NASA scientific balloon takes flight with student-built payloads
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform).....»»
California"s Salton Sea receding at greater rate according to balloon mapping study
The Salton Sea, California's largest lake by surface area, is experiencing an increasing rate of shoreline retreat following a policy change that shifted more water from the Colorado River to San Diego, according to a newly published study. The resul.....»»
Hubble and Webb probe surprisingly smooth disk around Vega
In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega. She emerges inside a snowstorm of debris encircling.....»»
How to get the Beamsmasher in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
The beamshasher is the secret Wonder Weapon on Terminus in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 but takes a lot of work to get. Here are all the steps to get this weapon......»»
How NASA astronauts vote from space
How do you vote when you're 250 miles above the nearest polling station? NASA came up with an answer for its astronauts......»»
What is happening with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft?
Among the options NASA and Boeing are considering: a Starliner cargo flight Boeing's Starliner spacecraft safely landed empty in the New Mexico desert about eight weeks ago, marki.....»»
Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections
Although most organizations use emails with built-in security features that filter out suspicious messages, criminals always find a way to bypass these systems. With the development of AI technology, phishing is becoming increasingly difficult to rec.....»»
Nigeria"s universities need to revamp their entrepreneurship courses. They"re not meeting student needs
Youth unemployment has been a problem in Nigeria for decades. This is why policymakers are increasingly turning to entrepreneurship education as a solution. It is hoped that entrepreneurship will reduce reliance on formal jobs and create more opportu.....»»
Watch NASA’s Mars video of a ‘googly eye’ during solar eclipse
NASA's Perseverance rover has captured remarkable footage of Mars' phobos moon during a recent solar eclipse on the red planet......»»
"A great loss": FSU community calls for action, mourns death of student bicyclist
"A great loss": FSU community calls for action, mourns death of student bicyclist.....»»
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth.....»»
Mesquite teacher accused of grooming student, 14, spending the night with her at school
Mesquite teacher accused of grooming student, 14, spending the night with her at school.....»»
This Insignia 55-inch 4K TV is only $240 today
Whether you need a new TV for the bedroom or a great Xmas gift for a student, let it be known that Best Buy’s 55-inch Insignia F30 Series is only $240 today!.....»»
Variations in scientific ethics: Chinese scientists prioritize government service more than global peers
In a new study of physicists from the U.S., U.K. and China, Rice University and Santa Clara University researchers found that Chinese scientists feel a greater obligation to serve their government with research efforts than international counterparts.....»»
Researchers seek understanding of early life on earth following Chilean expedition
In a discovery that may further our understanding of the early evolution of life on Earth, a research team, including associate professor Andrew Palmer and master's student Caitlyn Hubric, identified Chile's deepest and most northern cold seeps—ope.....»»
Your next gaming PC could be fully built by Nvidia
According to a new report, Nvidia is planning on launching Arm-based CPUs and GPUs for Windows PCs next year......»»
Is Election Anxiety Keeping You Awake? Sleep Experts Share Advice
Scientific American staff and sleep experts share advice on how to get better sleep in the stressful days leading up to the U.S. presidential election—and those that come after.....»»
Simple science summaries written by AI can help people understand research and trust scientists
Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper published in PNAS Nexus. AI-generated summaries not only.....»»
Why NASA"s SPHEREx mission will make "Most colorful" cosmic map ever
NASA's SPHEREx mission won't be the first space telescope to observe hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies when it launches no later than April 2025, but it will be the first to observe them in 102 colors......»»
Fundamental quantum model recreated from nanographenes
The smallest unit of information in a computer is the bit: on or off, 1 or 0. Today, the world's entire computing power is built on the combination and interconnection of countless ones and zeros. Quantum computers have their own version of the bit:.....»»
Astrophysics study explores turbulence in molecular clouds
On an airplane, motions of the air on both small and large scales contribute to turbulence, which may result in a bumpy flight. Turbulence on a much larger scale is important to how stars form in giant molecular clouds that permeate the Milky Way......»»