WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an ‘ocean world’ with a large reservoir of salt water beneath its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that increase interest in this dwarf planet as a possible outpost for life. Occator Crater and …
Read More »A thunderstorm recorded on July 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) A new study from Monday may provide the strongest evidence, yet that thunder can certainly worsen health conditions. Over a period of 14 years in the US, researchers found that the days surrounding a …
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FILE PHOTO: Chinese fax manufacturer CanSino Biologics’ sign is pictured at its building in Tianjin, China November 20, 2018. REUTERS / Stringer / File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on about 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics …
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For months, Natalia Pasternak has been pleading with Brazilians to take science and coronavirus seriously, in a marathon of TV appearances, newspaper columns, livestreams and podcasts. “I gave interviews at 2 o’clock,” said the microbiologist and broadcaster who manages a group of civil society, the Question of Science Institute. When …
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After one of the most shocking decades in New Zealand’s history, the Kiwis overwhelmingly want the country to build a system to give us all a head start as future shocks hit. Earthquake warning systems (EEW) work by detecting and responding to the fastest traveling P-waves of an earthquake before …
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