Immunologist Cao Xuetao has been barred from applying for grants for a year.Credit: VCG/Getty A distinguished Chinese immunologist, Cao Xuetao, has been cleared of significant wrong-doing more than a year after the government launched an investigation to review 63 manuscripts co-authored by Cao containing suspected problematic images. The investigating committee found that none of the
When black holes swallow down massive amounts of matter from the space around them, they’re not exactly subtle about it. They belch out tremendous flares of X-rays, generated by the material heating to intense temperatures as it’s sucked towards the black hole, so bright we can detect them from Earth. This is normal black hole
The idea of String Theory is that our Universe came from a higher-dimensional, more symmetric, more … [+] complex state with an enormous number of degrees of freedom. In order for String Theory to be solved, we need to get rid of all the excess predictions it makes until we are only left with the
WASHINGTON — The founding chief executive of in-space transportation company Momentus is resigning in an effort to overcome U.S. government concerns about foreign control of the company. Momentus announced Jan. 25 that Mikhail Kokorich was resigning as chief executive and a member of the company’s board, effective immediately. He will be replaced on an interim
Steve Proehl | Corbis Unreleased | Getty Images Apple promoted its hardware chief, Dan Riccio, to a new role “focusing on a new project.” He will report to CEO Tim Cook, Apple announced on Monday. Riccio was previously the company’s senior vice president for hardware engineering, signing off on the physical aspects and electrical engineering
A totem pole in Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska, near the site of a fort built by Indigenous people in the nineteenth century. Credit: Brad Mitchell/Alamy Archaeology 25 January 2021 The stout palisaded structure helped Sitka Tlingit people to force a Russian retreat in 1804. A long-lost Alaskan stronghold known as Sapling Fort has finally
It was said that all he touched turned to gold. But destiny eventually caught up with the legendary King Midas, and a long-lost chronicle of his ancient downfall appears to have literally surfaced in Turkey. In 2019, archaeologists were investigating an ancient mound site in central Turkey called Türkmen-Karahöyük. The greater region, the Konya Plain,
The “Wolf Moon” will be the first of 12 full Moons in 2021. getty The first full Moon of 2021 is almost here. On Thursday, January 28, 2021, sky-watchers will be treated to a full “Wolf Moon” rising in the east. It will be the highest full Moon of the year, though the rising of
WASHINGTON — Less than a week after leaving the agency, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining a private equity firm that invests in the aerospace and defense industries. Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm based in Oklahoma City, said Jan. 25 that it had hired Bridenstine as a senior adviser, assisting the company
Buried beneath the dour daily headlines on COVID-19 infections, lockdowns and travel bans, the latest science about our planet released during 2020 makes for tough reading. Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. We have only until
Copies of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ on display for sale at a GameStop store in Peru, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The explosive rally in GameStop is showing no signs of slowing down as retail investors talking in chat rooms and hedge funds rushing to cover their short bets against the stock
On the table in this photograph are the remains of more than 130 wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) — Australia’s largest bird of prey. The birds had been poisoned, and I needed to confirm the species for a criminal case. As collection manager of ornithology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, I not only identify birds,
Back at the dawn of the Universe, astronomers have found a stacks on of cosmic proportions. At least 21 galaxies, forming stars at a tremendous rate, are merging together in the early stages of the formation of a galaxy cluster. And it’s all happening 13 billion light-years away – just 770 million years after the
This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting … [+] furthest from the star. ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org A bizarre system “singing planets” has been unearthed by astronomers. The stars system—known as TOI-178, and about 200 light-years from us—features six planets, five of which are locked in a highly unexpected
In December, China successfully conducted its first lunar sample retrieval mission. Chang’e-5 landed on the moon, deployed a rover who then dug up various pieces of the lunar surface, then returned to Earth with about 5 pounds of material. This marked the first return of moon rocks in over 40 years. During the week that
Before he saw the smoke, he felt it in his throat. It tasted foul. It curled into his nose, his mouth, his lungs. He looked up from his computer. His colleagues were tapping at their keyboards. The smoke hovered around them. He walked to his manager’s door. “This office is filled with toxic smoke,” he
Demonstrators in Chicago protest President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The International Renewable Energy Agency has hailed the U.S. decision to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord as a “crucial” step forward in the fight against climate change.
Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of Buzzfeed; co-founder of the Huffington Post Courtsy of Ebru Yildiz/NPR Digital media companies are ready for their close up. Bustle Digital Group, Group Nine, Vox, Vice and Buzzfeed have all had recent conversations about going public via special-purpose acquisition vehicle this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Saturn (left) might have the migration of its moon Titan (right) to thank for its conspicuous tilt. Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library Planetary science 25 January 2021 Scientists have a new theory for how the ringed planet got its tilt. Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon, probably tugged the ringed planet off-kilter one billion years ago. Saturn
There are supermassive black holes. There are ultramassive black holes. How large can these strange objects grow? Well, there could be something even bigger than ultramassive: stupendously large black holes, according to the latest research. Such hypothetical black holes – larger than 100 billion times the mass of the Sun – have been explored in a
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