How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American ...
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Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields ...
Milky Way’s chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of ...
Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert
VIENNA (AP) — Strauss’ “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. The European Space Agency’s big ...
Trump to withdraw billionaire Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, a person familiar with the administration’s personnel decisions said Saturday. The individual ...
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants — and governments and universities ...
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — As the colossal replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously from the countryside of northern Kentucky, Ken Ham gives the presentation he’s often repeated. The ...
This Is What Working Too Much Does to Your Brain
Here’s a new reason to call out of work—you’ve put in so many hours that your brain is busy changing. A new study published in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine ...
Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions
A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him. Researchers described the case in ...
Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official , Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the ...
