by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
From member Sarah Trent: Bird banding, the act of putting metal bands around bird legs for identification, has been invaluable to ornithologists. The Bird Banding Lab – a program of the U.S. Geological Survey’s biological research arm has been instrumental in such...
by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire
New member Rachael Hoover writes about an exciting experiment that NASA is conducting to explore the effects of space travel on the human body. Instead of using actual humans, the experiment will be conducted with fruit flies. Despite their small size, these flies...
by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire
A new directive from Trump’s White House was given to NASA – to land the first humans on Mars, member Alexandra Witze writes. This, however, has come at a tumultuous time for the agency as the federal government has proposed to cancel many of the space agency’s other...
by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire
Member Heidi Ledford writes that aging is not a linear process, especially to organs. In-depth analysis shows aging is marked by rapid periods that accelerate the process for various parts of our body. Different rates for organs were noted in the research and while...
by Aiden Tuan | Jun 29, 2025 | ScienceWire
New member Laura Allen writes about nearsightedness, its prevalence, and the introduction of special contacts to help. Myopia, also known as the worsening of longer distance vision, has been affecting a growing amount of people. Especially with the high screen usage...
by Aiden Tuan | Jun 29, 2025 | ScienceWire
Rising heat levels around the world poses threats to many people and industries, now Rebecca Dzombak turns the attention to a new issue brought on by climate change – air temperatures. While planes themselves are engineering to withstand the worst possible conditions,...
