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Phys.org / Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the moon
The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades.
Phys.org / Green fireball captured on dashcam video as a meteor streaks across the Pacific Northwest sky
Jason Jenkins was driving to work before dawn when a bright green streak beamed across the sky.
Phys.org / Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan—more from seniors than babies—but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease on life, one hot mess at a time.
Tech Xplore / OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere.
Tech Xplore / Amazon buys Fauna Robotics, maker of the Sprout humanoid robot
Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools.
Phys.org / Eight amino acids may explain salamanders' reduced cold sensitivity
The ability to sense environmental temperature, which helps animals move away from suboptimal locations and find those with ideal temperatures, involves various channels on sensory neurons that open at specific temperature ...
Phys.org / Are mercury levels elevated across US conservation lands?
A study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management found varying risks to species due to mercury pollution across the United States' National Wildlife Refuge System, the world's largest network of lands and waters conserved ...
Medical Xpress / Premature placental separation may increase child's risk of heart disease by age 28
The risk of developing early cardiovascular disease or dying from cardiovascular disease by the age of 28 was about 4.6 times higher among people born to mothers who had a placental abruption during their pregnancy. This ...
Phys.org / The world's great fish migrations are collapsing. That's a problem for millions of people
Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti.
Phys.org / Does a company's political power affect its success in obtaining federal contracts?
A study published in Contemporary Economic Policy investigated the extent to which a company's political investments influence their success in the competition for federal contracts.
Medical Xpress / It may be too soon to scrap Daylight Saving Time, suggests research
Ahead of the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on 29 March, a comprehensive international review by researchers at the University of Kent has highlighted the complex arguments for and against scrapping the twice-yearly ...
Medical Xpress / Dengue fever is a growing problem: Why it's so hard to beat with vaccines
Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, affects millions of people every year across Asia, Africa and Latin America. And it's expanding geographically as warmer temperatures and urban growth allow mosquito populations to thrive ...
