Coronavirus jumped from person-to-person in California
The new strain of coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in China, has made another person-to-person jump, this time in California. A husband and …
Articles by Mike Wehner
These bizarre ‘ice rings’ in the world’s largest freshwater lake finally have an explanation
For several decades now, the world’s largest freshwater lake held a mystery that left scientists scratching their heads. Lake Baikal, located in Russia’s frigid Siberia, …
The US Space Force just carried out a nuclear-capable missile test for the first time
The United States military carries out missile tests on a fairly regular basis, and they don’t normally get much attention. After all, they’re just tests, …
NASA’s solar probe won’t stop smashing records
In case you hadn’t been keeping up on NASA’s mission to “touch the Sun” with its Parker Solar Probe, let me get you up to …
NASA’s Sun probe just spotted something entirely new
Our Sun is vitally important to our continued existence, but it’s also a volatile object with a spicy personality. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are …
Foxconn shutdown over coronavirus threatens iPhone production
As the new strain of coronavirus continues to spread across huge chunks of China, the outbreak’s impact on the world at large is growing more …
Potential HIV vaccine hits major snag in testing
It was only a couple of months ago that news of potential HIV vaccines generated excitement in the medical community, with several promising developments and …
OK, this is officially the coolest space selfie ever
Being chosen to take part in a mission aboard the International Space Station is an incredible honor. Only an impossibly small fraction of humans have …
Scientists say Mars had salty, comfortable lakes
Of all the planets scientists have studied over the years, Mars is the one that we know the most about. We’ve sent orbiters, probes, and …
Scientists invented an ‘anti-solar panel’ that generates power in the dark
Solar power technology shows promise in helping humanity wean itself off of power sources that are far more damaging to the planet. It’s already used …
US airports issue two-week quarantine for anyone arriving from Wuhan
China’s new coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country, and the number of cases confirmed in other countries continues to rise as well. US citizens …
Watch as Earth loses all of its water in this new video
Earth is covered in water. It’s the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface… but what if they didn’t? What if Earth’s oceans were …
Construction workers uncovered 42 skeletons and nobody knows where they’re from
Construction workers in Buckingham, England got a disturbing surprise when they began clearing land for new residential development recently. The housing development includes 72 flats …
It’s pretty weird that smelling this particular flower can give your brain a boost
What if you could enhance your ability to learn and retain information with something as simple as a specific odor? Apparently, that’s a very real …
Fake ‘cures’ for coronavirus are spreading on Facebook
All around the world, health officials are scrambling to come up with solutions to the coronavirus. The outbreak popped up in China weeks ago, and …
NASA kills one of its most trusted satellites
With so many pieces of high-tech hardware at its disposal, it’s easy to forget that some of NASA’s most impressive machines are rapidly aging. The …
Scientists estimate nearly 100,000 people are infected with coronavirus
If you’ve been keeping a close eye on the progress of the coronavirus outbreak over the past month or so, one thing that probably gave …
Here’s what coronavirus looks like
Coronavirus is spreading, and it’s spreading relatively fast. What started as a handful of confirmed infections in fish market in Wuhan, China, has exploded into …
Scientists gave robots the ability to sweat
Evolution has given humans a number of cool bodily functions to deal with certain circumstances. Sweating, for example, is a way for our bodies to …
There’s very little chance the James Webb Space Telescope will meet its deadline
The saga of the James Webb Space Telescope is a long and sad one. The high-powered space-gazing tool has been in development for decades and …
Coronavirus is now spreading from person to person in the United States
With confirmed cases of the Chinese coronavirus already popping up in the United States, it was really only a matter of time before one of …
The space junk problem just keeps getting worse
Skywatchers spent much of Wednesday watching the progress of two satellites which were rapidly approaching each other. A collision seemed unlikely earlier in the day, …
Life expectancy in the US is finally on the rise again
For several years in a row now, life expectancy in the United States has seen a small but steady decline. This unfortunate trend has been …
This is actually what the surface of the Sun looks like
The Sun rises and falls every day, giving us plenty of opportunities to see it. From Earth, we can’t really make out what it is …
Two satellites are about to make an incredibly close pass in Earth orbit
It’s easy to imagine the area around Earth being so incredibly large that there’s no way we could ever clog it with manmade debris. Unfortunately, …
Voyager 2 is acting strange, and it’s up to NASA to figure out why
It’s not often that a NASA mission is still up and running over four decades after launch, but the space agency’s Voyager twins are anything …
No, the coronavirus doesn’t have anything to do with beer
With all the news about the scary new coronavirus coming out of China, you’d have to be completely cut off from the daily news cycle …
United States military escorts hundreds of Americans from China as coronavirus fears spread
As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread across parts of China, foreigners traveling through the area are doing their best to get out. As was …
NASA and ESA want to see the Sun’s poles, but it won’t be easy
Over the course of human history, astronomers have spent a lot of time studying our nearest star. Telescopes on the ground can only see so …
Wattbike Atom review: Pelo-who?
If you’ve turned on the TV at any point in the past three months or so you’ve surely seen a flood of personal fitness ads. …
