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Autumn was closing in fast on northern Nevada when Martin Sander took one last look around the excavation site in the Augusta Mountains 150 miles (241 kilometers) east of Reno. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZXZadJ

A stowaway aboard SpaceX's first mission to launch astronauts to the International Space Station may have set a new record — the most sequins to enter Earth orbit. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gCQU8V

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk's company. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TTn9H2

Moscow space officials on Sunday said they were puzzled by "hysteria" around the successful SpaceX flight as Elon Musk taunted Russia and US President Donald Trump vowed to beat it to Mars. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Av5ui3

It’s the first time a crewed U.S. spacecraft has performed the feat in nearly a decade. It was also a first for the private sector, a triumphant moment for SpaceX founded by Elon Musk in 2002. from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2Mhuzjm

SpaceX's first crewed Dragon capsule slid into its dock on the International Space Station successfully today, concluding a 31-hour voyage to orbit for two veteran NASA astronauts. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3eBv3wN

Russia has lost its long-held monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station following the flawless manned launch by US company SpaceX. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XMgmAb

The launch of SpaceX's first crewed mission was a very big deal. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2XfZwKW

The first NASA astronauts to launch from the U.S. since the end of the space shuttle program have named their commercial spacecraft after one of the retired winged orbiters. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2MdWgJN

After a historic launch yesterday from the coast of Florida, two NASA astronauts arrive today at the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gDSszz

SpaceX founder Elon Musk was choked up with emotion after his company successfully launched astronauts to space for the first time on Saturday (May 30). from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gCXe02

This study reports new genome-wide data for 101 prehistoric individuals from 12 archaeological sites in today's France and Germany, dating from 7000-3000 BCE, and documents levels of admixture between expanding early Neolithic farmers and local hunter-gatherers seen nowhere else in Europe. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2AkZx7A

While this is not an easy moment in history, it might actually be the ideal time to launch a crewed mission to space, astronauts and exploration experts say. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3dkNMfJ

The NASA astronauts who launched to space today (May 30) invited the world into their spacecraft with a unique, live tour around the capsule. from Space.com https://ift.tt/36MHD9R

The airborne route of transmission and high population density in urban areas helps the virus spread. from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2zBdi1Z

Cats and ferrets may help study disease transmission, while hamsters show promise for studies of efficacy of vaccines from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2zNDAht

Superspreader events, associated with more than eight secondary cases, form a main feature of the spread from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3cgvZ8l

A study measured the size distribution, travel distance and velocity of droplets when a person coughs or speaks from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2BhrYDP

This crisis will most severely affect those who have just finished, or are finishing, their PhD degrees from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/36Qt5WH

The team had isolated the SARS virus duringthe outbreak of 2002 from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2AkYIeQ

The weirdness of our solar system's first known interstellar visitor stems from a very unusual composition, a new study suggests. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gEiuCz

SpaceX will take another crack at its first crewed mission today (May 30), and you can watch the historic liftoff live. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2zJXVnN

If the skies are clear this evening (May 30), observers across the central and northern United States and southern Canada could get an opportunity to see Crew Dragon move across their local skies. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2ZPV07G

SpaceX's historic first launch was scrubbed, Virgin Orbit's first test launch fails, and a Japanese cargo ship makes one last space station delivery. All this, and more top stories from Space.com. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2sd6VvC

Two astronauts gear up for a historic SpaceX launch, Ben and Jerry's launches a moon-inspired ice cream flavor, and astronomers spot a "ring of fire" galaxy. Here are the top images from Space.com. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2tedITD

A final decision on a launch attempt for SpaceX's milestone mission to the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon will take place after assessing the weather that morning, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said Friday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2zApMa8

SpaceX's "Demo-2" mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this weekend will be the first flight with astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon capsule built by entrepreneur Elon Musk's commercial space company. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/36JSdhL

Singapore's otters, long adored by the city-state's nature lovers, are popping up in unexpected places during the coronavirus lockdown but their antics have angered some and even sparked calls for a cull. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZP6zMj

Pollution from human and agriculture waste spilling into the seas off Rome has decreased 30% during Italy's coronavirus lockdown, preliminary results from a nationwide survey of seawater quality indicate. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3ceBYuo

