People aren’t getting lost in a book like they used to Westend61 GmbH/Alamy The proportion of those in the US who read for pleasure on any given day has decreased by 2 per cent every year over the past two decades. Although it is unclear why this is the case, researchers wonder if more of…
An International Team of Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered carbon-bearing molecules on K2-18b, a potentially habitable exoplanet on 11th September. Exoplanet K2-18b is about 8.6 times the size of Earth and is a transiting exoplanet, which means that we can detect a drop in brightness as it passes across…
Breastfeeding can play an especially important role in early-life nutrition. It can benefit children’s future school performance and economic prospects in later life, as well as the mother’s health. Health authorities across the world endorse the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation that newborns should where possible exclusively breastfeed from the first hour of life until…
A puppy’s thinking ability may indicate how responsive the dog will be to training and whether it’ll grow up to be well-behaved. Traits such as impulsivity, ability to follow gestures and reaction to unsolvable tasks in 3- to 7-month-old puppies were linked with desirable behaviors in those dogs in adulthood, researchers report in the May…
Celebrate Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th Birthday with Stunning Images Happy anniversary to the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched on April 24, 1990 By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings The Tarantula Nebula, located about 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud bordering our Milky Way, is packed with ionized hydrogen gas dotted by supernova…
A 110-million-year-old fossil of the hell ant Vulcanidris cratensis Anderson Lepeco At more than 110 million years old, a fossil excavated in Brazil is the oldest undisputed ant fossil ever discovered. The finding adds to evidence that the first ants evolved on the supercontinent of Gondwana in the southern hemisphere before spreading across the rest…
How to the Gravitational Force Calculator User Guide Follow these steps to easily use the calculator: 1. Input Values Enter the mass of the first object in Mass 1. Enter the mass of the second object in Mass 2. Input the distance between the two objects in Distance. 2. Select Initial Units Choose units for…
Imagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life was unknown. Prior to the 17th century, people were limited by what they could see with their own two eyes. But then a Dutch cloth merchant changed everything. His name was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and he lived from 1632 to…
Food poisoning isn’t an experience you’re likely to forget — and now, scientists know why. A study published April 2 in Nature has unraveled neural circuitry in mice that makes food poisoning so memorable. “We’ve all experienced food poisoning at some point … And not only is it terrible in the moment, but it leads us…
Slashing NASA’s Programs Will Squander America’s Place in Space The Trump administration’s plans to cut NASA’s science missions will destroy the U.S. space legacy By Louis Friedman Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean during the second moonwalk EVA. NASA/Recall Pictures/Alamy Stock Photo For more than half a century planetary exploration and space science have been a…
