Report suggests ways to avoid satellites ruining telescope images but ‘there is no place to hide’
Astronomers and the operators of new, thousands-strong constellations of low-orbiting satellites will have to work together to prevent them from having a devastating impact on ground-based observations of planets, stars, and other celestial objects, says a report released today. Even then, there is no escaping some harm from the fleets […]
This new algorithm can find the hidden patterns in your dreams
“I was at home and that scary red monster thing from that stupid Looney Tunes show was hanging around,” reads the dream diary of Izzy, a teenage girl. “There were lots of them trying to get in and I was scared to death.”
Laura expected to slam into Texas and Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane
This is a serious storm, threatening Texas and Louisiana.
A man was reinfected with coronavirus after recovery – what does this mean for immunity?
A 33-year old man was found to have a second SARS-CoV-2 infection some four-and-a-half months after he was diagnosed with his first, from which he recovered. The man, who showed no symptoms, was diagnosed when he returned to Hong Kong after a trip to Spain.
Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation
“Baking is applied microbiology,” according to the book Modernist Bread. During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread. Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs talks about Modernist Bread, for which he was a writer and editor.
Growing underwater heat blob speeds demise of Arctic sea ice
In March, soon after arriving aboard the Polarstern, a German icebreaker frozen into Arctic sea ice, Jennifer Hutchings watched as ice broke up around the ship, weeks earlier than expected. Even as scientists on the research cruise scrambled to keep field instruments from plunging into the ocean, Hutchings, who studies […]
Stash of pure, 24-carat gold coins unearthed in Israel
It was a fortune that could have bought a mansion in the best neighborhood.