The most common organism in the world's oceans -- and possibly the whole planet -- harbors a virus in its DNA. This virus may have helped it survive and outcompete other organisms. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2zKrCoD

Researchers have identified a new genomic region and anxiety-related candidate genes associated with fearfulness in dogs. Findings support their hypothesis that fearfulness and anxiety are hereditary traits in dogs, and there may be shared factors underlying anxiety in both humans and dogs. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3diw64n

Toxic versions of the protein tau are believed to cause death of neurons of the brain in Alzheimer's disease. A new study shows that the spread of toxic tau in the human brain in elderly individuals may occur via connected neurons. The researchers could see that beta-amyloid facilitates the spread of toxic tau. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ApDZqs

How does general anesthesia cause loss of consciousness? Despite its 175-year-history of use by the U.S. medical system, science has been unable to definitively answer that question, until now. The lipid-based answer could open other brain mysteries. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3gAP8VU

An academic has achieved a milestone in statistical/mathematical physics by solving a 100-year-old physics problem -- the discrete diffusion equation in finite space. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/36H9LLs

In the periodic table of elements there is one golden rule for carbon, oxygen, and other light elements. Under high pressures they have similar structures to heavier elements in the same group of elements. Only nitrogen always seemed unwilling to toe the line. However, high-pressure researchers have actually disproved this special status. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/36KPULe

Researchers have developed new technology to monitor cholesterol in brain tissue which could uncover its relation to neurodegenerative disease and pave the way for the development of new treatments. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2TOJtl5

Researchers have now found a method that might make the production of a biologically significant precursor of jasmonic acid more efficient and cheaper. Their innovation: they imitate how plants produce the hormone. The result is 12-OPDA, a central precursor of jasmonic acid. In the long term, it could also be a potential precursor for high-quality perfume. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3cmqchG

The third week of May, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Doris Lagos-Kutz and Glen Hartman venture to a nearby field to set a timer on a smokestack-like device that rises 20 feet into the air and serves a single purpose: to capture winged insects such as aphids (notably, soybean aphids), thrips and other potential soybean pests. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/36NPdBa

Scientists have a new explanation for an explosive cosmic event in 1908 that flattened trees for hundreds of miles in a remote Siberian forest. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2TSIJM5

Netflix's new "Space Force" series is the inside joke that went too far: and we love it. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3etzzNS

The 10-episode first season of "Space Force," the new Netflix comedy from Steve Carell and writer-producer Greg Daniels, premieres on the streaming platform today (May 29). from Space.com https://ift.tt/36ILdBD

Government measures to arrest the economic impact of COVID-19 have helped stop further job losses and declines in working hours, new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gFOtTh

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of teaching students the difference between real and fake or misleading news say the authors of a new report into news media literacy education. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TNZB6u

Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold to exceed $1.34 billion in value and produce more than five times its current volume of fish, prawns and other seafood products within the next decade—according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) report published today. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2zxNFPB

Humanity is creating huge amounts of data every day, billions of emails and social media updates, new websites, documents, images, and scientific and commercial big data amounting to petabytes of storage needs and beyond. It is well recognised that nucleic acids, the RNA and DNA that encode the proteins needed to build living things are seemingly quite efficient in storing information and so taking inspiration from this realm, a team from India writes in the International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials how extended nucleic acid memory (NAM) might be the future of data storage technology. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3dhF41O

The last of six tiny satellites that were rocketed into space 14 years ago—and then went on to prove that the wealth of accurate atmospheric data that can be gleaned from existing GPS signals can improve operational weather forecasts—was officially decommissioned on May 1, outliving its original planned lifespan by a dozen years. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XIKi02

Leiden researchers found a way to measure the tiny forces exerted by pericytes, one of the most elusive, hard to research cell types, which occur in tiny blood vessels. Building on this fundamental science, researchers may eventually find treatments for medical conditions like ischaemia. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XJPUr1

Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy is an extension of circular dichroism spectroscopy into the infrared and near-infrared regions where vibrational transitions occur in the ground electronic state of a molecule. The method offers the advantage of studying the chiroptical properties of a wide range of molecules in non-crystalline states. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3dggZbF

