Human ingenuity is no match for evolution. An exceptional new video shows a tiny tropical lizard breathing underwater from a sort of “scuba tank” on its head. Found in Costa Rica, this intrepid little diver, known as a water anole (Anolis aquaticus), is possibly using its bubble tank to hide from predators and hunt for
Month: March 2019
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin In my last Asteroid News post, I said that March was going to be an exciting month and it did not disappoint. Hubble watched an asteroid in its disintegration process and the ORISIS-REx mission had some unexpected surprises from Bennu. Gault is flying apart Hubble was
We don’t know a lot about the world’s earliest animals, but thanks to their 558 million-year-old fossilised remains, we thought we had a hint as to their appearance. Now, it seems, we were wrong about even that. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered that the iconic Dickinsonia fossils are probably not flat
Today our middle-aged Universe looks eerily smooth. Too smooth, in fact. While a rapid growth spurt in space-time would explain what we see, science needs more than nice ideas. It needs evidence that whittles away contending arguments. We might finally know where to look for some. A team of physicists from the Centre for Astrophysics
These days we have more information at our fingertips than ever before, so it’s a real puzzle why so many people insist on rejecting the facts. Maybe the answer is: we don’t know how a fact comes to be. A new survey from the Pew Research Center has found that many Americans cannot recognise the
Getty Getty Mental health apps are multiplying and their audience is growing, but does the science really support their claims? Findings from a new study in Nature Digital Medicine suggest that users should be cautious. Not only do few of the apps rely on real-world experience in their design, argues the study, most lack any
WASHINGTON — A day after Vice President Mike Pence directed NASA to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2024, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told members of Congress that this goal was “very aggressive” and would require additional funding for the agency to achieve. Bridenstine, testifying before the commerce, justice and science subcommittee
Its shorelines comprise the lowest land on Earth, and its waters are nearly 10 times saltier than seawater. But rumours of the Dead Sea’s deadness are nonetheless quite exaggerated, an incredible new discovery shows. The famous ‘Sea of Death‘, bordered by Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, isn’t actually a sea at all, but rather
When a person dies, cremation is an increasingly popular option. The practice eclipsed burials in the US in 2015 and is expected to make up more than half of all body disposals by 2020, according to the Cremation Association of North America. But instead of storing a loved one’s cremains in an urn or sprinkling
Pictured here is Alex Jones (L) of Infowars along with longtime informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone (R) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Alex Jones has made a lot of claims, some of which I have detailed previously for Forbes. Now he’s making claims about some of his claims. And these claims included claims
Thompson said the release of the RFP for the Launch Service Procurement will slip into April but will not be pushed out any further as some have recommended. WASHINGTON — A final solicitation for industry bids for the Launch Service Procurement competition will be released sometime in the next two weeks, said Lt. Gen. John
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass. Ancient fish caught glass blobs in their gills as they swam, gape-mouthed, beneath the
Physicists have measured the sound of ‘nothingness’ at room temperature – an important step in our future ability to listen in to the Universe. You can think of it a little like this – we’ve now been able to measure the way some of the ubiquitous ‘background noise’ of space interacts with our equipment, which
A grave dating back to early medieval Italy is a sad testament to the horrors of medicine in the Dark Ages. The skeletal remains of a young woman were found with the skeleton of a foetus between her thighs – and a hole in her skull researchers have determined was likely the result of a
Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense. Their clarification comes amid fears about a new advanced targeting system, known as ATLAS, that will use artificial intelligence in combat vehicles to target and execute threats. While the public may feel
(Reuters) – India tested an anti-satellite weapon on Wednesday, saying the indigenously produced interceptor was used to destroy an object in orbit. Men watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing to the nation, on a TV screen inside their shop in Kolkata, India, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri Such a weapon allows for attacks on
This is a microscopic photo of cysticercosis in a pig: a baby pork tapeworm forming a cyst in the muscle of a pig. (Photo: Getty Images) Getty What’s worse than having parasites in your testicle? How about parasites in your brain? What’s worse than having parasites in your brain? How about having parasites in your
This article was first published in the SN Military.Space newsletter. If you would like to get our news and insights for national security space professionals every Tuesday, sign up here for your free subscription. The trade association that represents small satellite manufacturers is making a fresh push on Capitol Hill to ensure funds are included in the Pentagon’s
Two European crows that look quite different from each other are actually diverging from a single species, right before our eyes. In Western Europe, it’s the inky-black carrion crow (Corvus corone). In the east, the grey hooded crow (C. cornix). They overlap in a very narrow zone running along the River Elbe in Germany, where
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to place a call. But not just any old ISS call. It’s going to be via X-rays: the first test of NASA’s newly developed X-ray communication system, called XCOM. XCOM could revolutionise communications between Earth and far-flung spacecraft, being able to transfer gigabits per second. Think of how
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