Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Science
01/19/2023
What Could Go Right? Phasing out animal testing
It won’t disappear overnight, but with new regulation, a shift has begun.
01/04/2023
NASA’s new asteroid-hunting telescope is made to protect Earth from disaster
A new telescope to advance planetary defense will hunt potentially disastrous near-Earth objects.
12/22/2022
What Could Go Right? 99 good news stories
2022’s human rights victories, environmental wins, and health and development milestones
12/15/2022
What Could Go Right? Nuclear fusion breakthrough!
Why the fusion news is significant, although far from an immediate climate fix.
11/23/2022
Space diversity: Europe’s space agency gets 1st parastronaut
The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — a leap toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability into space.
11/25/2022
Flatpack wind turbine invented by 15-year-old set to help communities in Kenya
Undergraduate engineers from Glasgow Caledonian University developed Douglas Macartney’s idea into a prototype.
11/16/2022
Greening the city: pockets of hope for urban biodiversity
Cities are adopting green infrastructure to become more climate-resilient. These measures are reviving all kinds of urban biodiversity as well.
11/01/2022
Phantom notes played by violins turn out to be a real sound
For hundreds of years it's been known that a mysterious third note can be heard when playing two notes together on a violin – now we know why.
10/21/2022
NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members
NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs.
10/21/2022
High school student is first to sequence the angelfish genome
17-year-old Indeever Madireddy sequenced the genome of his pet angelfish after it died – the first time this species has been sequenced.
10/21/2022
Hair follicles grown in the lab in a step towards hair loss treatment
By modifying the embryonic skin cells of mice, researchers created hair follicles that grew up to 3 millimeters long over one month.
10/20/2022
