LANZHOU — Chinese scientists have newly proposed…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
-
China Focus: Chinese scientists propose excess 40Ar in lunar soil possibly from Earth wind
File photo: Photo provided by the China National Space Administration shows Chang”e 5 probe gathering samples on the moon on Dec 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
-
Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe
Back in 2019, the gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo detected major ripples in spacetime.
While astronomers generally agree that the event, dubbed GW190521, was the result of two black holes colliding, a team of researchers at…
Continue Reading
-
A dangerous glitch in the carbon cycle could freeze Earth over
In the grand theater of planetary climate, Earth has always played a balancing act, teetering between fire and ice, warmth and chill, life and lifelessness. But a new study from UC Riverside suggests that this delicate equilibrium might be more…
Continue Reading
-
Europe wants to launch a life-hunting mission to Saturn’s icy ocean moon Enceladus
The European Space Agency (ESA) is setting the long-term goal of sending a spacecraft to Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus to answer key science questions and drive the development of new technologies.
Enceladus is one of the most intriguing moons in…
Continue Reading
-
Chinese scientists propose excess 40Ar in lunar soil possibly from Earth wind-Xinhua
LANZHOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have newly proposed that surplus 40Ar in lunar soil possibly originates from the Earth wind, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese…
Continue Reading
-
Homo Sapiens Are Twice As Old As Thought, First-Ever Successful Huntington’s Disease Treatment, And Much More This Week
This week, some saucy leopard sharks have been caught having a “threesome” in a world-first sighting, NASA has proposed blowing up an asteroid to prevent it from hitting the Moon, and fossils of hybrid mammoths suggest interbreeding was…
Continue Reading
-
Mushrooms Evolved Psychedelics Twice, and Scientists Just Found Out
Psilocybe cubensis grows worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, including Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. The mushroom prefers moist, fertilizer-rich soils and contains the psychoactive substance… Continue Reading
-
2 Habits a Longevity Researcher Follows for Healthy Aging
Dr. Steven Austad, the scientific director of a nonprofit researching healthy aging, never fretted too deeply about his own longevity.
“I used to train lions for a living,” Austad told Business Insider. “It was not…
Continue Reading
-
Spinosaurus that ruled Africa may have originated in Europe
A Spanish fossil has shifted the origin story of some of Earth’s most formidable hunters. A new paper reexamines Camarillasaurus cirugedae, found near the village of Camarillas in Teruel, Spain, and places it among the spinosaurids, the same…
Continue Reading