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Ed the Escaped Pet Zebra Captured After a Week on the Run
The wayward journey of a runaway pet zebra named Ed has come to a dramatic close. Tennessee police nabbed the zebra on Sunday, just over a week after he had first escaped his owners’ confines. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office detailed Ed’s capture on its Facebook page, complete with a video of the zebra being airlifted to a waiting jail cell (animal trailer). Ed and his bid for freedom stirred the hearts of people online but also caused...
The Disturbing Reality of How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Health
Much of Canada is ablaze again, with more than 200 active wildfires having consumed roughly 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) since January, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported Thursday, June 5. This escalating situation pumped massive amounts of smoke across the Canada-U.S. border, affecting air quality as far south as Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). As climate...
Mars Orbiter Sees Unique Image of Ancient Volcano Rising Above the Clouds
Floating in orbit above Mars, NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captured a panorama of the Red Planet’s biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, peeking over a sea of clouds. The picturesque moment offers an exceptionally rare view of a Martian volcano, showing the landform at an angle in space that captures the planet’s horizon. “We picked Arsia Mons hoping we would see the summit poke above the early morning clouds. And it didn’t disappoint,” Jonathon...
NASA Cancels Europa Lander Mission, but Researchers Present an Alternative Solution
NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons. The space agency got cold feet over the project, but engineers are now targeting a new destination for the probe: Enceladus. Europa has long been a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial biology because scientists suspect it harbors a subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust,...
Foul Breath, Worn-Out Teeth, and Dry Oral Cavities
Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as wonder drugs when it comes to weight loss. But as the drug has become more widely used, a number of unintended side-effects have become apparent—with the weight loss drug affecting the appearance of everything from your butt to your feet. “Ozempic face” is another commonly reported consequences of using these popular weight loss drugs. This is a sunken or hollowed out appearance the face can take on in people...
These Two Galaxy Clusters Are Set to Collide Once More
Roughly 2.8 billion light-years from Earth, two galaxy clusters are engaged in a cosmic tussle. These enormous structures last collided about a billion years ago, but now, it appears they’re going back for round two. The galaxy clusters involved in this scuffle are part of a larger system—a “combined” galaxy cluster—called PSZ2 G181. In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal in April, researchers analyzed new observations of PSZ2 G181...
Multi-Million Dollar Initiative Seeks to Uncover Flawed Medical Studies
A new initiative from the watchdogs behind Retraction Watch is taking aim at flawed or faked medical science research to the tune of nearly $1 million. The Center for Scientific Integrity just launched the Medical Evidence Project, a two-year effort to identify published medical research with a negative effect on health guidelines—and to make sure people actually hear about it. Equipped with a $900,000 grant from Open Philanthropy and a core team...
Impressive Physics Trick Lets a Sphere Roll Down a Vertical Wall
If you place a rigid sphere on a similarly rigid inclined surface, gravity will cause it to roll down said surface. But what happens if the surface, or plane, is completely vertical? Researchers had previously assumed that, without an initial push, the sphere would simply drop straight to the ground without rolling. New research, however, has just redefined this belief—as well as long-held assumptions in the field of physics. University of...
Discover the Actual Zombies Among Us Everywhere
Zombies are real and everywhere we look. Not human zombies, of course, but animal ones: insects, arachnids, and countless other species. In her new book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control, author and science writer Mindy Weisberger delves into the world of zombifying parasites, aka the various lifeforms that have evolved to nudge or outright force their hosts into doing their bidding. The average person...
In the Conflict Between Trump and Musk, NASA Faces Significant Risks
In the heat of the moment, Elon Musk threatened to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and then he took it back. In doing so, however, the rocket billionaire dragged NASA into his messy breakup with Donald Trump, with the agency’s access to orbit now at stake. Musk and Trump parted ways earlier this week, and their breakup has been very messy. Shortly after leaving the administration, Musk began criticizing the budget bill passed by...
Premature Infant Dies in Ontario from Measles Infection Transmitted by Unvaccinated Mother
A premature newborn in Ontario, Canada, has died after contracting measles—the first death this year linked to an ongoing outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in the country. Ontario health officials reported the death Thursday. The child caught the viral infection from their mother, who was not vaccinated from measles. Canada, the U.S., and Mexico have all faced surging outbreaks of measles in 2025, fueled by low vaccination rates in...
Japanese Lunar Lander Suffers Crash on Moon in Unsuccessful Second Try
A private Japanese spacecraft crashed into the Moon while attempting the country’s first commercial lunar landing on Thursday, June 5, the company has confirmed. This is the second failed moon mission for Tokyo-based ispace, which launched the Resilience lander aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in January. ispace lost communication with Resilience less than two minutes before its scheduled landing on the Moon, the Associated Press reports. In a...
Trump Withdraws His NASA Nominee, Yet Jared Isaacman Had Plans to Revitalize the Moon Initiative
Shortly after Donald Trump withdrew his nomination for Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, the billionaire private astronaut revealed what he would have changed at the agency had he been given the role of administrator. The most notable change would have been to NASA’s Artemis program, which is struggling with cost overruns and a super expensive, disposable rocket. During an interview with the All-in Podcast on Wednesday, Isaacman spoke about his...
Four Democratic States Request FDA to Remove Limits on Abortion Medication
The attorneys general of four Democrat-led states—New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California—petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 5, asking the agency to lift what they view as unnecessary restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. The petition aims to force the FDA to acknowledge robust clinical evidence and decades of mifepristone use that support the drug’s safety and efficacy. The move comes just one...
ISS Conference Canceled Due to NASA Budget Reductions Impacting Crew and Cargo Operations
The International Space Station (ISS) still has a few years left in orbit before it’s due for retirement, but the future of the orbital lab is looking a little shaky as NASA is forced to tighten its purse strings. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), which operates the ISS National Lab, is canceling an upcoming space station research conference, SpaceNews reported. The ISS Research and Development Conference was due to be...
RFK Jr. Is Unlocking the Doors to Alternative Medicine
Snake oil salesmen will be eating good during the Trump presidency. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared that he will greatly expand people’s access to experimental and alternative medical treatments, even while acknowledging that a “lot of charlatans” are likely to take advantage of suffering people as a result. RFK Jr. made the announcement during a recent interview on the Ultimate Human Podcast hosted by Gary Brecka, a self-proclaimed...
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