big Falcon 9 rocket and shoot it to orbit with a bunch of …
Goats Do Goats Really Love to Jump and More Questions From Our Readerssmithsonianmag.com - Anna Diamond Q: You can waste a lot of time watching internet videos of goats jumping. But how common is that four-legged behavior in real life? It’s as common as …
Science The False Promise of Fish Oil Supplementsscientificamerican.com - R. Preston Mason Every 38 seconds, someone in the U.S. dies from cardiovascular disease. Even more worrisome: deaths from cardiovascular disease have been rising …
British Philosophy No absolute timeaeon.co - Matias Slavov Two centuries before Einstein, Hume recognised that universal time, independent of an observer's viewpoint, doesn't existBy Matias SlavovRead at Aeon
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