
Los Angeles Times - 21 hours 15 min ago
Tommy John, who ruptured a ligament in his left elbow in 1974, agreed to a radical surgery that revived his career and changed baseball. He pitched for 26 years.

Popular Science - 22 hours 1 min ago
The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes. The post The world’s largest electric plane takes flight appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Mechanics - 23 hours 49 min ago
The Spanish colony Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe, located at the southern tip of Chile, lasted less than three years due to harsh conditions.

Popular Mechanics - 23 hours 52 min ago
Why did this particle mysteriously disintegrate?...

Popular Science - 1 day 37 min ago
NASA's Martian helicopters are scheduled to launch in late 2028. The post We just got a glimpse at what NASA's Skyfall helicopters will look like in action appeared first on Popular Science .

Mother Jones - 1 day 3 hours ago
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. From disappearing manatees to bleached coral reefs, gender-changing turtles and oyster beds destroyed by hurricanes, no other state's marine life faces the magnitude of climate-related challenges that Florida's does. Now, wildlife authorities are attempting to bring some cohesion to tackling the diverse slate of issues by […]...

Wired - 1 day 4 hours ago
An object observed by the James Webb Space Telescope lends credence to a strange explanation for the mysterious red spots in the early universe.

Ars Technica - 1 day 5 hours ago
Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.

Mother Jones - 1 day 5 hours ago
The northern spotted owl is in trouble per usual. This vanishingly rare subspecies of spotted owl earned its iconic status in the late '80s and early '90s, during the height of the Timber Wars in the Pacific Northwest. For forest defenders, the spotted owl is a sacred totem. For loggers, it's been a pest. In 1990, […]...

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 5 hours ago
It feels like vector-borne diseases are popping up everywhere these days. Has something changed?...

Newser - 1 day 22 hours ago
Jake Hemann grabbed a board and headed out to surf. But an hour later, he wound up sitting at the lifeguard station soaking his foot in a pail of hot water alongside four other beachgoers. It is a common scene at Bolsa Chica State Beach and other popular beaches in...

The Independent - 2 days 3 hours ago
The physicists made an unexpected breakthrough...

The Independent - 2 days 3 hours ago
Ancient techniques once suited to the Mediterranean now hold lessons for modern Britain...

Mother Jones - 2 days 3 hours ago
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Krzysztof Wasowicz, mayor of Justice, Illinois, has some concerns about solar: that it takes up farmland and enriches China. But he’s all-in on the community solar array that was recently deployed at a Public Storage facility in his village, a suburb of Chicago. […]...

Newser - 2 days 3 hours ago
Divers in Sicily have discovered a time capsule of ancient Mediterranean trade lying 150 feet below the surface. Acting on a tip from fishermen, Italy's cultural heritage police located a Roman-era shipwreck some three miles off the island's western coast, its cargo undisturbed for more than 2,000 years. The...

Ars Technica - 2 days 3 hours ago
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.

Science Daily - 2 days 4 hours ago
Gut microbes need something to eat, and when fiber is limited, they may begin consuming proteins from the mucus lining that protects the gut. Researchers found that fiber can suppress this process, while indigestible plant proteins help microbes produce more beneficial compounds.

Retraction Watch - 2 days 5 hours ago
As we were assembling this week’s Weekend Reads, we learned the tragic news that former Cambridge professor Jason Arday had been found dead in his home. Arday has been the subject of several news stories in recent weeks, including at Retraction Watch. We are shocked and saddened by the news of his death. Our hearts … Continue reading Weekend reads: Tragic news on former Cambridge prof; A never AI' research company was AI after all; OpenAI's math breakthroughs don't add up...

GeekSpin - 2 days 14 hours ago
There is a literal fault in our stars. Astronomers may have stumbled onto a bizarre cosmic object that appears to be part black hole, part star, and is so ridiculously energetic that it outshines its entire galaxy. The object, called MoM-BH*-1, was discovered accidentally by the James Webb Space Telescope while astronomers were hunting for […] Read the original article here: Scientists discover rare one in a billion black hole star...