The Cassini space probe ended its mission in 2017 with a dramatic plunge into Saturn, yet it continues to fuel discoveries. In a new analysis of data from one of the probe’s instruments, an international team of researchers has identified new organic compounds within jets of icy water erupting from Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. The material […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A California drug supplier was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for his connection to the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Fairbanks man in October 2020. Junior Gafatasi Tulali, 48, was convicted by a federal jury of distributing fentanyl resulting in death with an enhanced statutory penalty on April 19, 2024. According […]
Life expectancy in the United States is on the rise but remains lower than it was in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, as a host of other factors contributing to mortality, including chronic disease, gun violence and a persistent epidemic of overdose deaths, continue to plague the country. According to data released by the […]
Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in samples from meteorites. While it is unlikely that DNA could be formed in a meteorite, this discovery demonstrates that these genetic parts are available for delivery and could have […]