Floating wind turbines could solve our energy issues

Offshore wind turbines are a great idea. When wind farms are built in the sea, people cannot complain about their looks, noise or shaddows. They can also be more efficient, because the wind is not blocked by mountains, buildings or forests.

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Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide

The use of many chemical fumigants in agriculture have been demonstrated to be harmful to human health and the environment and therefore banned from use. Now, in an effort to reduce waste from the agricultural industry and reduce the amounts of harmful chemicals used, researchers have investigated using organic byproducts from beer production and farming as a potential method to disinfest soils, preserve healthy soil microorganisms and increase crop yields.

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Astronomers have created the largest ever map of dark matter

Researchers have created the largest ever map of dark matter, the invisible material thought to account for 80 per cent of the total matter in the universe

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I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Impress Me.

There are good reasons to believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, but this is not one of them.

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Coronavirus shows we must get serious about the well-being of animals

Animal suffering not only harms other species, it endangers our own. Here's how we can do better.

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Air Pollution From Factory Farms Is Killing Us

Anew study has revealed that air pollution coming from agriculture leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths every year. Of the 15,900 deaths related to food production, the vast majority—80 percent—were linked to animal-based foods, “both directly from animal production and indirectly from growing animal feed.”

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New 'superfood' for bees may be able to help detoxify hives contaminated with pesticides

Researchers have synthesized a particle as small as pollen, which, when fed to bees, may be able to help them to detoxify hives damaged by pesticides, in an effort to protect the insects.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured amazing images of clouds on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of clouds on Mars— as described in its blog post: “wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting sun, some of them shimmering with color.” According to NASA clouds are rare in the thin atmosphere of Mars, but usually form at its equator during its coldest time of year. Scientists noticed that last year — two years ago in Earth time— there were clouds beginning to form earlier than expected, so this year they were ready.

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Adversarial attacks in machine learning: What they are and how to stop them

Adversarial machine learning, a technique that attempts to fool models with deceptive data, is a growing threat in the AI and machine learning research community. The most common reason is to cause a malfunction in a machine learning model. An adversarial attack might entail presenting a model with inaccurate or misrepresentative data as it’s training, or introducing maliciously designed data to deceive an already trained model.

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Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station

An automated spacecraft docked with China's new space station Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.

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Study: Grocery taxes increase likelihood of food insecurity

A new study co-authored by Harry Kaiser, the Gellert Family Professor of Applied Economics and Management, finds that even a slight grocery tax-rate increase could lead to food insecurity for many U.S. households.

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World's Tiniest Pig at 10-Inches Tall, Once Thought Extinct, Is Returning to the Wild

Acting as an important keystone species in its grassland home, the 10-inch tall pygmy hog in North India is coming back from the brink.

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New AI supercomputer will help create the largest-ever 3D map of the universe

A new AI supercomputer, Perlmutter, is powerful enough that it will be used to help make the largest-ever 3D map of the universe.

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New research to provide safer and more accurate space weather predictions

A team of space weather experts from Northumbria University has been awarded more than £400,000 to explore how to better predict the conditions in near-Earth space.

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Scientology's secrets spill into open in Danny Masterson rape case

Women who have accused Danny Masterson of rape testified that Scientology officials tried to stop them from reporting the alleged attacks to police.

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Zero-trust security: Assume that everyone and everything on the internet is out to get you – and maybe already has

Most people think of trust as active – you place your trust in someone or you don't. But weak cybersecurity, like leaving your front door unlocked, is a matter of trust, too.

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Narcissism and aggression go hand in hand, study says

While narcissism is a personality disorder, psychologists remain curious about how it can manifest physically. According to a thorough analysis of 437 studies on narcissism around the world, there appears to be a strong correlation between narcissism and aggression — regardless of gender, age, and country of residence. The analysis was published in the journal Psychological Bulletin this week.

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NASA gets billion-dollar increase in Biden's 2022 budget proposal

NASA stands to receive a notable boost in funding to the tune of more than $1 billion if the Biden administration's 2022 budget request works its way through Congress.

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B.C. fish farms transmit virus to endangered wild Pacific salmon, new study confirms

Fresh research shows piscine orthoreovirus was introduced to southern B.C. from Atlantic salmon eggs roughly 30 years ago, despite assertions from government and industry groups that the virus is 'endemic' to the province

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Milky Way photographer of the year 2021 – in pictures

The annual Milky Way photographer of the year competition features the best photos of our galaxy as selected by Capture the Atlas. This year’s images were taken from around the world by 25 photographers of 14 different nationalities. The best time to see and photograph the Milky Way is usually between May and June with maximum hours of visibility on both hemispheres

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'Unbelievable' Video Shows Two Bees Work Together to Unscrew a Soda Bottle

While we all recognize bees for their importance in our food chain as pollinators, the clever creatures have a series of other talents, including math ability, face recognition, and even tool use.  

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Danny Masterson’s Rape Accusers Say They Were Silenced by Scientology

During four days of preliminary hearings last week in the rape trial of That ’70s Show actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson, three women detailed how top officials from the celebrity-driven church allegedly tried to silence their accusations, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Humans probably can't live longer than 150 years, new research finds

Science is once again casting doubt on the notion that we could live to be nearly as old as the biblical Methuselah or Mel Brooks' 2,000-year-old man. New research from Singapore-base biotech company Gero looks at how well the human body bounces back from disease, accidents or just about anything else that puts stress on its systems. This basic resilience declines as people age, with an 80-year-old requiring three times as long to recover from stresses as a 40-year-old on average.

