Before we jump into the science on social media pool this Sunday, happy Juneteenth and Fathers Day to our readers in real life. Ok, onward. A commentary about a JAMA Network Open paper made a splash… [+6931 chars]
Two unrelated worm phyla give clues on how sex chromosomes might have evolved Studying two highly divergent phyla of worms that contain numerous parasites that cause human and livestock diseases, th… [+3373 chars]
Hello and welcome to yet another This Week on iTP rundown, where we list the top stories from the past week. Before we get started, we just want to which all the daddies, dads, papas, fathers, and po… [+2680 chars]
SpaceX completed a record triple-header early Sunday, launching a Globalstar communications satellite from Cape Canaveral after putting a German radar satellite in orbit from California Saturday and … [+2802 chars]
NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter this year; where the remnants of the early solar system circle the sun. After the … [+3202 chars]
ByCornell UniversityJune 19, 2022 A recent study shows that taking 500 milligrams of the nutrient choline helps the body more effectively metabolize an omega 3 fatty acid that is crucial for the fet… [+5189 chars]
It is not unusual to spot clouds hovering over at least part of the largest inland body of water on the planet, the Caspian Sea. but on May 28, NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (M… [+1809 chars]
Dust was long considered the bane of astronomers, blocking off light and hiding away objects they wanted to observe. But with the advent of infrared astronomy, researchers found that dust is not a du… [+2684 chars]
Despite being hit by grain-sized debris flying across its path, scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope is still on track to send its first infrared images. Micrometeoroids struck the Universi… [+826 chars]
Cataclysm: Artists illustration of two merging neutron stars. (Courtesy: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet) Physicists have created a framework for better understanding the super-dense ma… [+5127 chars]
NASA's Lucy probe has gained a ninth asteroid destination for its 12-year mission. Lucy launched in October 2021 and is bound for the Trojan asteroids, which, thanks to the pull of Jupiter's imm… [+2294 chars]
SpaceX's second Falcon 9 launch was a success. The independent aerospace agency previously announced that it would conduct three consecutive spaceflights before June ends. The first one was a succ… [+2374 chars]
