Matthew Phelan

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Contributing Science Reporter at Mashable

Journalist, past bylines @Slate, @newrepublic, @sciam, @inversedotcom, @Gawker, @Awl (RIP), @insideclimate etc. / NYU SHERP / used to hand-make Li-ion batteries

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DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings

1 month ago | mahoningmatters.com | Matthew Phelan

An office in an obscure corner of the federal government that NASA has relied on to safely land astronauts on the moon and robotic probes on Mars is facing pressure to cut its tight-knit team of experts by at least 20%, according to two people familiar with the mandate.
DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Matthew Phelan

Its scientists also taught crash courses in lunar geology to the Apollo astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, to better inform their collecting of rock samples. The training has been revived for NASA's Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon's surface as soon as 2027. The office's geology experts raced to help NASA find new landing sites for the first of its two historic Viking Mars landers in 1976 after an original site was found to be too dangerous.
Some UFOs may be hidden from our national leaders

2 months ago | me.mashable.com | Matthew Phelan

An unassuming loophole might be giving the U.S. government and its private contractors free rein to withhold evidence of unidentified craft traveling well above our skies — in outer space. That's the argument made by former Capitol Hill policy advisor and attorney Dillon Guthrie, published this January in the Harvard National Security Journal, a publication run by Harvard Law School.
Some UFOs may be hidden from our national leaders

2 months ago | mashable.com | Matthew Phelan

An unassuming loophole might be giving the U.S. government and its private contractors free rein to withhold evidence of unidentified craft traveling well above our skies — in outer space. That's the argument made by former Capitol Hill policy advisor and attorney Dillon Guthrie, published this January in the Harvard National Security Journal, a publication run by Harvard Law School.
Scientists seek to tempt aliens out of hiding with chemical in blood

Feb 8, 2025 | msn.com | Matthew Phelan

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Scientists seek to tempt aliens out of hiding with chemical in blood

Feb 8, 2025 | mashable.com | Matthew Phelan

Home > Science > Space What's lurking in the Martian soil? By Matthew Phelan on February 8, 2025 Credit: anand purohit / Getty Images Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in abundance inside human blood.
Experts reveal credit card breach that threatens to disrupt Christmas for millions of Americans | Daily Mail Online

Dec 27, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Matthew Phelan

The exposed data included the credit card details, names, addresses and emails. Cybersecurity experts said: 'It's now threatening to disrupt the holiday shopping season for potential victims.'
Radiation levels in New York spike as mysterious drones terrorize the Northeast

Dec 19, 2024 | lucianne.com | Matthew Phelan

Original ArticlePosted By: OhioNick, 12/19/2024 3:44:40 PMRadiation levels have spiked in New York City, fueling conspiracy theories that the drones terrorizing the Northeast are searching for a missing nuclear warhead. The emissions, clocked by GQ Electronics' Geiger Counter World Map, were detected near the Bronx and Upper West Side Wednesday.
Scientists pinpoint exactly when dogs became man's best friend

Dec 4, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Ellyn LaPointe |Matthew Phelan

Humans domesticated dogs thousands of years earlier than initially thought, according to new research. Analyses of canine bones in Alaska suggests man and dog were living together much earlier than previously thought - around 10,000 BC. The bones contained traces of salmon proteins, indicating that canines were regularly eating fish that must have been caught by humans - a sign of domestication.
Aliens or a cult? New clues emerge in quest to solve 'longest-running murder mystery'

Nov 29, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Matthew Phelan |Stacy Liberatore

New clues have emerged in the quest to solve America's 'longest-running murder mystery' that has plagued ranchers since the 1970s. Several states, from Kansas to Iowa and Oregon, have reported strange cases of dead cows sliced with surgical-like precision with their reproductive organs removed. In many cases, not a drop of blood was found at the crime scenes.