Aug 7th, 2022 - US Coast Guard rescues eight people from vessel trying to bring people to the US illegally Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants attempting to enter the US illegally capsized off the coast of the Florida Keys in the latest incident to highlight the dangerous sea-crossing, the Coast Guard said. Eight people were rescued from the boat, the Coast Guard said in a news release. The agency described the boat as a "rustic vessel" with 15 migrant passengers. "Our search continues for others that may have survived this tragic incident," said Rear Admiral ... [Read More]

Aug 6th, 2022 - Aug. 6 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday as he continues to "feel very well" a week after his rebound infection, his physician announced. Dr. Kevin O'Connor said Biden has been in daily monitoring during isolation and continues to improve. "In an abundance of caution, the president will continue his strict isolation measures pending a second negative test as previously described," O'Connor said in a statement Saturday morning. Biden, who has received two vaccine boosters, first tested positive on July 21, when he was experiencing mild symptoms such as a ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - The coin was likely lost to the sea after a shipwreck. A team of archaeologists in northern Israel have discovered a rare bronze coin depicting a symbol of the zodiac, dating back nearly 2,000 years. The treasure was found near Haifa in the Mediterranean Sea, and was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Roman emperor Antonius Pius. The coin bears the words "year eight," referring to the eighth year (144 or 145 C.E.) of Pius's rule. Exceptionally well-preserved, the coin depicts a crab, the image of the Cancer zodiac sign, under a portrait of Luna, the moon goddess. According to ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - The first set of cases were clustered tightly around the Huanan market; whereas later cases were dispersed widely throughout Wuhan. New studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market. In addition, the research indicates that alternative scenarios are extremely unlikely. These studies come from the University of Arizona. The research uses location data and viral sequencing relating to early COVID-19 cases. This work shows that the pandemic started in Huanan market in Wuhan, China, with live animals being sold at the market as the likely source. Here, foxes, raccoon dogs and other ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - The Danuri spacecraft, which launched on Thursday, aims to provide a lunar scientific bounty while preparing the country's small space program for future exploration. South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday. But it doesn't want to stop there. "We are also considering using the moon as an outpost for space exploration," Kwon Hyun-joon, director general of space and nuclear energy at South Korea's Ministry of Science, said in a written response to questions. "Although we hope to explore the moon itself, we also recognize its potential to act as a base for further deep space exploration ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - Today marks exactly 10 years since NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on Mars. The one-tonne vehicle launched from Earth in November 2011 and – after an arduous nine-month journey which included the 'seven minutes of terror' down to the Martian surface – it set out to look for evidence that the Red Planet may once have supported life. Since then, Curiosity has driven nearly 18 miles (29 kilometres) and ascended 2,050 feet (625 metres) as it explores Gale Crater and the foothills of Mount Sharp within it.  Happy 10-year landiversary to me! It's been a decade of ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The collision of two distant neutron stars released one of the most powerful short gamma-ray bursts ever recorded, scientists say. The collision marked the first time scientists have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion to be caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. It was observed on Nov. 6, 2021. The observation was made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, in Chile. ALMA is an international observatory operated by the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory. "Afterglows for short ... [Read More]

Aug 5th, 2022 - Back in 2019, Google proudly announced they had achieved what quantum computing researchers had sought for years: proof that the esoteric technique could outperform traditional ones. But this demonstration of "quantum supremacy" is being challenged by researchers claiming to have pulled ahead of Google on a relatively normal supercomputer. To be clear, no one is saying Google lied or misrepresented its work — the painstaking and groundbreaking research that led to the quantum supremacy announcement in 2019 is still hugely important. But if this new paper is correct, the classical ... [Read More]