Here’s why you’ve got cravings even though you’re not hungry
Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, or sometimes we suddenly feel like eating something delicious. These intense desires...
Why Death Valley’s 130 Fahrenheit heat record matters
Like nearly the entire planet, the hottest place on Earth is growing hotter. On Sunday, the National Weather Service reported a 130 degree Fahrenheit temperature in Death Valley, Calif., which...
SpaceX will attempt to break a rocket reusability record with a launch this week – TechCrunch
SpaceX is preparing for yet another launch of Starlink satellites on Tuesday – its tenth launch of production versions of the satellites to date. In addition to 58 Starlink satellites,...
The pandemic has changed your brain — here’s how to overcome that
Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number of neurological problems, along...
Nocturnal animals keep getting lost — and light pollution is to blame
Many nocturnal animal species use light from the moon and stars to migrate at night in search of food, shelter, or mates. But in our recent study, we uncovered how...
Are you safe from COVID-19 if you’ve had the common cold?
An article in Science recently generated a lot of interest by providing a possible explanation of why COVID-19 can be deadly to some yet go virtually unnoticed in others. Scientists...
Photos of the horrific Iowa storm that few noticed
There aren't many weather events more fearsome than a derecho. But few seemed to notice the one that just hit the U.S. Midwest. A derecho is a powerful, long line...
Two galaxies collide in NASA’s majestic Hubble image
NASA calls NGC 1614 a "peculiar galaxy." The brilliant cosmic object is the result of two merging galaxies. There are a number of wild things happening in this Hubble image,...
A time traveler’s guide to the end of the universe
In this series we’ll take a science and technology-based overhead view of the future from the perspective of a time traveler. This edition focuses on what you’d see if you...
NASA and SpaceX target October 23 for first operational astronaut launch – TechCrunch
NASA and SpaceX have set a specific target date for Crew-1, the first operational crewed mission for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Crew-1 will carry astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Oliver, Mike...