Hushpuppi: Notorious Nigerian fraudster jailed for 11 years in US
The FBI says ex-social media star Hushpuppi is one of the word's most high-profile money launderers......»»
New computational microscopy technique provides more direct route to crisp images
For hundreds of years, the clarity and magnification of microscopes were ultimately limited by the physical properties of their optical lenses. Microscope makers pushed those boundaries by making increasingly complicated and expensive stacks of lens.....»»
Bipartisan consensus in favor of renewable power is ending
The change is most pronounced in those over 50 years old. Enlarge (credit: tigerstrawberry) One of the most striking things about the explosion of renewable power that's happening in the US is that much of it is going on.....»»
Astronomers discover two new Milky Way satellite galaxy candidates
For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer satellite galaxies than the standard dark matter model predicts. This is called the "missing satellites problem.".....»»
This Florida woman used lifetime warranties to cheaply maintain her car for 43 years. Here’s how you can do the same
This Florida woman used lifetime warranties to cheaply maintain her car for 43 years. Here’s how you can do the same.....»»
NASA taps Elon Musk"s SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years
NASA taps Elon Musk"s SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years.....»»
More YouTube Premium plans are coming, but will they be cheaper?
Like other streaming options out there, YouTube Premium has been getting more expensive in recent years. Separately, Google has been trying to put a stop … The post More YouTube Premium plans are coming, but will they be cheaper? appeared fir.....»»
Simulating blood flow dynamics for improved nanoparticle drug delivery
Despite gaining a bad rap in mainstream media in recent years, nanoparticles have been successfully used for decades in targeted drug delivery systems. Drug molecules can be encapsulated within biodegradable nanoparticles to be delivered to specific.....»»
NASA"s Mars Odyssey orbiter captures huge volcano, nears 100,000 orbits
NASA's longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has been mapping minerals and ice across the Martian surfac.....»»
The worm has turned: DIY lab platform evaluates new molecules in minutes
Plants are powerhouses of molecular manufacturing. Over the eons, they have evolved to produce a plethora of small molecules—some are beneficial and valuable to humans, while others can be deadly. For years, a good way for scientists looking for ne.....»»
This Netflix sci-fi thriller might return 5 years after it was canceled on a cliffhanger
This Netflix sci-fi thriller might return 5 years after it was canceled on a cliffhanger.....»»
What"s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out
While vapes or e-cigarettes first appeared around 20 years ago as an alternative to smoking, their prevalence and use have increasingly become problematic......»»
Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, still towers over our understanding of human origins
In 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of an elbow joint jutting from the dirt in a gully. It proved to be the first of 47 bones of a sing.....»»
Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group
Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas of Morocco and are being referred to by scientists as.....»»
Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction, genomic analysis suggests
The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when sea levels rose and cut the mountainous island off from the mainland......»»
US offers $10 million for information on indicted WhisperGate malware suspect
A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging a Russian citizen with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The U.S. Department of State’s.....»»
Scientists uncover previously unknown properties of gallium
Nearly 150 years after gallium was discovered and added to the periodic table, University of Auckland scientists have uncovered previously-unknown aspects of the metal's structure and behavior......»»
Why the harsh Snowball Earth kick-started our earliest multicellular ancestors
For a billion years, single-celled eukaryotes ruled the planet. Then around 700 million years ago during Snowball Earth—a geologic era when glaciers may have stretched as far as the Equator—a new creature burst into existence: the multicellular o.....»»
No Tour de France without geology
It's hard to imagine a cycling season without the contributions of Geo-Sports.org. After the successful editions of previous years, the sports commentaries for the Tour stages will once again be supplemented with mini-lectures......»»
Wind tunnel study shows hypersonic jet engine flow can be controlled optically
What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's "Hyper-X," the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any other aircraft before or since?.....»»
SpaceX will help to crash the International Space Station
The space station faces a dramatic end when it ends operations in about six years from now, and SpaceX will help to make it happen......»»