Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include sweepstakes winners
Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean who won their tickets in a sweepstakes contest, as well as an 80-year-old former Olympian.
Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean who won their tickets in a sweepstakes contest, as well as an 80-year-old former Olympian.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2023
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Researchers have finally settled a decades-long dispute about the evolutionary origins of the pygmy right whale.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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It happens every summer: blue-green algae bloom into vast blankets of colorful scum in lakes, disrupting ecosystems and potentially exposing people to toxins.
Ecology
Jul 6, 2023
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Even if most cyanobacteria blooms in Canada's lakes happen during the hottest periods of summer, water temperature seems to have little to no impact on the development of these potentially toxic bacteria better known as blue-green ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2023
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Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson.
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2023
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The Pacific oyster has taken over in the Swedish west coast county of Bohuslän. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found that the invasive species accounts for two-thirds of the biomass of all mussel and oyster ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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From the 20-foot-long jawbones of the filter-feeding blue whale to the short, but bone-crushing, jaws of the hyena and the delicate chin bones of a human, the pair of lower jawbones characteristic of mammals have evolved ...
Evolution
Jun 27, 2023
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Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end.
Ecology
Jun 20, 2023
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Organic light-emitting diodes are used in smart phones, tablets, and large TV screens. As they do not need any additional background illumination, they are energy-efficient. The can be produced at low costs by thin-film technology ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 19, 2023
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Virgin Galactic announced Thursday that monthly commercial flights to the edge of space will begin for ticket-holders in August, following a research flight planned for the end of June.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2023
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