"If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

— Carl Sagan

Astronomy

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 1:00pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives

Categories: Astronomy

How worried should you be about spending too much time on your phone?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:00pm
Screen time has been linked to all sorts of problems, from depression and obesity to poor sleep. But how worried should you really be? Jacob Aron sifts through the evidence
Categories: Astronomy

How worried should you be about spending too much time on your phone?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:00pm
Screen time has been linked to all sorts of problems, from depression and obesity to poor sleep. But how worried should you really be? Jacob Aron sifts through the evidence
Categories: Astronomy

<p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod

APOD - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:00pm

What's happening in the center of nearby spiral galaxy M77?


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Chernobyl’s Shield Guarding Radioactive “Elephant’s Foot” Has Been Damaged for Months

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:47am

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster remains damaged, but so far, radiation levels outside the plant have not increased, according to officials

Categories: Astronomy

Watch Lava From Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Obliterate a Webcam

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:25am

Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, sent lava fountains spewing into the air, obliterating a U.S. Geological Survey camera

Categories: Astronomy

Tsunami Warnings Issued in Japan after Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:20am

Japanese officials said to expect a tsunami of up to 3 meters in some areas after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan

Categories: Astronomy

What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:00am
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
Categories: Astronomy

What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:00am
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
Categories: Astronomy

Vitamin K Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:00am

Vitamin K injections have prevented deadly brain bleeds in infants for more than 60 years. New research shows refusal rates have recently jumped nearly 80 percent

Categories: Astronomy

Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 10:00am
Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numeracy tests at age 3 to 4, according to UNICEF data from six countries
Categories: Astronomy

Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 10:00am
Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numeracy tests at age 3 to 4, according to UNICEF data from six countries
Categories: Astronomy

Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 8:00am
Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for those with busy lives - here’s how
Categories: Astronomy

Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 8:00am
Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for those with busy lives - here’s how
Categories: Astronomy

The Primordial Black Hole Saga: Part 1 - The Dark Matter Mystery

Universe Today - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 7:01am

Do I really need to go over the evidence for dark matter again? Okay, fine, for those of you in the back who weren’t paying attention the first time.

Categories: Astronomy

Infrasound Tech Silences Wildfires before They Spread

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 6:45am

A new sound-based system could squelch small fires before they grow into home-destroying blazes

Categories: Astronomy

Inspired by Schools of Fish, This Magnetic Material Swarms to Eat Carbon Dioxide

Universe Today - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 6:39am

Removing, or “scrubbing”, carbon dioxide from the air of confined spaces is a critical component of any life support system on a spacecraft or submarine. However, modern day ones are energy intensive, requiring temperatures of up to 200℃ to operate. So a research lab led by Dr. Hui He at Guangxi University in China has developed what they call “micro/nano reconfigurable robots” (MNRM) to scrub CO2 from the air much more efficiently. Their work is described in a new paper in Nano-Micro Letters.

Categories: Astronomy

Vaccine Controversies and Measles Outbreaks, Space Pollution, Puppy Power

Scientific American.com - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 6:00am

Vaccine controversies, space pollution and puppy power.

Categories: Astronomy

Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 12/08/2025 - 5:00am
The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some tantalising clues – and devised an experiment that might reveal the truth
Categories: Astronomy