A Lake Mead's worth of water has vanished from the ground: Could Las Vegas suffer?
The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study.
The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study.
Environment
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A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn about Colorado's declining butterfly population and how they can do their part to save it.
Plants & Animals
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Solar sails represent one of the most elegant concepts in space exploration: using sunlight itself to propel spacecraft through the cosmos without any fuel. But these thin, light giants face a stubborn engineering challenge ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2025
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President Donald Trump's NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media accounts that include those dedicated to popular missions, including Mars Curiosity, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2025
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Florida's 50th launch of 2025 had been planned to be a human spaceflight, but instead it ended up being another batch of Starlink satellites.
Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2025
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A study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism ("BMP shuttling") enables cells to organize themselves ...
Evolution
Jun 16, 2025
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An eight-year study highlights Biscayne Bay as a vital nursery and seasonal refuge for great hammerhead sharks, underscoring its importance across life stages and for long-term shark conservation.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2025
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Research, co-authored by Dr. Vanessa Gash (City St George's, University of London) and Dr. Niels Blom (University of Manchester), found that violence and threats in the workplace are much more prevalent than previously thought:
Economics & Business
Jun 16, 2025
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A patch containing tens of millions of microscopic nanoneedles could soon replace traditional biopsies, scientists have found. The patch offers a painless and less invasive alternative for millions of patients worldwide who ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2025
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A team led by astronomers at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Virginia (U.S.) have, for the first time, robustly detected semi-heavy water ice around a young sunlike star. ...
Astronomy
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