Leo Wilson

NASA analysis confirms 2023 as warmest year on record

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This map of Earth in 2023 shows global surface temperature anomalies, or how much warmer or cooler each region of the planet was compared to the average from 1951 to 1980. Normal temperatures are shown in white, higher-than-normal temperatures in red and orange, and lower-than-normal temperatures in blue. An animated version of this map shows … Read more

Classified UFO briefing provided 'validity to what's been said': Burchett 

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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said Friday’s classified UFO briefing “provided some validity to what’s been said” in prior testimony about the unexplained sightings. “We are gonna have more hearings. What it really did was energize people that are very frustrated,” Burchett said during an appearance Friday night on “CUOMO.” This was not … Read more

Neuropsychological effects of rapid-acting antidepressants may explain their clinical benefits

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Rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine, scopolamine and psilocybin, have been found to have immediate and lasting positive effects on mood in patients with major depressive disorder but how these effects arise is unknown. New research led by the University of Bristol explored their neuropsychological effects and found that all three of these drugs can modulate affective … Read more

For female fashion models, job security and sexual harassment are often intertwined

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modeling is a dream occupation for many young women, but for those who make modeling a career, finding work can be a traumatic, sexualized nightmare, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study finds. To land a modeling job—the first photo shoot, the next gig—models must constantly network, an essential element of entrepreneurial labor. … Read more

Coulthart: Classified UAP briefing yields 'significant' results

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(NewsNation) — Congress members received a classified UAP briefing Friday, a meeting that has been a long time coming for UFO enthusiasts and investigators alike. NewsNation special correspondent Ross Coulthart, the first to interview whistleblower David Grusch about his UFO claims over the summer, said it appears to have yielded “significant” results. “While they weren’t … Read more

Producing tears in a dish: Researchers develop first model of human conjunctiva

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The Organoid group at the Hubrecht Institute produced the first organoid model of the human conjunctiva. These organoids mimic the function of the actual human conjunctiva, a tissue involved in tear production. Using their new model, the researchers discovered a new cell type in this tissue: tuft cells. The tuft cells become more abundant under … Read more

Research explores race politics associated with wearing a mask in public to combat COVID-19

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that can improve the lives of Americans are still ongoing, thanks to the help and insight of UNM’s Center for Social Policy (CSP.) CSP Director and Political Science Professor Gabriel Sanchez and Ph.D. candidate Melanie Sayuri Dominguez just published research with one of these major … Read more

Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights | Nasa

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Nasa has unveiled a one-of-a-kind quiet supersonic aircraft as part of the US space agency’s mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible. In a joint ceremony with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on Friday, Nasa revealed the X-59, an experimental aircraft that is expected to fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound … Read more