NASA’s record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson isn’t finished making firsts in space. And today, Whitson will make the first ultra-high-definition live video from the International Spaec Station and you can watch it live. At 1:30 p.m. EDT (1530 GMT), Whitson will live stream the highest resolution video ever broadcast from space to the 2017 […]
The larvae of Galleria mellonella, commonly known as a wax worm, is able to biodegrade plastic bags. Wayne Boo/USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab People around the world use more than a trillion plastic bags every year. They’re made of a notoriously resilient kind of plastic called polyethylene that can take decades to break down. […]
The stories genes tell about dog breeds often match the breeder’s historical lore. By Elizabeth PennisiApr. 25, 2017 , 12:00 PM From the 80-kilogram Great Dane to the 1-kilogram tiny teacup poodle, there seems to be a dog for everyone. Now, the largest genetic analysis to date has figured out how those breeds came to be, […]
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION President Trump called the International Space Station Monday for a videochat watched by thousands of school kids, congratulating commander Peggy Whitson on becoming America’s most experienced astronaut and jokingly promising to get Americans to Mars “during my first term or, at worst, during my second term.” Joined by […]
Television has a way of deeply impacting the lives of those who watch it, manipulating emotions and sometimes inspiring audiences to get involved. Rarely though, does a series come along that has the potential to truly change the way an entire generation of fans reacts to a global crisis. Netflix’s newest streaming series, Bill Nye […]
UFO hunters claim that an image taken by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover shows an ancient tree stump on the surface of the Red Planet. A video posted to YouTube by Paranormal Crucible highlights the feature on the surface of Mars, speculating that it could be the petrified remains of a Martian tree. “Object is […]
Meet “Steve,” a strange, new aurora feature discovered by citizen scientists and verified by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm satellites. Eric Donovan, a researcher at University of Calgary in Canada, first heard of “Steve” while talking to members of a Facebook group called the Alberta Aurora Chasers, who coordinate to track and photograph the […]
PRINCETON, NJ — A Princeton University professor compared last year’s Paris Agreement on climate change to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler before World War II on national TV over the weekend. At the same time, fellow panelist Bill Nye was critical of both William Happer and CNN, for including Happer in the Earth Day discussion. […]
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9. “Death Star” “That’s no moon,” says Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Star Wars” when the Empire’s deadly space station appears in the distance. Tethys, one of Saturn’s larger icy moons, has earned the nickname “Death Star” moon because of its striking resemblance to the floating fortress. The similarities are due to the enormous crater, […]
