China’s Mysterious Space Plane Returns to Earth
Specialists speculate that a Chinese spacecraft that spent nine months in Earth’s orbit might be similar to a U.S. space plane, and it could have research or military usesThe Boeing X-37B, pictured here, is thought to have inspired China’s mysterious spaceplane. Credit: UPI/Alamy Stock PhotoChina has landed a mysterious spacecraft that spent nine months in Earth’s orbit
Yet Another Massive Heat Wave Was All But Impossible without Human-Caused Warming
Women filling their pitchers with water supplied by a special train on a hot summer day in Pali on May 11, 2022. Researchers say extreme heat in South Asia last month was worsened by climate change. Credit: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | A heat wave in South Asia last month intensified to record-shattering levels because of climate change. Global
JWST Will Hunt for Dead Solar Systems–And Much More–In Its Second Year of Science
White dwarfs, Earth-sized exoplanets, early galaxies and even Saturn’s moon Enceladus are on the agenda for JWST’s second year in space, but exomoons and others miss outAn artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at work in deep space. The image contains elements furnished by NASA. Credit: gre jak/Alamy Stock PhotoWhere do you point
Mapping Arctic Foxes’ Spectacular Solo Journeys
Researchers show how tiny Arctic foxes travel thousands of kilometers for space—revealing potential disease pathwaysA wild arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in tundra in wintertime. Credit: Alexey Seafarer/Alamy Stock PhotoUnder an around-the-clock summer sun, a young Arctic fox set out in July 2019 from Bylot Island in Nunavut, Canada. He wandered over the tundra for 299
Police Facial Recognition Technology Can’t Tell Black People Apart
Imagine being handcuffed in front of your neighbors and family for stealing watches. After spending hours behind bars, you learn that the facial recognition software state police used on footage from the store identified you as the thief. But you didn’t steal anything; the software pointed cops to the wrong guy.     Unfortunately this is not
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