On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s attempt to delay a union vote set to begin on Monday, February 8. For many, the…
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As this winter’s polar vortex currently sends extreme icy blasts of Arctic weather to some parts of the northern hemisphere such as the northeast of…
It’s well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the University of South Australia,…
Single shot of peginterferon-lambda accelerates clearance of COVID-19 infection, UHN-led study shows. Credit: Courtesy UHN UHN-led study indicates peginterferon-lambda treatment can speed up clearance of…
GBT-VLBA radar image of the region where Apollo 15 landed in 1971. The snake-like feature is Hadley Rille, a remnant of ancient volcanic activity, probably…
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NASA is remembering Millie Hughes-Fulford, the first woman to fly as a NASA payload specialist, who died Thursday. Hughes-Fulford was selected as a payload specialist…
A proposed hybrid-electric plane could “eliminate aviation’s air pollution problem,” say MIT engineers. Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new…
he NIX camera in its cryostat. Credit: STFC NIX – a powerful new ‘luggage-sized’ cryogenic camera, will take the first pictures of young giant exoplanets.…
An artist’s rendering of five planets orbiting TOI-1233, four of which were discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS), an MIT-led NASA mission. Credit:…
The Milky Way is an example of a spiral galaxy. (Created from images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and ALMA.) Credit: HST, VLA, ALMA,…
An optically excited gas of electronic carriers confined to the planes of the layered van-der Waals semiconductor tungsten diselenide is shown. The consequent hyperbolic response…
A person falling into a black hole and being stretched while approaching the black hole’s horizon. Credit: Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez, CC BY-ND To…
Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, MIT’s Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications. For much of his career, Ju Li thrived on the theoretical…
Mars Express view of Terra Sabaea and Arabia Terra. This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows a beautiful slice of the Red Planet from the…
We crawled into an abandoned school bus, trespassed through dilapidated hallways, dodged fleeting thunderstorms and wandered through empty streets of Chinatown late into the evening.…
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A sidewinder snake is shown in a sand-filled arena that researchers used to understand the unique motion they use to climb sandy slopes. Credit: Rob…
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is mutating. The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates fast. That’s a concern because these more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 are now present in the…
The public markets have been so active lately that it’s hard to drum up excitement for yet another company making its way to the bull…