Katherine Kornei
Freelance Science Journalist at Freelance
Award-winning science writer; bylines in Science, NYT, others. Astrophysicist in a previous life. katherine [dot] kornei [at] gmail [dot] com
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3 weeks ago |
sciencenews.org | Katherine Kornei
After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole, reveal new space rocks created by a NASA asteroid-impact mission and pinpoint the origin of a particularly intense, mysterious burst of radio waves. These findings are a testament to the fact that there’s still plenty of science for the telescope to do.
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3 weeks ago |
eos.org | Katherine Kornei
In 2004, the Indianapolis 500 turned into the Indianapolis 450. Organizers shortened the famous automobile race by 20 laps (50 miles) after a tornado touched down near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where more than 200,000 spectators were in attendance. Large outdoor gatherings such as this expose event-goers to the elements, and in some parts of the United States, severe weather can make that pairing deadly.
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4 weeks ago |
eos.org | Katherine Kornei
From cracking mud to thawing permafrost, fractured terrain is common on Earth and many planetary surfaces. And the geometry of those fractures is influenced by both the presence of water and how long it’s been around, according to researchers. A team has now proposed a model to predict the evolution of fractured terrain through time. These new findings could be used to unravel the history of water on other worlds.
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1 month ago |
eos.org | Adityarup Chakravorty |Grace van Deelen |Virginia Gewin |Katherine Kornei
President Donald Trump’s EPA is considering a rule that would weaken regulations limiting chemicals harmful to human health in consumer goods, The Guardian reports. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a group of chemicals added to consumer products, oftentimes for their water- and stain-resistant properties. Exposure to PFAS is known to raise the risk of certain cancers, kidney and liver disease, and complications surrounding reproductive health.
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1 month ago |
eos.org | Katherine Kornei
From alluvial fans to lake beds, Mars has no shortage of surface features that were clearly sculpted by flowing water. But evidence of a planetary-scale body of water on the Red Planet—that is, an ocean—has been comparatively lacking. Now, researchers have analyzed radar data collected by a Mars rover and found buried sediments arranged much in the same way as terrestrial coastal deposits.
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Happy 35th birthday, Hubble Space Telescope! You're still churning out hits -- my newest story for Science News: https://t.co/AFoTrBZAiR @ScienceNews
In 2004, the Indianapolis 500 turned into the Indianapolis 450 thanks to a tornado. Researchers have tabulated the riskiest outdoor gatherings in terms of tornado and lightning exposure -- my newest story for Eos: https://t.co/z7xWsqMa0n @AGU_Eos
X (and Y and T) mark the spot -- planetary cracks resembling these letters reveal something about a world's watery past. My newest story for AGU's Eos: https://t.co/lPw6Hn1rTC @AGU_Eos