In a time when people are self-isolating due to COVID-19 restrictions, technology allows people to work from home through Zoom and to chat with friends and family through social media. This is not so for many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3dfbCK2

Ice-blue clouds are drifting high above the Arctic, which means the Northern Hemisphere's noctilucent cloud season is here. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TPpiU9

Each year the ocean is inundated with 4.8 to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic washed in from land. A big proportion of this plastic is between 0.001 to 5 millimetres, and called "microplastic". from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XUHqxt

Seismic wave-speeds have revealed part of an ancient volcanic "superplume" beneath New Zealand, highlighting connections between the Earth's deep interior and the surface we live on. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZMlGGj

For a week, it was a truly stunning crumb of the solar system — until scientists realized it was just a dirty hunk of ice with an identity crisis. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gwUv8t

A video on the yearly phenomenon that is one of the most dangerous of natural hazards from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3gvbFTY

A record number of captive-born wolf pups has been placed into the wild as part of an effort by federal and state wildlife managers to boost the genetic diversity among Mexican gray wolves in the Southwestern United States. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3ewjqr2

Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the "holy of holies" of a shrine at Tel Arad in the Beer-sheba Valley, Israel, were found to contain Cannabis and Frankincense, according to new article in the journal, Tel Aviv. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2AfMWT8

Bacteria have a cunning ability to survive in unfriendly environments. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gwXVrO

A new study examines the symbiotic relationship between two types of bacteria and spittlebugs that helps the insect live on very low-nutrient food. The bacteria use a metabolic "trick" also employed by cancer cells to create the right conditions for converting the poor food into the necessary building blocks for survival. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3esmgNE

Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XbD5qa

In proteins, amino acids are held together by amide bonds. These bonds are long-lived and are robust against changes in temperature, acidity or alkalinity. Certain medicines make use of reactions involving amide bonds, but the bonds are so strong they actually slow down reactions, impeding the effectiveness of the medicines. Researchers devised a way to modify amide bonds with a twist to their chemical structure that speeds up reactions by 14 times. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2TMwsbQ

A University of Otago study of 2,595 New Zealanders working from home during lockdown suggests that most people were equally or more productive (73 per cent), and that many want to continue to work from home at least part of the time post lockdown (89 per cent). from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XBNJWv

New research may explain why we sometimes overvalue items we've acquired—to an irrational degree—irrespective of their market or sentimental value. This phenomenon is called the endowment effect, and researchers have long puzzled over why it occurs, and why the size of the effect can vary so much across items when it does. It's important to understand, however, because the endowment effect can lead us to make unpredictable economic decisions, and it has far-reaching implications throughout law, markets and business. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3goPyOW

New Zealand's government has been praised for listening to health experts in its pandemic response, but when it comes to dealing with pollution of the country's waterways, scientific advice seems less important. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gu7ec0

More like mom or dad? Human babies always get this curious look in their faces combined with the question of whom the child resembles most. The answers vary depending on the degree of kinship, gender and the time of assessment. Mandrills, monkeys living in Equatorial Africa, may recognize facial features coding relatedness better than humans. Scientists showed by using up-to-date artificial intelligence (AI) that half-sisters, who have the same father look more alike than half-sisters who share the same mother. The paternal half-sisters also have closer social relationships with each other than unrelated mandrills. This result provided the first evidence suggesting that interindividual resemblance has been selected to signal paternal kinship. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZOugo3

A wave of new technology in the Late Paleolithic had reached North China by around 41,000 years ago. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dbAOB8

Among dinosaurs of ancient Colorado, scavenging and possibly cannibalism were responses to a resource-scarce environment, according to a new study. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2yFJoZT

On the eve of his historic launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, NASA astronaut Bob Behnken got ready for the big day by launching a rocket of his own. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3ca7sBN

We spotted some weird and wacky details leading up to SpaceX's now-delayed Demo-2 test flight today (May 27). from Space.com https://ift.tt/3esytSt

If you're frustrated that you now have to wait until Saturday (May 30) to see SpaceX's first crewed launch, you can blame Mother Nature and orbital mechanics. from Space.com https://ift.tt/36DKwKb

If it weren't for the weather, SpaceX would have made history Wednesday (May 27). Now the company will have to wait another three days to try again — if Mother Nature cooperates. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2ZMb4HA

