Why finding bird flu in an American pig for the first time is raising new concerns
At least one pig has contracted bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. […]
50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos
Satellites interfere with radio astronomy – Scientific news, October 5, 1974 In the past, satellites and probes launched by NASA
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean
A large, ancient Mayan city has been found in southern Mexico
A massive Mayan landscape is hidden beneath a forested area of southern Mexico. The newly discovered city, called Valeriana, spans
Discovery of key machine learning tools wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The
A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease
DENVER — A drug found in nearly every medicine cabinet could be a treatment for a rare genetic disease. Ibuprofen
Radioactive beams provide a real-time picture of cancer treatment in mice
Cancer-destroying particle beams have been caught red-handed. Particle beams can deliver a burst of destructive energy directly to tumors –
A twisted protein sheds light on chronic damage disease in deer
The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological disease in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an
How tiny phytoplankton travel long distances up the ocean
It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton traveling from the deep sea
The virus after an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus
A virus that caused a major outbreak in Brazil this year can be spread from a pregnant woman to her