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Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets

SALON - In distant galaxies exist stars that are smaller and cooler than our own Sun. These so-called red dwarf or M dwarf stars also live 10 times as long as stars like ours and are the most numerous in our galaxy, outnumbering stars like ours 10 to 1. Because of their longevity and quantity...
By Elizabeth Hlavinka - Salon.com |

490-Million-Year-Old Trilobites Encased In Volcanic Rock Could Solve Ancient Geography Puzzle

IFL SCIENCE - The humble trilobite may be long-extinct, but even as fossils, there’s much they can teach us about the history of our planet. In fact, ancient arthropods – including 10 newly discovered species – that lived nearly half a billion years ago could provide the missing pieces to the puzzle of where Thailand...
By Holly Large | IFL Science |

Webb telescope spots the most distant Milky Way-like galaxy yet

CNN - Astronomers have spied an intriguing phenomenon in the distant universe — a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s challenging key theories on how galaxies evolve. The faraway system, called ceers-2112, was spotted by an international team using the James Webb Space Telescope. Like our home galaxy, the newly discovered...
By Ashley Strickland | CNN |

Webb discovery defies what we know about Milky Way-like galaxies

MASHABLE - Astronomers previously thought it took billions of years for galaxies to become stable enough to develop so-called "bars," ribbons of stars and gas that cut across the core of a galaxy. The Milky Way is an example of a barred spiral galaxy. But a new James Webb Space Telescope discovery means scientists might...
By Elisha Sauers | Mashable |

Does Earth have a twin? James Webb Telescope discovers galaxy similar to Milky Way

STUDY FINDS - Could Earth have a twin in a distant galaxy that looks just like ours? Scientists have made an astronomical discovery that disputes previous theories of galaxy formation. An international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to identify the most distant barred spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way ever...
By Staff Report | Study Finds |

Electrons caught going around the bend

PHYSICS WORLD - Taking inspiration from the flow of air around aeroplane wings, researchers in the US have imaged photoexcited electrons flowing around sharp bends for the first time. Because such bends are often found in integrated optoelectronic circuits, observing the electrons’ “streamlines” could lead to improvements in circuit design. More than 80 years ago...
By Isabelle Dumé | Physics World |

Bullying Jupiter-like planets may push 'alien Earths' away from life-friendly orbits

SPACE.COM - Like huge playground bullies, planets like Jupiter can be "agents of chaos" around other stars, a pair of new studies suggest. Gas giant planets that are the size of Jupiter or larger create havoc in young planetary systems, often shoving smaller, Earth-sized planets way out of their original, circular orbits, according to the...
By Elizabeth Howell | Space.com |

Jupiter Is a black sheep which protects all life on Earth

NEWSWEEK - While Jupiter may be our planetary guardian angel, protecting us from harm, gas giants in other solar systems might actually wreak havoc on other exoplanets nearby. In our solar system, Jupiter's huge gravitational field deflects comets and asteroids away from our delicate, rocky home planet. According to a new study in The Astronomical...
By Jess Thomson | Newsweek |

Giant Planets Like Jupiter Can Be Bad News For Life, Say Scientists

FORBES - Massive planets like Jupiter—now at its brightest and best in the night sky—can prevent Earth-sized planets from becoming Earth-like by upsetting their orbits and destroying climates. In other star systems, gas giants can play a much more destructive role. As an example, the authors studied HD 141399, a star system also with four...
By Jamie Carter | Forbes |

These deep space ‘agents of chaos’ likely ‘wreak havoc’ on alien lifeforms

THE DEBRIEF - New stellar models predict that gas giant planets can act as ‘agents of chaos’ in their solar systems by wreaking havoc on the habitable zone orbits of Earthlike planets that may harbor alien lifeforms. Our solar system’s gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, help protect the inner rocky planets, including Earth, from potentially...
By Christopher Plain | The Debrief |

Western U.S. has more subterranean termite species than previously thought, study shows

ENTOMOLOGY TODAY - Subterranean termites in the genus Reticulitermes are common pests in North America, responsible for significant damage to wooden structures. The scientific literature maintains that the western United States is home to two native species of termites: Reticulitermes hesperus in more coastal regions from British Columbia to Southern California, and Reticulitermes tibialis in...
By Andrew Porterfield | Entomology Today |

Giant gas planets are cosmic wrecking balls that wreak havoc in habitable zones

EARTH.COM - In the cosmic game of planetary billiards, giant gas planets can act as colossal wrecking balls, effectively pushing their Earth-like counterparts out of the stable zones that might harbor life. Two recent papers dive into this concept further, investigating the roles of giant gas planets in two distinct star systems. What they reveal...
By Eric Ralls | Earth.com |

California tree nuts under attack by new beetle

FARM PROGRESS - If ever there were not enough reasons for tree nut farmers to be diligent about winter sanitation, they now have one more with the discovery of a new invasive beetle that overwinters in mummy nuts. This new beetle – Carpophilus truncatus (Nitidulidae) – is a known pest of almonds in Australia, where...
By Farm Progress | Todd Fitchette |

Living worm found in woman's brain… what does it have to do with your diet?

KRLD NEWS RADIO - As she pulled a wiggling, 3-inch worm from her patient’s brain, Australian neurosurgeon Hari Priya Bandi could hardly believe the sight before her. “It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie,” said Dr. Adler R. Dillman – a professor of Parasitology and chair of the Department of Nematology at University of...
By Lauren Barry, Chris Blake, and Mike Rogers | KRLD News Radio 1080AM |

These Plants Can Sound the Alarm in a Toxic World

WIRED - Thanks to some genetic tricks, plants can now speak in color. A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside hacked the natural stress response system in Arabidopsis thaliana, a small white-flowered plant from the mustard family that serves as a common model organism in plant biology labs. When exposed to the...
By Celia Ford | WIRED |

Find out why Luna UCR is one of TIME's 200 best inventions of 2023

TIME MAGAZINE - The Luna UCR is one very special avocado. The result of a decades-long breeding program at the University of California, Riverside, it has a flavor similar to that of its popular relative, the Hass, but a bit more “floral,” says program horticulturist Mary Lu Arpaia. The Luna UCR is ripe as soon...
By Tara Law | TIME |

Impacts of drought can linger in rivers for years

EARTH.COM - A recent study from UC Riverside has revealed that the effects of drought can linger in streams and rivers for up to 3.5 years, regardless of intervening storms. Contrary to common belief, the research highlights that a lack of rainfall is not the sole indicator of drought. The study, published in the Journal...
By Chrissy Sexton | Earth.com |

Can mushrooms save the world?

LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE - Mushrooms are weird. They’re not a plant nor, technically, a vegetable. They are a fungus that is as close as we get to eating the Earth itself. While the grocery aisle makes us most accustomed to cooking white buttons or brown portobellos, the colors, shapes, tastes and textures across the kingdom...
By Kenny Ng | Los Angeles Magazine |

Scientists to study grazing in organic orchards

FARM PROGRESS - Grazing sheep and other livestock can help convert cover crops to fertilizer for orchard crops. To develop best management practices, the University of California and The Organic Center are collaborating on research to help organic orchard growers safely incorporate livestock grazing into their farming practices. The project is funded by a $2...
By Pamela Kan-Rice | Farm Progress |

What are those web-like clumps falling from the sky around the Bay Area?

LOS ANGELES TIMES - In time for the Halloween festivities, residents in the Bay Area and Central California reported seeing clumps of web-like substances hanging from trees or drifting in the wind last week. The most likely sources of the spooky-looking webbing are baby spiders who use updraft winds to disperse themselves after hatching, according...
By Karen Garcia | LA Times |
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