Month: August 2025
Virginia Tech study shows dogs can detect invasive lanternfly
Researchers at Virginia Tech say man’s best friend may also be one of nature’s best defenses against an invasive pest. For the first time, a study shows that pet dogs could help stop the rapid spread of the spotted lanternfly. Spotted lanternflies feed on different plants and excrete a sugary substance called honeydew, which promotes
Harvard physicist says massive interstellar object could be alien probe on ‘reconnaissance mission’
Astronomers recently discovered a rare interstellar object passing through our solar system, and a Harvard physicist is sounding the alarm that its strange characteristics might indicate it’s more than just a typical comet. “Maybe the trajectory was designed,” Dr. Avi Loeb, science professor at Harvard University, told Fox News Digital. “If it had an objective to
Astronauts splash down in Pacific after completing ISS mission that relieved stranded crew members
Four crew members who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year to relieve two astronauts who were left stranded by a beleaguered space capsule returned to Earth on Saturday. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, splashed down in the Pacific off the