Workers everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions necessitated by COVID-19. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TOFvsK

We're building a lot of apartments in Australia. High-density precincts are being developed across our major cities. But these buildings and neighbourhoods are often not designed and managed in ways that meet the needs of lower-income residents. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TJID9y

This is the tale of two iguanas. Or five iguanas and counting, if you prefer. Bear with us, because this isn't straightforward. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gyJnrB

A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world's oldest "bug"—older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid or other related creepy-crawly, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZFAMxs

Since last summer's bushfire crisis, there's been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It's now more widely understood that Aboriginal people used landscape burning to sustain biodiversity and suppress large bushfires. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Ag2Hcy

Recent public demonstrations against climate change, human rights violations and industry practices that harm the environment reveal a growing public desire to participate in discussions about sustainability, safety and citizen's rights. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gpQQtb

The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The results, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, reveal that the planet in question, Proxima b, has a mass of 1.17 Earth masses and is located in the habitable zone of its star, which it orbits in 11.2 days. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2BaFgC1

Around the world, pest insects like mosquitoes often become resistant to the insecticides meant to control them, causing problems for agriculture and public health. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gvj8T1

Brian Sinclair wheeled himself into a Winnipeg emergency room in September 2008 seeking assistance with his catheter bag. He had a bladder infection, but instead of receiving treatment, remained in the waiting room for 34 hours until his body—now lifeless—finally received medical attention. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gyGoPV

When lockdown measures were announced in France and other countries, secondary-school teachers and university professors had to quickly make the transition from classroom teaching to remote education. As a result, practical work was often abandoned—experiments were no longer possible without a lab, test tubes, oscilloscopes and other equipment. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2M5XKFZ

While the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space telescope called CHEOPS opened its eyes, took its first pictures of the heavens and is now open for business. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2TMe9DU

Nearly two dozen states and several cities on Wednesday filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era mileage standards, saying science backed up the old regulations developed with the help of the nation's car makers. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2M5ZL50

Perennial warm-season grasses do not provide high-quality forage during mid to late-summer, which limits yearling stocker cattle from maintaining high rates of growth in the Southern Great Plains. This shortage has resulted in a continual search by researchers for annual legumes that can provide sufficient amounts of nutritious forage during August through September. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3cgDLzb

Novel coronavirus can spread up to three times further in cold and humid weather, according to the researchers from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3d5tXcs

Eleven billion years ago, a hot, active, eyeball of a galaxy glared across space. It formed in a violent collision, and could help explain the Milky Way's spiral. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2TGRHvE

With SpaceX sending people to the ISS soon, we sat down with retired astronaut Cady Coleman to help understand how important this launch really is. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2ZSRKZt

SpaceX's first-ever crewed mission, a test flight called Demo-2, is scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT today (May 27) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2TF6Hdu

SpaceX's first crewed mission couldn't have a more appropriate jumping-off point. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2X7beY8

India is wilting under a heatwave, with the temperature in places reaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and the capital enduring its hottest May day in nearly two decades. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gqGjOa

A new era in space begins Wednesday with the launch by SpaceX of two NASA astronauts into space, a capability that for six decades symbolized the power of a handful of states, and which the United States itself had been deprived of for nine years. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gnbYAl

A video on the biggest annual drop in carbon dioxide emissions in the world from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2AaJj0I

Virgin Orbit engineers were analyzing data Tuesday to find out what caused the maiden flight of its air-launched satellite booster to fail. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3eoerbE

Threats to self-esteem and negative feedback are pervasive in today's society. Social media researchers, for example, have shown a link between frequent usage of social media websites and upward social comparison and negative affect. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2A8i8nh

Stealth technology, the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect an object, has driven advances in military research for decades. Today, aircraft, naval ships and submarines, missiles and satellites are often covered with radar-absorbent material, such as paint, to hide or cloak them from radar, sonar, infrared and other detection methods. A cloak is a coating material that makes an object indistinguishable from its surroundings or undetectable by external field measurements. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3eoge0x

Consumers often struggle to achieve self-set life improvement goals, but what if deliberately emulating the successful strategies used by their friends could help them? from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/36vng0O

