Scientists have managed to revive roundworms that have been frozen for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost some 40 meters underground, according to a new study published in PLOS Genetics on July 27. The worms stayed alive through cryptobiosis in a state of suspended metabolism, according to Teymuras Kurzchalia, a professor involved in the research who […]
A recent research paper showing that certain subterranean microbes produce surprising amounts of oxygen—even in the absence of light—may trigger a thorough overhaul of established scientific notions about underground life. Published last month in Nature Communications, the study analyzed groundwater samples from 95 monitoring wells located 820 feet (250 meters) or more below ground level […]
The House Armed Service Subcommittee holds a hearing on the 2024 budget proposal for the Department of Defense in Science and Technology at 3:30 p.m. ET on March 23. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu, and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante will testify.
Dr. Scott Atlas told NTD’s Stefania Cox about his experiences advising both the Trump administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2020 on their pandemic policies. DeSantis said Thursday that the experts were “wrong about almost everything” with respect to COVID-19.
The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 28 on “Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy” to win “the Fight for Global Leadership” against China. A Regent Professor of Meteorology, Weathernews Chair Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma and Former Director, White House Office […]
Is climate change or climate policy the real issue? Many experts, advocates, and common sense politicians would give their thoughts and ideas at the 15th International Conference on Climate Change held by the Heartland Institute in Orlando, Florida. The 4 discussions of Panel A on Feb. 24: Panel 1A – 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. […]
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Wednesday he is enacting a new Twitter Policy related to post on the platform about science. “New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science,” Musk wrote. No further details of the plan had been released, but The Epoch Times […]
Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western […]
WASHINGTON—The world’s human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming months. Compared to ants, that is a mediocre milestone. Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants—insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet—and the estimated total is a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion of them, […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday that a “strong geomagnetic storm watch” will stay intact for the remainder of Thursday until Friday after a significant coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun was observed. The first portion of the “CME arrived at the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft, about 1 million miles from Earth” on […]
In this episode, Noah travels to Wyoming to explore America’s first national park and show evidence of how many of the parks features were created by catastrophe and not long ages. He pays specific attention to the Petrified Forests, showing evidence of why they were not twenty-seven separate forests created over long ages, but quickly […]
As humans, we’ve always looked up to the stars, to the planets, and wondered what they are, what they mean, and how they affect us. Well, wherever you are in the world, you have the opportunity to look up into the sky, and in the night sky, we can look at the stars. But there […]
This week, we continue last week’s discussion of curricula, which covered what to teach our children. Let’s look at English grammar, history, geography, science, and other topics, primarily in getting this journey started with younger children. Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter – WORDS FOR WARRIORS: Fight Back Against Crazy Socialists and the Toxic Liberal […]
The Trump administration is taking steps to preserve American leadership in science and technology. It says it won’t turn a blind eye to technology theft and forced technology transfer by countries like China and Russia. The new plan is called The National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies.
Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation that would bar Chinese nationals from receiving visas for graduate or post-graduate study in science and technology in the United States. Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), and Rep. David Kustoff (Tenn.) unveiled the bill on May 27, saying the measure was a response to Chinese state-sanctioned academic espionage and […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Spacewalking astronauts tackled battery and cable work outside the International Space Station on April 8. It was the third spacewalk in just 2 ½ weeks for the space station crew. NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques hustled through their part in battery swap-outs that began last month. “All right, you […]
