Bee-harming neonicotinoid use “makes a mockery” of ban
A threat posed by a virus to the UK’s sugar beet means a banned pesticide can now be used on seeds. Source link
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An Ocean Moon Thought to Be Habitable May Be Oxygen-Starved
Under its bright, frosty shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to harbor a salty ocean, making it a world that might be one of the most habitable places in our solar system. But life as we know it needs oxygen. And it’s an open question whether Europa’s ocean has it. Now, astronomers have nailed down
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New frescoes found in ash of Pompeii 2,000 years after city wiped out by Mount Vesuvius eruption
A lavish painting of a mythological scene was among several newly discovered frescoes revealed Friday by archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Still astonishingly colorful some 2,000 years after the city was wiped out by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the frescoes were unearthed during restoration work around the mansion of the House
Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
When the robotic lander Odysseus last month became the first American-built spacecraft to touch down on the moon in more than 50 years, it toppled over at an angle. That limited the amount of science it could do at the lunar surface, because its antennas and solar panels were not pointed in the correct directions.
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As ‘Zombie Fires’ Smolder, Canada Braces for Another Season of Flames
Canada’s emergency preparedness minister is warning that this year’s wildfire season will be worse than the record-breaking season of 2023, when thousands of fires burned tens of millions of acres and set off massive plumes of smoke that enveloped major U.S. cities, including New York and Washington. This year’s fires could be especially bad in
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Four new astronauts visit International Space Station where they will stay for 6 months
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ISS launch: New US-Russian crew heads to space station
The three men and one woman will conduct scientific experiments, including a study of degenerative diseases. Source link
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Star dune: Scientists solve mystery behind Earth’s largest desert sands
Star dunes are created by opposing winds that change direction. Understanding their age helps scientists understand those winds and unpick the climate of that era, says Prof Geoff Duller at the University of Aberystwyth, who published the research with Prof Charles Bristow at Birkbeck University. Source link
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The Nobel laureates behind mRNA COVID vaccines
The Nobel laureates behind mRNA COVID vaccines – CBS News Watch CBS News More than one million people died just in the U.S. as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in 2020. But a scientific miracle – a vaccine released later that same year – saved countless lives. Last year Katalin Karikó
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It Just Got Easier to Visit a Vanishing Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?
Claude Folmer was about 40 years old the first time he visited the Mer de Glace, the largest glacier in the French Alps. He remembers enjoying the panoramic view from the observation platform, then taking a short hike down to the ice, where he toured the ice cave that’s carved into the glacier’s surface. Four
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