Most Nonhuman Primates At Risk Of Extinction: 60% Of Our Closest Biological Relatives Could Disappear In 25 Years, Study Says
The existence of a number of our closest biological relatives is threatened by a number of factors, the biggest one being the human agricultural footprint.
Climate Change News: Shifting Mild Weather Pattern; US Gives $500 Million To UN Climate Fund
President Barack Obama committed $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, and Tuesday’s payment was the second $500 million installment, the first having been made in March 2016.
NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Is Examining What Could Be Cracks In Mud Over 3 Billion Years Old
The shallow ridges being investigated on the red planet could have originally been cracks formed in mud as it dried over 3 billion years ago.
Neopalpa Donaldtrumpi: New Moth Species Named After Donald Trump For Yellow-White Scales On Its Head
Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, found only in California and Mexico, has yellow-white scales on its head, which resembles the president-elect’s hairstyle, the discoverer said.
SpaceX Falcon 9: What Next? After Returning To Flight With Iridium Launch, Company Has Busy Launch Schedule
The private space launch company made a successful return to flight of its Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, when it put 10 Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit.
Humans Settled In North America 24,000 Years Ago, During The Last Ice Age, 10,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought: Study
Findings from a recently published anthropological study date the migration event at the height of the last Ice Age, 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Airbus Flying Car? Vahana Prototype To Be Ready For Test By 2017-End, CEO Tom Enders Says
The French aerospace company’s CEO Tom Enders confirmed the plans Monday while speaking at a digital technology conference in Munich.
Who Is Gene Cernan? Last Man To Walk On The Moon Dies At 82
The NASA astronaut, who was part of the Apollo lunar missions, was the last man to have walked on the surface of the moon, in May 1972.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) HW2 Autopilot Update Rolls Out For All New Vehicles, ‘But In Non-Actuating Mode’
Owners of Tesla vehicles manufactured before mid-October 2016 will have to wait longer before they get the update as well.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Investigation Finds Battery Caused Phone To Catch Fire: Report
The South Korean electronics giant has completed its investigation and will make the findings public Jan. 23, but a source spoke to Reuters ahead of the announcement.
iPhone Hacker Hacked: Cellebrite, Israeli Firm FBI Hired To Break Into San Bernardino Terrorist’s Phone, Had 900GB Data Stolen
The Israeli firm was contracted by the FBI to break into the phone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists after Apple refused to do so.
Gaming Industry Trends In 2017: Nintendo Switch, Console Updates, VR Hardware
The Game Developers Conference released Thursday the findings of its 2017 State of the Industry Survey of over 4,500 game developers.
Farthest Milky Way Stars Could Be Stolen From Another Galaxy, Astronomers Find
Half of the 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy could have been ripped, due to gravity, from a mini-galaxy nearby, according to astronomers.
Quantum Computing: ‘Squeezed Light’ Technique To Cool Small Objects Below ‘Quantum Limit’ Could Aid Development
Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology “have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible.”
Human Speech Evolution: Baboons Show Capacity To Articulate Vowels Can Be Traced Back To Ancestors That Lived 25 Million Years Ago
By studying vowel-like sounds used by baboons, and the anatomy behind it, researchers suggest the capacity for modern human speech is about 25 million years old.
Endangered Species: Rusty Patched Bumblebee Now Protected In US, Fish & Wildlife Service Says
The final rule listing the insect as an endangered species will appear in the Federal Register on Jan. 11 and takes effect from Feb. 10.
Alcohol-Obesity Link: Does Drinking Cause The Munchies? Alcohol Can Lead To Binge-Eating, Scientists Find
Drunk mice ate significantly more than sober mice due to a brain mechanism that is similar in humans, scientists found.
China Building World’s Highest Altitude Gravitational Wave Telescopes In Tibet
Once complete, the telescopes — located over 17,200 feet above sea level — will try to detect faint echoes resonating in the universe from its earliest days.
Supermassive Black Holes: NASA Instrument Finds 2 Hiding ‘In Our Cosmic Backyard’
The two discoveries, from galaxies relatively close to the Milky Way, were made using a NASA instrument that can detect X-rays.
Beijing Smog Update: China To Use Lesser Coal, Cleaner Fuels, Deploy Special Police, Phase Out Old Vehicles To Tackle Polluted Air
The city — covered in thick smog for over a week now — will deploy a special police team, use less coal and cleaner fuel, among other means, to tackle air pollution.
Earth, Moon Photographed From Mars
A composite of two separate images, taken Nov. 20 by a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, was released Friday.
Great Barrier Reef Almost Drowned During Last Interglacial, Climate Impact Study Finds
Warm temperatures and resultant rising sea levels, caused by melting glaciers and polar snow caps, almost killed off the natural wonder during the Last Interglacial period.
What Is An Exocomet? NASA’s Hubble Telescope Found Them Plunging Into A Young Star
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the activity was observed in the third star system outside our own where astronomers have detected comets.
Porous, 3D Graphene: MIT Scientists Make ‘One Of The Strongest, Lightest Materials Known’
The new material is lightweight, with a density of just 5 percent that of steel, but is still 10 times stronger.
Climate Change Impact: North Atlantic Circulation Patterns Could Be A Lot Less Stable Than Assumed
A North Atlantic Ocean circulation system — at the center of the 2004 disaster film — is assumed to be more stable than it possibly is, climate scientists warn.
Binary Stars To Merge, Explode In 2022, First Of Its Kind Scientific Prediction Says
The future event, prophesized by a first of its kind scientific prediction, will be visible to the naked eye if and when it occurs.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight Gets FAA Nod, Launch Of 10 Iridium Satellites Confirmed For Jan. 9
The Federal Aviation Administration gave its approval Friday for the private space launch company to resume flights.
Ford, GM, Now Toyota: Trump Tweet Targets Another Automaker, Stock Slides
The president-elect has previously targeted other automakers, including General Motors in a recent tweet, and Ford Motor on the campaign trail.
Polar Bears Threatened By Toxic Pollutants, Not Just Climate Change And A Warming Arctic
A study found that polar bear cubs are particularly vulnerable, but it also supports and advocates the efficacy of international control measures.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Of Iridium Satellites Postponed To Next Week
The company originally planned to resume flights in December 2016, and later pushed the date to Jan. 8, but will now fly some time next week at the earliest.