More than 4.2 billion years ago, the Moon turned inside out to form the lunar surface familiar to humanity. Most scientists agree that the moon was created about 4.5 billion years ago when another massive body in the solar system crashed into Earth and ejected molten material into space, where it coalesced into our natural… Read More »
Making buildings and roads from concrete contributes greatly to climate change. This is also a growing problem as more of the world develops. So the race was to find solutions for a material that is responsible for around 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Now a startup in California has developed a technology that reduces… Read More »
In an unofficial sense, I’d like to call today (April 10) “Planet Imaging Day.” There will be two planets appearing very close together in the early morning hours, and later that day in the early evening sky we will have the chance to see Jupiter hovering near a thin, waxing crescent moon and turning into… Read More »
On April 8, 2024, British theoretical physicist Peter Ware Higgs passed away at the age of 94. It was in a rather ominous conference hall in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 4, 2012, almost 12 years before Higgs became an iconic physicist. figure in modern science. This was the day it was announced that collisions between… Read More »
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers trying to stop predatory fish from eating lab-grown coral are seizing biodegradable straws to regenerate what some call the rainforest of the sea. Scientists around the world have been working for years to address the decline in coral reef populations. Just last summer, reef rescue groups in… Read More »
The death of a toddler from extreme heat has highlighted the risk of climate-related disease across Malaysia. That same week, Vietnam declared a state of emergency after abnormally high temperatures in the south dried out entire rice fields. In the Philippines, classes were suspended in hundreds of schools as daily temperatures exceeded 107 degrees Fahrenheit… Read More »
These “forever chemicals” are becoming more concerning as scientists learn about the health risks of PFAS, found in everything from nonstick cookware to carpets to ski wax. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency no longer believes that there is a safe level for two common PFAS (PFOA and PFOS) in drinking water and recognizes that very… Read More »
Parkinson’s disease is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder. It gradually impairs a person’s ability to function until they eventually become immobile and often develop dementia. Over a million people in the United States alone have Parkinson’s disease, and new cases and overall numbers are rising. There is currently no treatment to slow or stop… Read More »
More than half a million people died from strokes linked to high and low temperatures in 2019 alone, a new study has found. This number is expected to increase as the world warms due to human-induced climate change. The study, published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology, found that the number of strokes attributable to… Read More »
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that have caused health concerns across the country, aren’t just a problem in drinking water. As these chemicals leak from faulty septic systems and landfills and wash over airport runways and farmland, they can eventually find their way into streams into ocean ecosystems where fish, dolphins, manatees, sharks and other marine… Read More »