Category Archives: Science

Looking ahead to the next 25 years of private space stations

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Future/All About Space Magazine,Logo_ Hannah Rose Brayshaw-Williams People have been involved in the Salyut, Skylab, Mir and Tiangong programs in the last half century, and of course International Space Station (ISS). In addition to providing Incredible landscapes of… Read More »

Supermassive black holes provide ‘hearts and lungs’ that help galaxies live longer

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A white disk with dark bands running through it and long purple lines coming out of its poles. Next to it is a wavy orange square. | Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada (ESO) / C Richards/MD Smith/University of Kent Galaxies… Read More »

Heat causes tragedies in state and national parks

Belyruth Ordóñez was an avid hiker. The 30-year-old woman and her family had been hiking trails together in parks around Utah, where they live, for the past few summers. But on Saturday, the heat was too intense and tragedy struck. Temperatures in Utah’s Snow Canyon State Park soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and Ordóñez was… Read More »

Scientists say 7th HIV patient likely cured after stem cell transplant for leukemia

A German man has been cured of HIV, a medical milestone that only six other people have achieved since the AIDS epidemic began more than 40 years ago. The German man, who preferred not to be identified, was treated for acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, with a stem cell transplant in October 2015. He stopped… Read More »

Greenhouses are becoming increasingly popular, but there is little research on how to protect workers

Living on opposite sides of the world, Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced uncomfortable conditions in greenhouses during their separate doctoral studies, leading them to examine the temperature of indoor structures. Tiwari, a researcher at the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in India, realized that the heat-increasing effect of greenhouses was a major concern that needed… Read More »

How was the Rubin Observatory able to detect thousands of ‘failed stars’?

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of brown dwarfs, “failed stars” in the Milky Way that can be detected by the Rubin Observatory. | Credit: Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva The Milky Way may harbor a sea of ​​faint “failed stars,” or brown dwarfs,… Read More »

What do the 9 bird flu cases in the US so far tell us about the disease?

Four poultry workers in Colorado recently contracted bird flu, bringing the total number of human cases in the U.S. to at least nine. While that number is small, disease researchers say the commonalities among cases, which have been reported almost entirely in the last four months, are enough to give a general picture of how… Read More »

SpaceX seeks to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while FAA completes investigation

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: SpaceX SpaceX aims to quickly return to Falcon 9 launches after its payload rocket suffered a rare malfunction during a satellite launch last week. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received a request SpaceX To continue the launch on… Read More »

A planet with a strange orbit is turning into a hot Jupiter before our eyes

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of a gas giant exoplanet evolving into a hot Jupiter. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva There’s more to a distant gas giant planet than meets the eye. Astronomers have discovered that an extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” not… Read More »