Canadian start-up GHGSat to make global methane map
A Canadian start-up, GHGSat, is promising to release a high-resolution map of methane in Earth's atmosphere by the year's end.
The
company has one spacecraft in orbit currently to...
Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade.
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC's Today programme that it plans to...
Remarkable New Species of Meat-Eating Jurassic Dinosaur Discovered in Utah
A remarkable new species of meat-eating dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Paleontologists unearthed the first specimen in early 1990s in Dinosaur National Monument...
Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Found in Sierra Leone Bats
Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone,
marking the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa.
Eleven Egyptian rousette fruit bats tested positive for...
People Anticipate the Force of Gravity by ‘Seeing It’ Rather Than ‘Feeling It’
What Goes Up May Actually Be Down
Researchers use virtual reality to show that people plan their movements and anticipate the force of gravity by ‘seeing it’...
Pacific Banana Mystery Solved With Microscopic Particles From 3,000-Year-Old Teeth
Humans began transporting and growing banana in Vanuatu 3000 years ago, a University of Otago scientist has discovered.
The discovery is the earliest evidence of humans taking and ...
Fear-Memory Formation Visualized in Living Mouse Brain for the First Time
Brain-Cell Helpers Powered by Norepinephrine During Fear-Memory Formation.
A sustained state of vigilance will generate a different type of
memory than a momentary startle, and these differences are linked...
NASA Scientists Just Determined The Age Of The Oldest Impact Crater
NASA scientists have identified the Yarrabubba meteor crater in Australia to be the oldest. At 2.229 billion years old, the impact crater is the oldest of the 190 major meteor craters on...
United Kingdom to embark on ‘agricultural revolution’ in break from EU farm subsidies
After the United Kingdom leaves the European Union at the end of the month, it will sever ties with Europe’s farm subsidy policies—and to many researchers, that is a good...
First Spacebus Neo Satellite Launched Aboard Ariane 5 Rocket
Ariane 5’s first launch of 2020 has delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned transfer orbits. Ariane space announced liftoff at 21:05 GMT (22:05 CET, 18:05 local...