A new kind of space engine could change how we explore the solar system, and it’s powered by the same force that lights up the stars. A British startup called Pulsar Fusion is working on a nuclear rocket that uses fusion energy to…
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Senior US Military Figures Raise Alarm On Air Defense Weaknesses In NATO
Two former senior US military commanders have said Europe’s aerial shield is not prepared to meet the scale of the threat from Russia, while the head of the US Navy’s air and missile defense task force has told RFE/RL that intercepting incoming…
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The Woolly Mammoth’s Evolutionary History Over a Million Years Was a Complex Web
The results of searching the family tree of the woolly mammoth have been surprising; it turns out the beasts we most closely associate with the Ice Age emerged not from a linear lineage, but a relatively complex web of genetic diversity.
A study…
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Congress Ought To Dismantle The Healthcare Deep State
“It’s time for the Trump administration, the newly confirmed head of the Centers for Medicare and … More
One senior…
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Owning a Dog Does Extensive Environmental Damage — Here’s How to Lower The Toll
Our dogs love the outdoors, but the outdoors don’t love our dogs. A review of previously published studies, released in Pacific Conservation Biology, has found that pet dogs have a number of negative effects on the environment, from their…
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US to check social media as it seeks to bar non-citizens suspected of antisemitism
U.S. authorities will examine the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country as the Trump administration seeks to bar people it believes have engaged in antisemitic activity, the Department of Homeland Security announced…
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Eight or more drinks per week linked to signs of injury in the brain
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a study published…
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Early Humans Likely Used Dugout Canoes to Travel the Open Sea 8,500 Years Ago
Experts have added another skillset to at least one group of hunter-gatherers: paddling. Research now shows that some stalwart seafarers stroked their way from mainland Europe to the island of Malta, about 60 miles away, about 8,500 years ago,…
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A Toxic Algae Bloom May Be Causing Sea Lions to Attack People
Sea lions are typically not aggressive toward humans. However, these usually curious and playful marine animals have been making headlines recently for multiple attacks on people off the coast of California.
The aggression is linked to a toxic…
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A pink moon is on its way. Here’s how to see it
A “pink moon” is on its way – and skywatchers in the U.S. should have a great chance…
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