KELT-2A – a Yellow White Dwarf Star
KELT-2A is a yellow-white dwarf star located in the constellation Auriga around 440 light-years distant. This star has an apparent magnitude of 8.77, which means…
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Global Heating Means Faster Ocean Currents, 66 Million Years of Data Suggests
Massive currents transport water and heat between ocean basins kilometers beneath the ocean’s surface. Scientists have thrown light on one of the key unanswered climate…
Hypoallergenic Cats Could Soon Be a Reality Thanks To CRISPR Gene-Editing
According to a new study published in The CRISPR Journal, the protein that causes the majority of cat allergies can be safely removed from the…
Early Echoes of a Neurological System can be found in Brainless Sponges
Scientists have captured a sponge sneezing, indicating that even without a neural system, these primitive organisms can feel and respond to their surroundings. Sponges are…
Can Gene Editing End World Hunger
In 2020, 811 million people, or one-tenth of the world’s population, were undernourished. That’s a 161 million rise in just a year, more than the…
Atomic Gardening Tried To Find the Bright Side of Nuclear Weapons
Atomic gardening arose from the efforts of Atoms for Peace in the 1950s to find alternate, more beneficial uses for fission energy in the aftermath…
A Student Is Selling His Soul as An NFT
Bart, who doesn’t believe in souls, sells his to Milhouse for $5 in the Simpsons episode Bart Sells His Soul, only to regret it later…
Plastic Waste Accumulates in Massive, Lethal Masses in Camel Stomachs
With so many camels chomping on plastic, it’s worth considering why they’d be drawn to it in the first place. It’s difficult for a camel…
New Global Marine Heat Wave Forecasts Predict Ecological and Economic Consequences
Researchers have created worldwide forecasts that can give up to a year’s notice of marine heatwaves, which are rapid and substantial spikes in ocean temperatures…
Climate Change is Causing Birds to Lay Their Eggs a Month Earlier
Spring has arrived; Birds have begun to sing and build their nests. Like clockwork, it happens every year. However, according to a new study published…
Modified Genes can Alter the Interactions of Wild Cotton with Insects
Cotton plants endemic to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula may appear identical — untidy and uncontrolled bushes with flowers that change from pale yellow to violet as…
Management Challenges Arise from the Delicate Balance of Coral Reef Processes
Coral reefs are massive underwater constructions made up of the bones of colonial marine invertebrates. Because they extract calcium carbonate from saltwater to construct a…
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