Science & Technology

San Francisco airport will monitor plane waste for COVID-19 variants

International travelers can now contribute valuable data to COVID-19 surveillance efforts in the United States from above the clouds. San…

Why you shouldn’t use magnets when looking for meteorites

It’s time to drop the magnets, meteorite hunters. The commonly used method for identifying space rocks can destroy scientific information.…

How Pythagoras turned math into a tool for understanding reality

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “the music of the spheres,” your first thought probably wasn’t about mathematics. But in…

The James Webb telescope revealed surprise asteroids in the Fomalhaut star system

The star Fomalhaut is ready for its close-up. Rings of dust encircle the young star in stunning new images from…

Pregnancy may hamper bats’ ability to ‘see’ in the dark

Pregnancy can do weird things to the body. For some bats, it can hamper their ability to “see” the world…

50 years ago, enzyme injections showed promise for treating a rare disease

First successful enzyme therapy in humans — Science News, April 28, 1973 Fabry’s disease … [is caused by] a faulty…

Salty water may have flowed near Mars’ equator as recently as 400,000 years ago

Crusts, cracks and other geologic features on sand dunes near the Martian equator are leading researchers to believe there may…

Schlechte Internetabdeckung in Büro oder Eigenheim? STRONG könnte die Lösung sein!

Mesh-Netzwerke sind immer mehr Leuten ein Begriff, einige sind aber auch noch immer irritiert davon, was nun tatsächlich der Mehrwert…

WHO declares an end to the global COVID-19 public health emergency

COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization announced May 5. The organization pointed to…

Conversations with Maya: Raj Chetty

Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of the Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News, chatted with Raj Chetty,…