Category: Science

Could Magnolia Tree Bark Rival Vaccines in the Fight Against COVID-19?

Researchers in the Netherlands have uncovered that honokiol, a compound found in the bark of magnolia trees, has the capacity to stop the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within the body. The study, published on May 22 in Microbiology Spectrum, an esteemed publication of the American Society for Microbiology, offers an innovative approach to the…


Private Flight With 2 Saudi Astronauts Returns From Space Station With Gulf of Mexico Splashdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida panhandle, 12 hours after undocking from the orbiting lab. The Saudi government…


LIVE NOW: NASA UFO Team Meets on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holds a public meeting of its independent study team on categorizing and evaluating data of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), events observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena, at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 31, followed by a media teleconference with…


LIVE NOW: NASA’s UFO Study Team Holds Public Meeting

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holds a public meeting of its independent study team on categorizing and evaluating data of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), events observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena, at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 31, followed by a media teleconference with…


LIVE NOW: NASA UFO Research Group Briefs the Public Ahead of Final Report

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holds a public meeting of its independent study team on categorizing and evaluating data of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), events observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena, at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 31, followed by a media teleconference with…


NASA UFO Research Group Briefs the Public Ahead of Final Report

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holds a public meeting of its independent study team on categorizing and evaluating data of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), events observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena, at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 31, followed by a media teleconference with…


Japan to Test Beaming Solar Power From Space in 2025

Japan is exploring ways to beam solar power from space, a project expected to be tested out in 2025 even as concerns remain about costs involved in such projects. Space-based solar power will involve placing solar panels in space at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers (22,369 miles) to generate electricity. The solar power that is…


NOAA Releases Hurricane Forecasts for 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on May 25 released its forecasts for this year’s Atlantic, Central, and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons. NOAA has two hurricane centers to cover different parts of the world. The National Hurricane Center (NHC), which is based in Miami, Florida, is responsible for tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean…


Apollo Astronauts Say US Needs to Take Space Seriously in ‘New Cold War’ With China

Veteran moonwalkers of the Apollo Program say that the United States needs to take space seriously as a front in a “new Cold War” with China. Astronauts Charles Duke of Apollo 16, Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17, Rusty Schweikert of Apollo 9, and Randy Bresnik of Artemis II, an upcoming mission to the Moon, discussed…


Apollo Astronauts Say US Needs to Take Space Seriously as Front in ‘New Cold War’ With China

Veteran moonwalkers of the Apollo Program say that the United States needs to take space seriously as a front in a “new Cold War” with China. Astronauts Charles Duke of Apollo 16, Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17, Rusty Schweikert of Apollo 9, and Randy Bresnik of Artemis II, an upcoming mission to the Moon, discussed…