NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft adjusts course to get closer to Earth
On July 26, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its engines for about 63 seconds to slightly thrust itself onto a course closer to Earth.
On July 26, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its engines for about 63 seconds to slightly thrust itself onto a course closer to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2023
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Researchers at York University went searching for the fossilized remains of small insect larvae called chironomids, found in sediment in Lake Erie, to find a history of deep water oxygen deprivation in the lake that continues ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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Las Vegas is a city that never sleeps, and neither do its glittering lights.
Environment
Jul 25, 2023
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A team of researchers recently set out to determine whether it is possible to identify invasive common reed reliably in the field—reducing the need for time-consuming and costly genetic testing. In a study featured in Invasive ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2023
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Since de-icing with road salt began in the 1930s, the salinity of lakes across much of the US has been steadily increasing, posing a potential threat to aquatic life and drinking water supplies.
Environment
Jul 25, 2023
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Plankton are not just a diabolical mastermind on a Nickelodeon show about a sponge who lives under the sea. Lake Tahoe is filled with them—the good kind.
Ecology
Jul 24, 2023
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In a new study published in JMIRx Bio, scientist Floe Foxon explores whether the Loch Ness Monster, a creature in Scottish folklore, could be a giant eel. Using previous estimates of the monster's size to predict the probability ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2023
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At midnight, researchers aboard the vessel John Le Conte—an old 37-foot diesel-powered salmon trawler—dropped a net into icy cold waters.
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2023
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You may not even realize you're doing it, but if your car engine is idling while waiting in a drive-through line, especially on days that already have bad air quality, you may be contributing to a hyper-local hotspot of air ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2023
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When I heard that Crawford Lake in southern Ontario was selected as the "Golden Spike" candidate for placing the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch in 1950—essentially, the best place in the world to show how humans impacted ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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