Space Communications & Navigation Program Archives - Page 6 of 120

Daily briefing: Bunsen burners don’t waft bacteria away from workbenches 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Bunsen burner’s future in modern microbiology labs is flickering, some scientists say. Credit: Alfonso Fabio Iozzino/Alamy Bunsen burners, long used to cleanse airspaces and surfaces in labs of bacteria-laden particles, aren’t actually very effective at
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The British author who harvested mutant, jumbo peanuts from her atomic garden 0
- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Food Safety, HEALTH, Nutrition, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. In 1948, Muriel
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‘Mother of Hubble’: how Nancy Grace Roman ushered in a new era of astronomy 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
Early in her career, Nancy Grace Roman ignored those who advised her not to become a scientist because of her gender.Credit: NASA/Science Photo Library Astronomers have a new tool for peering into the Universe to probe dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched on 30 August, is the first
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A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
On a Tuesday in mid-April, the UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking studies in the world — received a troubling e-mail from an anonymous researcher. The sender had discovered what appeared to be sensitive information from hundreds of thousands of the study’s participants for sale on Xianyu, an e-commerce website
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How countries can grow without impoverishing future generations 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
Two reports have renewed the debate over whether nations should stop prioritizing economic growth. In June, the Global Justice Report, published by a research organization called the World Inequality Lab, called for a rebalancing of income and wealth, and for the richest countries to accept lower growth, to solve planet-wide problems such as environmental degradation
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The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods – Nature 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 8, 2026
Contribution of aquatic invertebrates to global nutrient supplies Global capture and aquaculture statistics To estimate the contribution of invertebrates to global animal capture fisheries and aquaculture production, we used 2019 reconstructed marine fisheries landings data from the Sea Around Us website25 and reported inland fisheries and aquaculture production from the Food and Agriculture Organization26. Reported inland
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