2020-07-12 Huge Machines Search for Smallest Pieces of Universe
The unusual substance known as antimatter may have appeared in many films about space and the future. But it is what real scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research,…
2020-07-11 First Images Taken of Rare Gorilla with Babies
A conservation group has captured the first images of rare Cross River gorillas with their babies. Scientists once feared that this rare kind of gorilla had disappeared from existence. But,…
2020-07-10 Facebook Investigation Finds ‘Serious Setbacks’ for Civil Rights
An audit on Facebook’s civil rights record has found “serious setbacks” in its efforts to deal with issues such as hate speech and misinformation. The social media company ordered the…
2020-07-07 Scientists Discover 7,000-year-old Tools Off Australia’s West Coast
Scientists say they have found Australia’s first underwater archeological areas off the country’s west coast. The sites are believed to be 7,000 years old. The area where they were found…
2020-07-06 Scientists Say a Massive Star Has Mysteriously Disappeared
Astronomers say a massive star appears to have mysteriously disappeared from a distant galaxy. The star is part of the Kinman Dwarf galaxy, also known as PHL 293B. The galaxy…
2020-07-03 Scientists: Large Wombat-like Animal Lived in Australia 25 Million Years Ago
Scientists say a relative of modern wombats, about the size of a black bear, lived in central Australia around 25 million years ago. Fossils of the creature’s head and other…
2020-07-04 Ocean on Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Have Supported Life
New research from the United States space agency, NASA, suggests that the ocean under the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa may have been able to support life. Researchers found that…
2020-07-06 Koalas Could Disappear from Australian State by 2050
Australian animals called koalas could disappear from New South Wales state by 2050, unless the state government immediately acts to protect them. That is the finding of a year-long state…
2020-07-03 US Scientists: Honeybees Show Improvement After Bad Year
A new study shows the American honeybee population is slowly recovering after suffering major losses the year before. Beekeepers in the United States lost only 22.2 percent of their honeybee…
2020-07-02 Technology Helps Keep Election Campaigns Alive During Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, politicians are increasingly turning to technology to get their message out to voters. Public health guidelines for reducing the…
2020-07-02 Human Genome Project Helps Drive COVID-19 Research
Until this March, machines at the Broad Institute in Massachusetts were busy sequencing enough information for a complete human genome every 10 minutes. The DNA sequencing center is among the…
2020-07-01 Pluto May Have Started Out Very Hot
Pluto is a cold little world far from us in the outer reaches of our solar system. But researchers believe Pluto may have been born as a much warmer place.…
2020-06-30 US Facebook Advertising Boycott to Expand Internationally
American organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott say they are seeking support in Europe to push the social media service to do more to remove hate speech. The “Stop Hate…
2020-06-29 NASA Supports New Project to Search for Intelligent Life on Other Planets
NASA is supporting a new project to search the universe for signs of technology that may provide evidence of intelligent life. The U.S. space agency has approved a financial award…
2020-06-25 The Arctic Is ‘on Fire,’ Record Heat Alarms Scientists
Over the weekend, the Russian town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia reported a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. The World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday that it is looking to confirm that…