Science and Technolgy blog
When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square feet—less than a football field. But since then,…
Oct. 2’s annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about six minutes.
Researchers from the UC Davis MIND Institute and the Baby Siblings Research Consortium have found that siblings of autistic children have a significantly higher chance of being diagnosed with autism compared to the general population. The study, published in Pediatrics,…
The moon’s distance from Earth changes depending on where it is in its elliptical orbit.
NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2’s science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home.
A new study published in Psychological Reports sheds light on the complex relationship between addiction-prone personalities and creative thinking. The research found that individuals with a tendency toward addictive behaviors are more likely to generate a large number of ideas…
A recent study published in the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity reveals that Barack Obama’s reelection in 2012 had a significant impact on the mental health of Black men, though the effects were different depending on their level of…
New research can help us understand how supermassive black holes formed — and why many of them appear to be more massive than expected.
Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social behavior for both species. Although their domestication histories…
Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative time
