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…
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…
2020-06-25 Apple to Drop Intel and Use its own Chips in Mac Computers
Apple says it will start using the same chip technology it uses in its mobile devices to power the next…
2020-06-22 Green Glow Spotted for First Time Around Mars
A European spacecraft has discovered a green glow of oxygen in the atmosphere surrounding Mars. It is the first time…
2020-06-21 Antarctica’s ‘Football’ Fossil Is World’s Second-Biggest Egg
Scientists recently reported an unusual finding: the discovery of the second-largest egg known to exist. The egg, a 68 million-year-old…
2020-06-18 Germany Launches Contact-Tracing, Norway Halts Its System
This week, Germany launched a coronavirus tracing system that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it.…
2020-06-15 COVID Offers Rare Chance for Scientists to Study Quieter Oceans
The economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus led to a sharp drop in shipping traffic around the world. This has…
2020-06-14 Forest Loss Increased in 2019 to Third-Largest This Century
A football field every six seconds… That is how fast the world lost mature tropical forests in 2019. The information…
2020-06-12 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Suffers Most Severe Coral Bleaching
Scientists say Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its most severe coral bleaching event in March. Coral are small marine animals…
2020-06-11 IBM Ends Facial Recognition, Questions Police Use of Technology
America’s IBM has ended its facial recognition business and raised concerns about how police forces might be using the technology.…
2020-06-08 Study: Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit Earth at ‘Deadliest Possible’ Angle
A new study suggests the asteroid that killed almost all the dinosaurs struck Earth at the “deadliest possible” angle. Scientists…
2020-06-08 Scientists Study Sea Creature Which Makes a Home of Body Fluid
Some very small, deep sea creatures are known as the master builders of the sea. They can build complex homes…
2020-06-07 South Korean Robots Fight Spread of Coronavirus
In South Korea, some companies are using robots to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. Mobile phone company SK…
2020-06-06 Crash of Galaxies May Have Created Solar System
A violent event of a massive size may have led to the birth of our solar system, scientists say. That…
2020-06-04 Legal Protection Rule for Internet Companies Could Be Changed
Experts say just 26 words from a 1996 law have helped companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google grow to the…