By Sunday, May 24, Tropical Cyclone Mangga had already transitioned to an extra-tropical storm and was affecting the southwestern coast of Australia. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZFijkz

Diving as a lifestyle has evolved many times in the animal kingdom, and the ecology of all diving animals is essentially shaped by how long they can hold their breaths. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gqscIG

A major UK government-funded research study suggests particles released from vehicle tyres could be a significant and previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gqrueu

Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required for fusion reactions. This bubble-like turbulence swells up at the edge of fusion plasmas and drains heat from the edge, limiting the efficiency of fusion reactions in doughnut-shaped fusion facilities called "tokamaks." Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have now discovered a surprising correlation of the blobs with fluctuations of the magnetic field that confines the plasma fueling fusion reactions in the device core. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2X65Wwj

GP's notes currently unavailable to medical researchers could provide clues to help manage major health crises -- like COVID-19. And according to a 'citizens' jury' study at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), the main thing stopping the use of such information -- concerns over patient privacy -- could be overcome. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2X4lRuT

The stakes have never been higher for SpaceX, which is poised to become the first commercial spaceflight company to launch NASA astronauts to space on Wednesday (May 27). from Space.com https://ift.tt/2B5C8Y4

There are many options to watch SpaceX's historic Demo-2 astronaut launch on TV, cable news and — of course — online. Here's how from Space.com https://ift.tt/2TGkJf2

Researchers have found that the chance of a false negative result -- when a virus is not detected in a person who actually is, or recently has been, infected -- is greater than 1 in 5 and, at times, far higher. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3c5PbWe

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the social, educational and health care disparities already plaguing the nearly 40 million Americans the US Census Bureau estimates are living in poverty. Perhaps the hardest hit members of that population, say pediatricians, are children from low-income households. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3d5BI1Z

Researchers hope giving Remdesivir along with a powerful anti-inflammatory could be the key to treating the most severe COVID-19 cases. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2LXMD1T

Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the United States, but a new analysis shows that interactive technology -- ranging from 511 traffic information systems and roadside cameras to traffic apps -- is helping in cities that use it. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3eri7JX

A new mathematical model developed by University of Alberta scientists shows how figure skaters move across the ice—and could help professional skaters hone their technique or prevent injuries. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2yw1ld8

Many businesses turned to remote workers to continue their operations after states issued stay-at-home orders to reduce COVID-19 infections. It's a trend that is likely to continue long after the coronavirus is controlled. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XvwExh

Scientific research is based on the relationship between the reality of nature, as it is observed, and a representation of this reality, formulated by a theory in mathematical language. If all the consequences of the theory are experimentally proven, it is considered as validated. This approach, which has been used for nearly four centuries, has built a consistent body of knowledge. But these advances have been made thanks to the intelligence of human beings who, despite all, can still hold onto their preexisting beliefs and biases. This can affect the progress of science, even for the greatest minds. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2A6YRm0

Australian archaeologists have discovered some of the most detailed examples of rare, small-scale rock art in the form of miniature stencils in a rockshelter traditionally owned by the Marra people. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/36tyzqg

As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, politicians, medical experts and epidemiologists have taught us about flattening curves, contact tracing, R0 and growth factors. At the same time, we are facing an "infodemic"—an overload of information, in which fact is hard to separate from fiction. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3ehVI1u

Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a device that simulates the blood filtering and ion transport functions of the human kidney. The technology could transform treatment options for people in the final stage of renal disease. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gpgEpe

As COVID-19 affects global food systems, tremendous impacts are being felt by coastal communities and small-scale fishers, many of whom are self-employed and rely on the catch to feed their own households or local communities. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Mc8GSF

Across Canada, many parents, educational policy experts and educators are now looking at possibly late August or early September as they consider how schools can safely reopen amid the unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/36wl9K1

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are out of work as a result of COVID-19, but a QUT expert says some may find new jobs through digital platforms, particularly in areas like food delivery, writing, law, accountancy, home maintenance, IT or graphic design. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2AVqEWS

The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2B6g2EZ

Planet Nine is a theoretical, undiscovered giant planet in the mysterious far reaches of our solar system. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3eqQktb

If your child likes "Star Wars," robots and Lego, they're in luck! from Space.com https://ift.tt/2LZKFOq