Month: June 2021
89 posts
This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop | Science
By Akila RaghavanJun. 30, 2021 , 11:00 AM Beetles are everywhere—and new members of Earth’s most diverse group…
‘They were destined to drown’: How scientists found these seabirds a new island home | Science
Researchers hope this black-footed albatross chick, settling in on Guadalupe Island, will return here to breed. © GECI/J.A.…
It’s official: China has eliminated malaria | Science
A lab worker holds up blood smears that will be examined for malaria parasites under a microscope at…
Journal impact factor gets a sibling that adjusts for scientific field | Science
B. DOUTHITT/SCIENCE By Cathleen O’GradyJun. 30, 2021 , 5:00 AM Critics have long bashed Clarivate Analytics’s journal impact…
New NASA radiation standards for astronauts seen as leveling field for women | Science
Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle in 1995. NASA By Anil OzaJun.…
U.S. House backs higher spending levels for NSF and DOE science | Science
Diliff/Wikimedia Commons By Jeffrey MervisJun. 29, 2021 , 10:05 AM It was a good day for science in…
Ripples in spacetime reveal black holes slurping up neutron stars | Science
A black hole can rip apart a neutron star, as in this simulation, or it can swallow it…
These ancient weights helped create Europe’s first free market more than 3000 years ago | Science
These spool-shaped weights from Tiryns, in Bronze Age Greece, weighed about the same as their counterparts in other…
These cauliflowerlike anemones snack on ants | Science
Jennifer Idol/Stocktrek Images/Science Source By Alex ViverosJun. 25, 2021 , 2:15 PM Scientists long suspected the giant plumose…
CRISPR injected into the blood treats a genetic disease for first time | Science
A new CRISPR-based treatment for a rare, deadly liver disease depends on an injection containing both a messenger…
