In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope gave us our first direct image of a black hole. It was a powerful image, but not one with much detail. It looks like a blurry orange donut. To be fair, the real … [+3030 chars]
And walking shark The recently discovered one that breaks all the laws of existence is the focus of a study by Florida Atlantic University and Associates in Australia, They investigated how walking a… [+2413 chars]
The Apollo lunar landing missions have often been referred to as "flags and footprints" sorties. It's a somewhat derisive term, referring to America's mad dash to reach the moon before the Soviet U… [+6302 chars]
Scientists have finally stepped up to begin the construction of an incredibly amazing and state-of-the-art telescope, known as the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), to harness the hope of exploring spa… [+3514 chars]
Even in drought-stricken California, not all areas are equally vulnerable to wildfires. A recent study that used data from NASA's ECOSTRESS mission discovered relationships between wildfire intensity… [+4706 chars]
Geneticists at Stanford University have figured out a way to carefully control the structure of plant roots as they grow and branch. By manipulating the depth and shape of a burgeoning root system, … [+3361 chars]
I started doing a huge amount of walking: beach walks on the North Island; forest and mountain walks on the South; then hiking through Arthurs Pass near Christchurch and around Queenstown. It was mag… [+1571 chars]
