Tag: Satellites
CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore...
Mustafa Aksoy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and...
Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites...
Michael Brown, Smithsonian Institution
Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the...
Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy – a proposed zone...
Christopher Gordon De Pree, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Christopher R. Anderson, United States Naval Academy, and Mariya Zheleva, University at Albany, State...
When fishing boats go dark at sea, they’re often committing crimes...
Heather Welch, University of California, Santa Cruz
In January 2019, the Korean-flagged fishing vessel Oyang 77 sailed south toward...
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest...
Shane Coffield, NASA and James Randerson, University of California, Irvine
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect...
Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech...
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds...
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and...
David Wallace, Mississippi State University
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The...
Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s...
Mathieu Morlighem, Dartmouth College
Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But...
EXPLORING NATURE
Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...
Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope
