Ethan Davis

Ethan Davis – Science & Environment Journalist Reports on climate change, renewable energy, and space exploration

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be a 10 billion year old time capsule

A team of astronomers attempted to trace the trajectory of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS into the past, tracing its path through…

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Scientists are shocked that human-friendly bacteria are enduring the brutal forces of space travel (and could keep astronauts alive on Mars)

IN A WORD 🚀 Researchers demonstrate that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme conditions of space travel. The study highlights…

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Hairy frog: the wolverine frog that breaks its bones to make claws when threatened

The hairy frog's vicious claws were first observed around 1900, but it wasn't until the turn of the millennium that…

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NASA science mission saved from Trump budget cuts, but others still in limbo

Another mission the White House wanted to cancel was THEMIS, a pair of spacecraft orbiting the Moon to map the…

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Anthropic’s ‘anti-China’ stance triggers Star AI researcher’s exit

A star Chinese artificial intelligence researcher has left Anthropic to join a rival company, citing the US start-up's "anti-China statements"…

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Scientists now think that the whole universe could turn slowly (and that it could rewrite physics itself)

IN A WORD 🌀 Scientists offer a secret cosmic rotation To resolve Hubble tension in the universe expansion rates. 🔭…

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The Easter Island Statues Really “Walked,” and Physics Confirms It

A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient…

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“I heard it before seeing it”: this giant European antenna in Australia will speak to distant planets (and change the way we explore space) – Rude Baguette

"I heard it before seeing it": this giant European antenna in Australia will speak to distant planets (and change the…

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Scientists measure a fraction of an electron and reveal the secret of catalysis

Researchers at the Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis, based at the University of Minnesota, have now shown that electron sharing…

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Another moon in our solar system could house a deeply hidden ocean

A recent study concludes that the moon of Uranus, Ariel, probably transported a deep and hidden ocean and that its…

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