Experts Propose a Stronger Category 6 for Hurricane There have been a few very powerful ocean storms in the last 10 years. The expectation of more to come has some experts proposing a new category of large hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown t...
Has Earth Warmed More Than We Thought? Old sponges from deep in the Caribbean Sea are causing some researchers to think human-caused climate change began sooner than scientists have thought. But, if a recent study is correct, world temperatures are i...
Private Missions Launch Debate over What to Permit on Moon The rise in private American space missions has led to increasing calls for rules on what can be transported to the moon. Individuals and groups have criticized plans by private companies to...
Apple: Vision Pro Headset Enables Spatial Computing Technology company Apple's new computing device, the Vision Pro headset, became available in stores last week. The device uses augmented reality technology which has been available for years. But Ap...
Sea Otters Help Save Californias Wetlands At one point, it was nearly impossible to see sea otters along the west coast of the United States. The animals were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800s. People paid for their fur. At one point, only abo...
Damage atop Damage: Atmospheric River Storms Strike California Again In California, the second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers on Monday caused heavy rains and mudslides, flooded roadways and cut electric power. Atmospheric rivers are long and wid...
Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record for Time in Space Russia's space agency Roscosmos says cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for total time spent in space. Kononenko passed the record Sunday after spending more than 878 days and 12 hours...
NASA's Mars Helicopter Ends Service after 'History-making' Mission NASA's experimental helicopter, Ingenuity, has officially ended its service on Mars after what the U.S. space agency called a history-making mission. Ingenuity arrived on Mars with NA...
Research Suggests Bright Lights Confuse Insects Many people have long believed that bright lights draw, or attract, flying insects. But that is not exactly what is going on, a new study suggests. Researchers believe that artificial lights at night ma...
Part-time Detectives Find Problems in Medical, Scientific Research A major cancer hospital and research center recently announced it is asking for withdrawals or corrections to at least 37 research papers. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is ta...
Webb Telescope Captures Images of 19 Spiral Galaxies 韦伯太空望远镜拍下19个螺旋星系图片 Newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show 19 spiral galaxies relatively close to our Milky Way. The images offer new i...
Elon Musks Neuralink Announces First Human Implant Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has placed an experimental brain device in a person in the first human test of the technology. Neuralink describes the coin-sized device as a brain-computer inter...
Researchers Announce Successful Rhino Embryo Transfer Scientists in Berlin announced recently the first successful embryo transfer in a white rhinoceros. The transfer, which occurred in a southern white rhinoceros, offers hope for saving the northern...
Japanese Spacecraft Regains Power after Moon Landing 日本月球探测器恢复运行 Japan's space agency says a spacecraft that landed on the moon earlier this month has regained power and is continuing its mission. 日本的太空机构表示,本...
New Evidence Suggests Large Water Ice Supply near Mars Equator A Mars explorer has discovered new evidence of a large amount of water ice buried near the planet's equator. The discovery was made with data collected by the Mars Express orbiter. The sp...