Waxing Crescent Moon Reaches 35% Full Tonight, Showcasing Mare Crisium and Mare Fecunditatis
Tonight's sky shows a waxing crescent Moon, 35% visible, with Mare Crisium, Mare Fecunditatis, and more to see without a telescope.
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Category: Science
Research, space, climate and the natural world.
Climate-driven glacier melt may have worsened the devastating Nepal-Tibet flood
A study ties climate change to the glacier collapse behind Nepal's floods, turning a hazard into a disaster with a death toll of 1,400.
Microbes Can Produce Glue From Sugar Instead of Oil
KAIST researchers turn glucose into a polymer using E. coli, producing an adhesive that could replace petroleum-based hot-melt glues.
One Persistent Question: What to Do With Nuclear Waste
A researcher's quest to bury nuclear waste deep within the earth, a problem older than any nation's promise.
ETH Study Finds Earth Formed From Inner Solar System Material, Challenging Origin Story
New ETH Zurich study suggests Earth's water came from the inner Solar System, challenging old ideas about planetary formation.
Stanford Grows Human Brain Tissue Inside Mice With Half Their Brains Removed
Stanford scientists grow human brain tissue inside mice, replacing half their own brains, showing cells moving into living tissue.
Ctenophores May Have Evolved Before All Other Animals — And Their Bodies Prove It
Ctenophores, the comb jellies, may be the earliest branching animal lineage, challenging old assumptions about early animal evolution.
Scientists Finally Measure T. rex Blood Temperature — and It Was as Hot as Ours
Scientists measure T. rex's body temp via tooth isotopes, finding it ran a toasty 97.3°F — warm-blooded, like us.
Bachelor’s Thesis Solves 30-Year-Old Problem Calibrating Cherenkov Telescopes
A bachelor's thesis solves a 30-year-old problem in astronomy, giving telescopes a precise way to calibrate against muon light.
Stanford Researchers Remove a Portion of a Mouse Brain and Replace It With Human Organoid Cells
Stanford researchers replace a large portion of a mouse's brain with human organoid cells, creating a hybrid creature.
Stanford Team Builds a Mouse With a Human Brain Cortex in Its Skull
A Stanford team has implanted human brain cells into a mouse's cortex, creating an animal that remembers mazes better than a control mouse missing brain tissue.
NASA Spacecraft Spots Moon Crater Bigger Than the Roman Colosseum
A spacecraft spots a crater on the moon larger than the Roman Colosseum, formed by a rock from space unseen by any watcher upon Earth.