For the first time, IceCube found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from NGC 1068, an active galaxy in the constellation Cetus and one of the most familiar and well-studied galaxies.

Funded by the National Science Foundation

science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc


By way of background: the proposed legislation would convert the National Science Foundation to the National Science and Technology Foundation -- and increase the annual budget from $8.5 billion to $20 billion.

As one of the furloughed feds from a science funding agency wondering when I'll see the inside of my office again, I'd just like to tell my fellows to hang in there.

This, too, will pass, and we'll be back.

Humans wiped out mosquitoes (in one small lab test)

An early lab test of exterminating a much-hated mosquito raises hopes, but is it really such a great idea?

sciencenews.org/article/mosqui

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