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An online class by any other name? College students pay rent, enroll -- then find courses aren't in-person Tyrel Henry would rather be at home. Instead, the junior at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho spends his days mostly alone in his room or working out at a local gym. There isn't much to do in Lewiston, and he is losing money by being there. If he had stayed ...
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An airplane-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave today An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet will have a close encounter with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming past our planet at about one-third the average distance to the moon. Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make its closest approach today at 12:12 p.m. EDT (1612 GMT), ...
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Researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but the physics of this expansion remains a mystery. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have made a novel prediction—the dark energy ...
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Former astronaut, who's Black, recounts harrowing police stop Former astronaut Leland Martin has flown on two shuttle missions and helped build the International Space Station. Yet he never feared as much for his oxygen supply in the vacuum of space as he did when pulled over by an Earthbound cop. Advertisement.
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Face Shields and Valved Masks Offer More Comfort but Less Protection Face shields and valved masks — two options many people find more comfortable than cloth face coverings — appear to be less effective at blocking viral particles than regular masks, a new study shows. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had ...
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Solar telescope GREGOR unveils magnetic details of the sun Left: The GREGOR telescope on Tenerife, Spain. Right: The newly redesigned optical laboratory of GREGOR. Credit: L. Kleint, KIS. The Sun is our star and has a profound influence on our planet, life, and civilization. By studying the magnetism on the Sun, we ...
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Bodybuilding supplement promotes healthy aging and extends life span, at least in mice A dietary supplement bodybuilders use to bulk up may have a more sweeping health benefit: Staving off the ravages of old age. Mice given the substance—alpha-ketoglutarate(AKG)—were healthier as they aged, and females lived longer than mice not on the ...
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Lunar Dustbuster: Researchers Develop Electron Beam to Get Rid of Moon Dust Researchers from the US have created a brand new dust mitigation technology, or a 'lunar dustbuster', that is capable of cleaning moon dust from surfaces using a beam of electrons. Its development could be of humongous importance for astronauts as far as ...
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots 'Dust Devil' Storm Over Mars' Gale Crater NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on the surface of Mars in 2012, has been dedicatedly exploring the Martian landscape to beam back new insights about the Red Planet. Now, one of its latest captures is a whirling dust storm raging in our neighbouring ...
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Watch Out: Objects in the Universe are Bigger than They Appear The extended halo of the Andromeda Galaxy would fill a patch of sky more than 60 degrees wide if you could see it with your eyes. (Credit: NASA/ESA/J. DePasquale and E. Wheatley/ Z. Levay). Newsletter. Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest ...
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