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Home News Science & Astronomy Earth as seen by the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. Note lack of flatness. (Image credit: NASA) This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.Carlos Diaz Ruiz (opens in new tab), Assistant Professor, Hanken School of…

Home News Tech On the 198th day of its mission, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) Mars can be an awfully windy place, it turns out.The Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet in February 2021 carrying, among other instruments, a weather station dubbed Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA). That…

Home News Skywatching Earth will reach aphelion on July 4. (Image credit: Starry Night) On Monday (July 4), Earth celebrates Independence Day by getting as far away from the sun as possible — reaching what astronomers call aphelion at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT).At aphelion, Earth will be 94.51 million miles (152.1 million kilometers) away…

Home News Science & Astronomy Comet Hale-Bopp, as imaged from the Johannes-Kepler Observatory in Linz, Austria, in April 1997. (Image credit: E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria under CC-BY-SA 3.0) Comets have mystified humanity for millennia, but with the James Webb Space Telescope beginning science operations this month, scientists hope to unravel secrets about…

Airbnbs are convenient and often much more affordable lodging options for travelers compared to what’s usually available from a nice hotel. Still, there are tradeoffs with everything, and with that convenience comes the suspicion from some Airbnb guests that … the owners totally have a hidden camera in here somewhere. That’s one finding, in fact,…

We have long debated the origin of mankind. Some believe in God’s creation of man in his own image, while others say that mankind evolved from another species. Now, new evidence found in South Africa has reignited questions about where modern humans come from, and what species we may have left behind. Fossils are sparking…

Facing declining markets in Western countries, multinational food companies are targeting Africa, Asia, and Latin America as new consumers of packaged foods, in a move that may worsen the global epidemic of chronic illness related to diabetes. Governments are striking back at obesity risk factors, including unhealthy foods. Singapore, which might have as many as…

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Finally booked that flight and raring to go? Traveling is picking up again and when it comes to dressing for airline travel-as with post Covid-19 fashion-comfort is still the name of the game, but that doesn't mean you need to sacrifice style.  Whether you're going on a short getaway or long vacation-well, you don't necessarily need…

It's not often that you hear of someone renovating their existing home. For most people, it only makes sense to renovate if they've moved to a new home. It's often too comfortable (and disruptive), to think about renovating the current home — even if a refresh would do wonders for a new environment.  But this…