What’s With All This Ooey, Gooey Sea Snot?
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration….
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The Mystery of Betelgeuse’s Dimming Has Finally Been Solved
In December 2019, astronomers noticed a strange, dramatic dimming in the light from Betelgeuse, a…
LIGO mirrors cooled to near absolute zero could probe quantum gravity
By Leah Crane One of the 40-kilogram mirrors that has been cooled to near absolute…
GPS III’s Long Journey Is Picking Up Speed
“Folks have known that there are challenges with GPS for decades,” says Dana Goward, president…
The Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower
The environmental ethicist Katie McShane compares our reverence for species to the word freedom. Everyone…
The Delta Variant and Low Vaccine Rates Could Spell Trouble
By many metrics, the US is doing relatively well against the pandemic coronavirus. National tallies…
This Robot Spies on Creatures in the Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’
Using stereo cameras and detection algorithms, Mesobot parses its subjects’ movements and follows them. Yoerger…
The Challenge of Covid-19 Vaccines for the Immunosuppressed
Plus, antibodies are not the only defense the body deploys to create immunity: We also…
World’s most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor
By Matthew Sparkes The ITER fusion reactor will contain the world’s largest magnet, which stands…
NASA Might Put a Huge Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The universe is constantly beaming its history to us. For instance: Information about what happened…