Making a more accurate pregnancy test for humpback whales
The current pregnancy test offers up lots of false negatives.
Science // Science & Exploration
CDC tells Americans to brace for coronavirus
WHO's insights from China suggest that the virus can be contained.
The wear patterns of your jeans aren’t good forensic evidence
Low reliability, high rate of false alarms in denim-matching forensics
New Netflix series Night on Earth shows wildlife in a startling new light
Moonlight cameras, thermal imaging, night-vision goggles, infrared light, and more.
Delay seems likely as parachute problems plague European Mars lander
"This plan will be examined by the two agency heads."
Marsquakes and ancient magnetic fields: InSight’s first data
Last year, we activated the first useful seismograph on Mars.
WHO tries to calm talk of pandemic, says the word “does not fit the facts”
Meanwhile, US coronavirus cases hit 53 as more cruise passengers test positive.
One of NASA’s greatest mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, has died
"Anything that could be counted, I did."
Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice
The trick is a timely combination of side-to-side and see-sawing motions.
Climate change is drying up the Colorado River
Less snow means more evaporation in a critical water resource.
Cities fighting climate woes hasten “green gentrification”
Planning for rising tides can push the price of housing up—and longtime residents out.
Physics undergrads crunched numbers for Star Trek’s tribble problem
It would only take 4.5 days for tribbles to completely fill the USS Enterprise.
A neural network picks promising antibiotics out of a library of chemicals
Evaluating over a million molecules takes four days of computer time.
January was warmest on record for the globe
NOAA’s January summary is out, along with its outlook for spring.
CDC didn’t want 14 coronavirus patients flown to US—it was overruled
State Dept. overruled health experts amid unexpected test results, report says.
