Tag: Science News

Biopesticide from Luminescent Bacteria Safely Targets Common Agricultural Pests: Taiwanese Researchers

After years of research, Taiwan has created a microbial pesticide that uses a luminescent bacteria to target two common agricultural pests. The country will soon be the first in the world to mass produce this biopesticide, say researchers. According to a press release issued on Nov. 1 by Taiwan’s Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research…


FDA Says Lab-Grown Meat Safe for Human Consumption

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday cleared meat grown in a laboratory for human consumption, marking the first time the agency has done so. The decision means that Berkeley, California-headquartered UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, will be able to bring its “cultivated chicken” products to the market once it has been inspected by the…


NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket Lifts Off 50 Years After Apollo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the United States a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well during the three-week…


LIVE 10:30 PM ET: NASA Moon Rocket on Track for Historic Launch

Artemis I launch teams load fuel before the moon orbit mission. NASA’s new launch attempt for Artemis, the first U.S. return to the moon after half a century, is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EST on Nov. 16. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


LIVE NOW: NASA Moon Rocket on Track for Historic Launch

Artemis I launch teams load fuel before the moon orbit mission. NASA’s new launch attempt for Artemis, the first U.S. return to the moon after half a century, is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EST on Nov. 16. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


LIVE NOW: NASA Moon Rocket Artemis I Launches

Artemis I launch teams load fuel before the moon orbit mission. NASA’s new launch attempt for Artemis, the first U.S. return to the moon after half a century, is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EST on Nov. 16. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


NASA Moon Rocket Artemis I Launches

Artemis I launch teams load fuel before the moon orbit mission. NASA’s new launch attempt for Artemis, the first U.S. return to the moon after half a century, is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EST on Nov. 16. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


Divers Find Challenger Space Shuttle Wreckage Off Florida Coast

Divers from a documentary crew looking for the wreckage of a World War Two aircraft off the coast of Florida found a 20-foot section of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded and broke apart shortly after its launch in 1986, NASA said on Thursday. The divers contacted NASA after spotting a large, clearly modern object…


Study: Blood Disorder Treatment May Activate Cancer-Causing Gene in Some Patients

The current treatment for a group of blood cancers called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) involves demethylating drugs that inhibit the growth of cancer cells. However, a multinational team led by researchers from Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States has found that the drugs may actually activate a known oncogene—a gene that under certain conditions can cause…


Hubble Telescope Reveals Huge Star’s Explosion in Blow-by-Blow Detail

WASHINGTON—About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented by astronomers in blow-by-blow detail. Researchers on Wednesday said NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture three separate images spanning a…