Nell Greenfieldboyce
Reporter, Science Desk at NPR
I am a science reporter with NPR. I'll be lurking on Twitter but mostly posting on Mastodon going forward for now @[email protected]
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6 days ago |
envirolink.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce
From NPRHuman eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water. Scientists want to change how they explore these regions. (Image credit: NOAA)
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1 week ago |
kuow.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce
An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae, sits at 1874 meters water depth. A new study finds that the vast majority of the deep sea floor remains undocumented. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery.
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1 week ago |
npr.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce |Regina G. Barber |Kimberly McCoy |Rebecca Ramirez
Why astronomers are unconvinced K2-18b is home to alien life : Short Wave Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b. The news made headlines. Researchers said they'd detected sulphur-based gases that, on Earth, are strongly associated with life. But the research caused an uproar in astronomy circles because other scientists don't think the data is strong enough to celebrate an alien find just yet.
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2 weeks ago |
wfit.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce
Astronomers have been poring over last week's claim of the detection of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of a distant planet named K2-18b — "the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system," as a University of Cambridge press release put it. But already, one independent check suggests the announcement was overhyped.
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2 weeks ago |
m.kuow.org | Nell Greenfieldboyce
Scientists are debating whether data from the James Webb Space Telescope is really pointing to biosignature gases in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b. NASA-GSFC Astronomers have been poring over last week's claim of the detection of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of a distant planet named K2-18b — "the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system," as a University of Cambridge press release put it.
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