How A Cosmic Collision Sparked A Native American Translator's Labor Of Love
On April 1, astronomers will start two huge machines and continue hunting for ripples in space-time. One scientist gets his mom to translate news of each discovery into her native language, Blackfoot. Read more on NPR
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![]() Fossil Site Reveals Day That Meteor Hit Earth and, Maybe, Wiped Out Dinosaurs By WILLIAM J. BROAD and KENNETH CHANG A jumble of entombed plants and creatures offers a vivid glimpse of the apocalypse that all but ended life 66 million years ago. Published: March 28, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2U5WCIZ ![]() How Mosquitoes Sniff Out Your Sweat By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD Scientists have isolated the receptors that help the bloodthirsty insects find you. Published: March 28, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2UgTWHK ![]() Injecting Marshmallow Peeps With Fungi, for Science By JOANNA KLEIN A mycologist hopes to show how a simple, silly experiment can illuminate fungal biology. Published: March 28, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2JPWcl1 ![]() Volcanoes! Lightning! And Radioactive Gas, Too By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS Studying radon’s role in the electrification of plumes above volcanoes could help people anticipate the damage resulting from eruptions, scientists say. Published: March 28, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2Yycna1
Deep Brain Stimulation: Remote Control Brain
We have the story of one woman who is taking part in an experiment on deep brain stimulation. Read more on NPR
EPA Science Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science
Some panel members said they don't agree that breathing sooty air can cause premature death. The panel's draft recommendations to the EPA would change how it assesses the dangers of air pollution. Read more on NPR
Dozens Of Nonnative Marine Species Have Invaded The Galapagos Islands
The number of alien species, likely brought by ship traffic, stunned scientists. And they suspect that the foothold of such creatures may have been underestimated in other tropical habitats, too. Read more on NPR ![]() A Crew of Mini-Moons That Sculpts Saturn’s Rings By NADIA DRAKE Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are helping to explain how Atlas, Daphnis, Epimetheus, Pan and Pandora are distinctive among Saturn’s many satellites. Published: March 27, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2THkFJ0 ![]() The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought By CARL ZIMMER As a threat to wildlife, an amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen known to science.” Published: March 27, 2019 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2FxrZSn |
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