What’s new on Netflix and what’s leaving in March 2024
3 Body Problem is finally making its debut on Netflix in March alongside Millie Bobby Brown's Damsel, The Gentlemen, Kill Bill, The Hunger Games, and more......»»
Everything leaving Netflix in March 2024
The first three John Wick films, The Legend of Tarzan, Jackie Brown, and more are leaving Netflix before the end of March 2024. Catch them while you can!.....»»
How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery
In 1934, American entomologist Elwood Zimmerman, then an undergraduate student at Berkeley, participated in the "Mangarevan expedition" to Polynesia. Among the samples he collected were three tiny (4 mm long), orange-brown solitary bees found on tahe.....»»
Astronomers detect a new short-period brown dwarf
While analyzing the data from the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new brown dwarf. The newfound object, designated NGTS-28Ab, orbits its host star in just about 30 hours. The finding was re.....»»
Potential gene targets for managing cassava whitefly, a viral diseases vector threatening food security
Whiteflies, particularly the African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), pose a significant threat to agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa by transmitting viruses that cause cassava brown streak disease and cassava mosaic virus di.....»»
Astronomers investigate the atmosphere of a nearby cold brown dwarf
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed a nearby cold brown dwarf designated WISEPA J182831.08+265037.8 (or WISE 1828 for short). The observations delivered important insights into the composition of the object's atmosp.....»»
Netflix"s "Damsel" trailer will put you in distress
Millie Bobby Brown leads this fantasy film with a major cast. Watch Netflix's "Damsel" trailer. If you think you know where Netflix's Damsel trailer is going at any point of the next three minutes, bravo. As for us, we're personally in distress.....»»
Tawny owl"s pale gray color linked to vital functions ensuring survival in extreme conditions
A recent genetic discovery has revealed that the pale gray plumage of the tawny owl is linked to crucial functions that aid the bird's survival in cold environments. As global temperatures rise, dark brown plumage is likely to become more common in t.....»»
Poor housing and refugee homelessness highlighted in new reports
Two new reports based on research led by the University of Huddersfield's Professor Philip Brown have highlighted issues surrounding housing and homelessness during the cost-of-living crisis......»»
NASA solar sail technology passes crucial deployment test
In his youth, NASA technologist Les Johnson was riveted by the 1974 novel "The Mote in God's Eye," by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, in which an alien spacecraft propelled by solar sails visits humanity. Today, Johnson and a NASA team are preparing.....»»
How researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore
The Baltimore Police Department's Western District has historically had the highest rates of homicides in the city and among the highest in the country. Looking through Baltimore crime data from 2020, Anthony Braga, the Jerry Lee Professor of Crimino.....»»
Study finds STEM training, apprenticeships increase work satisfaction
Participation in a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) apprenticeship program increased job happiness, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis......»»
Investigating effects of invasive trout on native charr in Kamikochi, Nagano
Globally, salmonids have been widely introduced into freshwater areas for aquaculture and recreational angling. brown trout (Salmo trutta), which are native to Europe, and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), which are native to North America, were i.....»»
What coffee with cream can teach us about quantum physics
Add a dash of creamer to your morning coffee, and clouds of white liquid will swirl around your cup. But give it a few seconds, and those swirls will disappear, leaving you with an ordinary mug of brown liquid......»»
Ancient brown bear genomes shed light on Ice Age losses and survival
The brown bear is one of the largest living terrestrial carnivores, and is widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike many other large carnivores that went extinct at the end of the last Ice Age (cave bear, sabretoothed cats, cave hyen.....»»
Butterflies could lose spots as climate warms
Female meadow brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather—so climate change could make them less spotty, new research shows. The work is published in Ecology and Evolution......»»
New cataclysmic variable discovered that may contain a brown dwarf secondary
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new cataclysmic variable. The newfound system, designated SRGeJ041130.3+685350 (or SRGeJ0411 for short), has an orbital period of about 100 minutes and may contain a brown dwarf. The fin.....»»
The science of color: How color blindness creates unseen barriers in science
Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown......»»
Webb spots possible signs of aurorae in an unlikely place
An isolated brown dwarf that doesn’t orbit a star shows possible signs of aurorae. The discovery was made by the James Webb Space Telescope research … The post Webb spots possible signs of aurorae in an unlikely place appeared first on BG.....»»
Webb finds signs of possible aurorae on isolated brown dwarf
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere. This is an unexpected discov.....»»