Scientists identify 50 new planets from old NASA data using artificial intelligence for the first time
Scientists have identified 50 new potential planets with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is for the first time researchers have used and succeeded in analysing a sample of potential planets and determine which ones are real and which one ‘fakes’.
South African vets take CT scan of 210kg gorilla
How do you look up a 210kg gorilla’s nose? Carefully…
Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug
A new analysis of cannabis research funding in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom has found that $1.56 billion was directed to the topic between 2000 and 2018—with about half of the money spent on understanding the potential harms of the recreational drug. Just over $1 billion came […]
To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees
PALMYRA ATOLL IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN—Duncan Coles lops the head off a juvenile coconut tree with a practiced swing of his machete. He and nine other volunteers chop away at the thicket, stepping over piles of fallen coconuts and fist-size hermit crabs. Soon they return to their decapitated kills, […]
Ancient caiman with ‘no parallel in the modern world’ left 46 bite marks on sloth leg
“There is no chance” the sloth survived.
Hand sanitizers sold in beer cans and children’s food pouches? Don’t buy them, FDA says
Health officials are concerned that people may accidentally ingest these products.
Arctic sea ice under attack, and ancient records that can predict the future effects of climate change
Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about how Arctic sea ice is under attack from above and below—not only from warming air, but also dangerous hot blobs of ocean water.
In ‘milestone,’ FDA OKs simple, accurate coronavirus test that could cost just $5
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Microscopic robots made to walk using laser technology
The researchers hope the robots, which have legs roughly the width of human hair, could one day be used to travel through human tissue and blood.