There’s a weird asteroid shaped like a bone whipping around our sun
Astronomers have got their closest look yet at an unusually shaped asteroid orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars......»»
NASA"s Psyche mission on track for liftoff next month
Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting Oct. 5 to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida......»»
Watch NASA’s cinematic trailer for its asteroid mission’s homecoming
Watch NASA's trailer highlighting its remarkable OSIRIS-REx mission that's about to drop off asteroid samples that it collected three years ago......»»
Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in Taiwan
Typhoon Haikui made landfall on eastern Taiwan Sunday, unleashing torrential downpours, whipping winds and plunging thousands of households into darkness as the first major storm to directly hit the island in four years......»»
NASA completes last OSIRIS-REx test before asteroid sample delivery
A team led by NASA in Utah's West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample—slated to land on Earth in September......»»
Why Today’s Chatbots Are Weird, Argumentative, and Wrong
Long before most people began playing around with generative AI models like ChatGPT and DALL-E, Janelle Shane started documenting AI oddities. An optics researcher by training, she’s also held a long fascination in testing AIs’ ability to be, we.....»»
DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go?
Last year’s NASA mission proved it was possible to knock an incoming near-Earth object off course. But that creates debris—which might also be a threat......»»
How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for Australia"s frogs
In 1993, frogs were found dying en masse in Far North Queensland. When scientists analyzed their bodies, they found something weird. Their small bodies were covered in spores......»»
These Shokz Bone Conduction Headphones are $40 off today
Runners will adore the Shokz OpenRun Pro bone conduction headphones even more while they're on sale at Amazon right now......»»
Constitutive aryl hydrocarbon receptor facilitates regenerative potential of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells
Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) are the commonly used seed cells in tissue engineering. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a transcription factor involved in various cellular processes. However, the function of constitutive AhR in BMSCs.....»»
The 30 best period dramas to stream your way through history
Period dramas are a perfect example of the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction." Humans have been weird for as long as they've been around, and historical TV shows do their part in shining a light on so much of that weirdness — or at least a.....»»
The "weird" male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, how it evolved?
The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It's also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is full of junk DNA that makes it horrendous t.....»»
Long wait nearly over for Psyche asteroid probe"s Space Coast launch
Just off a tree-covered side road past businesses selling boats and fishing gear sits a fenced-off building that's home to a $700 million satellite nearly ready for launch. Its mission: To study the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, which scientists suspec.....»»
Massive pre-Jurassic reptile had weaker bite than modern crocs
The apex predators that roamed the earth 230 million years ago had a much weaker bite than previously thought, and likely couldn't crunch through bone to consume the entirety of their kills......»»
Q&A: An asteroid killed the dinosaurs, allowing mammals to dominate Earth, but why?
Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, killing all non-avian dinosaurs and allowing mammals to dominate......»»
Molecule identified that could be key for a new wave of drugs to target obesity and bone diseases
Scientists have identified a molecule that plays a key role in how cells detect when they are being pushed or pulled which could lead to the development of future drugs for obesity, osteoporosis, and inflammatory diseases......»»
NASA"s Europa probe gets a hotline to Earth
NASA's Europa Clipper is designed to seek out conditions suitable for life on an ice-covered moon of Jupiter. On Aug. 14, the spacecraft received a piece of hardware central to that quest: the massive dish-shaped high-gain antenna......»»
Ryugu asteroid origins in the solar nebula decoded by carbonates
Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency sent the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to 162173 Ryugu in 2019, an asteroid in orbit near Earth that is comprised of rocky fragments originating from a larger parent body. Multiple rovers brought samples from the asteroid'.....»»
New book describes how whaling shaped U.S. culture even after petroleum replaced it
The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery. Even after petroleum replaced whale oil as an energy source in the U.S., whaling continued to be part of our cultural.....»»
3 weird Netflix movies you have to watch in August
With this weird and wild summer winding down, audiences should take the time to watch these strange and wonderful films on Netflix......»»
Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid
"This is how the spacecraft will get mounted onto the interface to the Falcon Heavy.” Enlarge / NASA's Psyche spacecraft is the centerpiece of a $1.23 billion mission to explore a kind of asteroid that's never been visited befo.....»»