Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet(sciencedaily.com)

249 points by amichail 1 year ago | 228 comments

Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging(sciencedaily.com)

110 points by stevenjgarner 1 year ago | 55 comments

NASA finds Titan's lakes may be creating vesicles with primitive cell walls(sciencedaily.com)

260 points by Gaishan 1 year ago | 97 comments

A lost Amazon world just reappeared in Bolivia(frontiersin.org)

93 points by ashishgupta2209 10 months ago | 19 comments

DNA floating in the air tracks wildlife, viruses, even drugs(sciencedaily.com)

104 points by karlperera 1 year ago | 76 comments

Scientists have recreated the Universe's first molecule(sciencedaily.com)

19 points by LAsteNERD 1 year ago | 9 comments

Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued(www3.nhk.or.jp)

341 points by lattis 10 months ago | 155 comments

NHK World news page reporting a strong earthquake off northern Japan and tsunami warnings, later downgraded to advisories, for Hokkaido and Tohoku coasts.

Canada fast-tracks Pacific oil pipeline to reduce US dependence(apnews.com)

43 points by geox 25 days ago | 30 comments

AP News article on Canada fast-tracking a Pacific oil pipeline from Alberta to reduce dependence on the US; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin(apnews.com)

187 points by surprisetalk 5 days ago | 98 comments

AP News article reporting that Oregon lawmakers approved funding to buy an iconic waterfall property that had been listed for sale on Redfin.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed(theregister.com)

341 points by rntn 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Register news article on Los Angeles County wildfires forcing about 70,000 evacuations and the closure of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds(bloomberg.com)

706 points by simula67 2 years ago | 467 comments

Bloomberg article reporting a San Francisco Fed study finding no evidence that remote work affects productivity, with about 30% of paid workdays remote at end of 2023.