Western forests, snowpack, and wildfires appear trapped in vicious climate cycle
Extreme 2020 wildfires affected the water cycle in key mountain forests.
Science // Science & Exploration
It’s not just social media: Cable news has bigger effect on polarization
When it comes to echo chambers, TV trumps online.
Putting together the Webb telescope’s mid-infrared eyes
The Mid-Infrared Instrument needs to be at 7 Kelvin to work.
SpaceX breathes fire in South Texas for the first time in 2022
Two test firings on Tuesday bring the company closer to a Starship orbital flight.
These researchers watched dead fish rot for 70 days—for science
Yes, there were probes—including an anal probe.
China’s secretive space plane flies higher and longer than before
So what is it doing up there? Secret, space-y stuff, of course.
Jumping spiders may experience something like REM sleep
If it's an analog of mammalian REM sleep, then it evolved very early.
Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules
It's "a revolutionary scientific advance in molecular data storage and cryptography."
Rocket Lab’s launch cadence now “100 percent” driven by market demand [Updated]
"Our cadence today is 100 percent driven by market demand."
Locked-in syndrome and the misplaced presumption of misery
Surveys suggest most LIS patients are happy. Researchers want that more widely understood.
58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change
77,000 studies were scoured to map the pathways.
Fecal fountains: CDC warns of diarrheal outbreaks linked to poopy splash pads
Whatever you do, don't get the water in your mouth.
As losses mount, Astra announces a radical pivot to a larger launch vehicle
"We've made a few key decisions."
Rocket Report: SpaceX launches Korea to the Moon, Georgia’s litigious spaceport
"Union Carbide most certainly has a contract with Camden."
“Black widow” neutron star devoured its mate to become heaviest found yet
This work may set an upper limit on just how large neutron stars can become.
