Isaac Schultz

New York

Science Writer at Gizmodo

science writer @gizmodo. formerly @atlasobscura. 🌍🦣

Articles

Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind

5 days ago | technewstube.com | Isaac Schultz

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Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind

5 days ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most famous dinosaur to ever roam the Earth, but these days, itâ€™s at the center of a very modern problem: the luxury fossil trade. According to a study published in Palaeontologia Electronica, commercial fossil collecting has walled off so many T. rex fossils to scientists that it has severely hindered the scientific record. The study reveals a sobering stat: of the 141 scientifically useful T.
A Lightless Galaxy: Scientists Discover a Starless, Spinning Ghost

6 days ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

Astronomers may have just stumbled across a ghost galaxy hiding in plain sight — a small, starless, fast-moving cloud of gas that checks all the boxes for what’s known as a “dark galaxy.” And if the discovery holds up, it could help plug one of cosmology’s most puzzling holes: the mysterious “missing satellite” problem. The team’s research, published today in Science Advances, describes AC G185.0–11.5, a compact hydrogen cloud tucked inside a larger high-velocity cloud (HVC) known as AC-I.
A Mission to Take Sick Images of the Sun Got Its First Test Shots Back

6 days ago | technewstube.com | Isaac Schultz

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A Mission to Take Sick Images of the Sun Got Its First Test Shots Back

6 days ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

Check out the vibrant first photo from PUNCH, a NASA mission that is hitting the ground running with some neat shots of the Sun. PUNCHâ€”short for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphereâ€”launched into low-Earth orbit last month, and its just taken its first images in what will hopefully be a fruitful period of scientific discovery. PUNCH consists of four satellites orbiting each other in a constellation.
A Scanning Error Created a Fake Science Term-Now AI Won’t Let It Die

6 days ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

AI trawling the internet’s vast repository of journal articles has reproduced an error that’s made its way into dozens of research papers—and now a team of researchers has found the source of the issue. It’s the question on the tip of everyone’s tongues: What the hell is “vegetative electron microscopy”? As it turns out, the term is nonsensical. It sounds technical—maybe even credible—but it’s complete nonsense.
Astronomers Say They've Recorded the Strongest Sign Yet of Life Beyond Earth

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

Look alive: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have picked up signs of a potential biosignature on a steamy, ocean-covered exoplanet called K2-18bâa biosignature that, on Earth, is produced by marine life. The main character here is dimethyl sulfide, a molecule produced by many ocean denizens, but especially plankton. If the molecule is really floating around in the atmosphere of K2-18b, it raises the tantalizing possibility that something on the world might be alive.
NASA Wants to Track Earth’s Gravity With a Cloud of Floating Atoms in Space

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

Buckle up, nerds: NASA is building the first quantum gravity sensor for space—a suitcase-sized instrument that could soon be measuring everything from subterranean water to hidden reserves of petroleum, all by watching how clouds of atoms act under the force of gravity. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), along with several partners, are developing the project, dubbed the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf).
Colossal Squid Finally Caught on Camera in the Deep Ocean

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Isaac Schultz

For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and pieces found in whale bellies and a handful of dying adults spotted by fishers, this 23-foot-long (7-meter-long) legend has long evaded a proper close-up. Until now. On March 9, aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too), researchers caught their white whale—er, squid.
Google’s New AI Is Trying to Talk to Dolphins-Seriously

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Isaac Schultz

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