While it may not seem like humans and penguins have much in common, penguins can be a valuable model for understanding human aging, and are a key reason why researchers chose to analyze them for a new study published in Nature Communications. But during their research, the study authors found something they didn’t quite expect….
A bright green fireball was visible in parts of the Pacific Northwest as it beamed across the sky. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry describes a fireball as a particularly bright meteor that can be seen up to 80 miles above the Earth. The museum says green fireballs are often due to the presence…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and VLT Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile, astronomers have directly observed two gas giants emerging from the planet-forming disk around a star known as WISPIT 2, offering one of the clearest views yet of how a planetary system may form. The arrangement, marked by gaps and rings in the surrounding…
March 24, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA unveils ambitious new moon base plans NASA chief Jared Isaacman announced a $30-billion plan to speed up its lunar landings and establish a U.S. moon base by 2036 By Dan Vergano edited by Clara Moskowitz NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at the Mary W….
More than 160 environmental and public health organizations on Tuesday called for Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, to resign or be fired. “No [EPA] administrator in history – Democratic or Republican – has so brazenly betrayed the agency’s core mission,” the groups wrote in an open letter. “EPA’s foremost purpose is to…
Nasa is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a $20bn base on the moon’s surface over the next seven years, its new chief, Jared Isaacman, said on Tuesday. Isaacman, who was sworn in at the agency in December, made the announcement at the…
Last week’s Nvidia GTC conference highlighted new chip architectures to power AI. But as the chips become faster and more powerful, the remainder of data center infrastructure is playing catchup. The power delivery community is responding: Announcements from Delta, Vertiv, and Eaton showcased new designs for the AI era. Complex and inefficient AC to DC…
A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilet of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still being used to make pinot noir wine, scientists said Tuesday. The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating this immensely popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, the scientists said in…
Invasive species cost Canada billions of dollars each year. Now, a team led by UBC researchers has developed a new genomic test that can trace the Asian spongy moth—one of the biggest threats to North America’s forests—back to its source, giving officials a better chance of stopping infestations before they spread. The findings are published…
Aplet, with The Wilderness Society, characterized the push to rescind the rule not as a genuine attempt to mitigate fire risk, but part of the larger administration crusade to roll back environmental regulations. The legal test The Administrative Procedure Act requires that when an agency rescinds a rule, it must be able to demonstrate a…