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He Drew the Sun for 40 Years, But Now His Telescope Is Dying

A lone researcher at Mount Wilson Observatory has drawn a picture of the sun every day for 40 years.

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A Literal Mouse Plague Is Terrorizing Towns in Eastern Australia Right Now

While the rest of the world continues to tackle the global pandemic, in eastern Australia, waves of mice are flooding farms and towns.

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A glass of milk a day keeps heart disease away!

An international team of researchers found milk drinkers have lower levels of cholesterol, while those who drank a glass a day reduced the risk of suffering from heart disease.

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Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers

As Greenland’s ice grinds up underlying rocks it frees up the toxic mercury they contain, potentially contaminating the aquatic life that Indigenous communities rely on for food

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Hawking Archive saved for the nation

The arrival of Stephen Hawking's archive at Cambridge University Library means that three of the most important scientific archives of all time – those of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Hawking – are now housed under one roof.

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Study: Don’t count on caffeine to fight sleep deprivation

A new study from Michigan State University found that caffeine can't compensate for lost sleep

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Scientists Want to Smell Ocean Radiation to Predict Tsunamis

We don’t know a whole lot about how radioactive the ocean is, but it would help predict disasters if we did.

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To what extent are we are ruled by unconscious forces?

Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.

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Bitcoin's Volatility Is Spilling Over to U.S. Stocks, Study Says

In an investigation that finishes up the world's greatest token is not, at this point a periphery resource class, DBS's Chief Economist Taimur Baig and Macro Strategist Chang Wei Liang composed that S&P 500 agreements will in general enroll greater swings after Bitcoin shot up or somewhere around 10% in the range of 60 minutes.

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‘Stranger than anything dreamed up by sci-fi’: will we ever understand black holes?

In the new documentary Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know, the work of Stephen Hawking and others in trying to figure out a mystery for the age is put under the spotlight.

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Amazon shareholders to vote on revealing retailer’s plastic footprint

Amazon is under pressure to reduce its plastic footprint, as shareholders prepare to vote on Wednesday on a resolution calling for it to disclose how much of its plastic packaging ends up in the environment.

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Viasat gives FCC an ultimatum to stop SpaceX Starlink expansion

SpaceX’s Starlink deployment could face a new hurdle, with satellite operator Viasat petitioning the FCC to stop Elon Musk’s company from expanding its internet-beaming constellation. Viasat, itself a satellite internet provider, has accused Starlink of being a potential environmental nightmare, as SpaceX targets more than 4,400 satellites in total.

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Why do we feel less lonely in loud environments?

New research explores how louder sounds make people feel closer and more connected to others, while quietness evokes a sense of loneliness.

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At Mating Time, These Ants Carry Their Young Queen to a Neighbor’s Nest

The royal matchmaking service may help these insects avoid inbreeding.

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Plastic debris on remote islands raises temperatures by 2.5C and threatens turtle populations

Study of Henderson Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands finds plastic acts as an insulator, making sand hotter and leading to more female turtle offspring.

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‘A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops up

“It was a huge surprise,” said Sebastián Di Martino, director of conservation at Fundación Rewilding Argentina. “I was incredulous. An incredible feeling of so much happiness. I didn’t know if I should try to follow it or rush back to our station to tell the others.”

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The 'Replication Crisis' Could Be Worse Than We Thought, New Analysis Reveals

The science replication crisis might be worse than we thought: new research reveals that studies with replicated results tend to be cited less often than studies which have failed to replicate.

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Scientists Warn of Fertility Loss in Many Species Due to Climate Change

An experiment with fruit flies reveals the looming threat of male fertility loss at high temperatures.

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California ridesharing services must use zero-emissions vehicles starting in 2023

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced that in accordance with the implementation of SB 1014 of 2018, a regulation has been adopted that will require ridesharing companies to begin…

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Watch the Moon turn red during this month’s total lunar eclipse

You don’t need eclipse glasses to safely watch Earth throw shade on the Moon this month.

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A blind man can make out objects again after an optogenetics treatment

Researchers are trying to genetically re-engineer people’s retinas to restore vision.

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Village on partly terraformed Mars by Nuno Fontarra

Eventually Mars won't be only domed cities and underground bunkers. It will be a live planet with towns and villages. Picture of the Day 23/05/2021 - a view of what could be a village on a partly terraformed Mars by Portuguese architect Nuno Fontarra.

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A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

The U.S. Defense Department may finally be on track to replace its aging polar-orbiting weather satellites more than a decade after pulling the plug on an ill-fated effort to cram civil and military requirements into a single system.

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Invasive species costing Africa $3.66 tn a year: study

Invasive species introduced by human activity are costing African agriculture some $3.66 trillion every year—around 1.5 times the combined gross domestic product of all African countries—new research showed Thursday.

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Big Science is broken

And fixing it won't be easy

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How futuristic floating wind turbines might ride the waves

It could help offshore wind farms reach new depths.

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Video: Navy videos of potential UFOs should be addressed in 'scientific' way: Steve Ganyard

ABC News contributor Steve Ganyard and Lue Elizondo, former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, discuss an upcoming Pentagon report on "unidentified aerial phenomena."

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