COVID-19 news: 2021 may see famines due to pandemic, says UN official
Nov 18, 2020 05:36 am UTC| Science
The COVID-19 pandemic has now seen millions of people infected and hundreds of thousands dead all over the world. As it has now marked the first year since the first infection, a United Nations official warns that the...
We brewed beer from recycled wastewater – and it tasted great
Nov 18, 2020 03:43 am UTC| Science Life
As the Earths population grows and approaches a projected 9.7 billion by 2050, the worlds freshwaters will face mounting pressure to supply the needs of population growth. Approximately 33 per cent of people do not have...
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone
Nov 18, 2020 03:28 am UTC| Science
I walk outside my rural Saskatchewan house before dawn and look up, expecting to have my breath taken away by the sheer number of stars overhead. Im a professional astronomer, but I still appreciate naked-eye stargazing as...
Asteroid alert: Fireball spotted over mid-northeast US
Nov 17, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Science
The chances of an asteroid actually colliding with Earth are very small but there are some space rocks that tend to slip past the radars of many space agencies. Recently, one fireball was spotted over the skies of the...
Climate change discovery: Subterranean river found under Greenland ice sheet
Nov 17, 2020 05:59 am UTC| Science Nature
Although climate change is nothing new, it is becoming more and more of a problem today due to the effect it is having on our planets frozen regions. Now, a study discovered a very long subterranean river under Greenlands...
Mars discovery: Scientists explain how the Red Planet has lost water
Nov 16, 2020 07:11 am UTC| Science
Mars is known to be a dry desert, but it was once the opposite millions of years ago. As to how the red planet came to be, scientists were able to explain the process that turned Mars into the dry desert that we know it to...
NASA news: Audit reveals 2024 Moon mission "unlikely" to happen
Nov 16, 2020 05:44 am UTC| Science
NASA is in the midst of preparations for the upcoming Moon mission in 2024, and the agency has since made progress. However, an audit report by NASAs office of inspector general reveals that there is a chance the Moon...
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