Humans make it hard to listen to aliens
by Dan Werthimer has spent more than four decades trying to eavesdrop on aliens. Werthimer, a pioneering researcher in astronomy known as SETI, or the search …
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Atlas 5 launches early warning testbed satellite
After waiting for cloudy weather, the US Space Force launched two satellites atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Friday to test early warning and tracking …
Mosquitoes smell hosts infected with certain viruses, researchers find
Scent can be a powerful motivator. The smell of freshly baked cookies can compel someone to come to the kitchen, while a musky perfume can …
House in Peru plagued by ‘the neighbors’ – mummies from the Inca era
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hipólito Tica had saved up for decades to finally build himself a real house in a working-class neighborhood of Lima. His …
New map of old trees a conservation opportunity
Ancient trees can be cavernous, home to an array of wildlife A new map shows that there could be around two million trees of exceptional …
China’s Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media say
China’s Mars orbiter captured this top view of the 59,055-meter-tall Ascraeus Mons volcano.CNSA/Handout via Reuters According to state media, China’s Mars orbiter has imaged the …
53 migrants died after being trapped in a trailer during a heat wave. The crossing to the US could become more deadly as extreme heat becomes more common due to climate change.
Aerial view of a truck where dozens of people were found dead during a heat wave, on June 27, 2022.Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images 53 migrants were …
The first full-color photos from James Webb Telescope are coming
The first images from NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope will be released next month and will feature the deepest image of the universe ever …
Nearly a quarter of the Earth’s seafloor now mapped
The oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface. Of that area, 23.4% has now been mapped according to modern standards Slowly but surely, the proportion …
The first dogs evolved from wolves in Asia — and perhaps the Middle East — a study of Ice Age DNA suggests:
“Dogor”, an 18,000-year-old wolf puppy from Yakutia who was included in the study.Sergey Fedorov Ice Age Siberian wolf DNA is similar to early and modern …