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NASA scraps its 2027 moon landing, adds two missions in 2028
Rather than land astronauts on the moon, the Artemis III mission will now focus on docking and …
Rather than land astronauts on the moon, the Artemis III mission will now focus on docking and …
This weekend offers a chance to see a rare celestial event—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Ura…
Ice arenas and artificial snow now dominate the winter Olympics. Athletes there — and everywher…
When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s pub…
Birds that feed on nectar or fruit evolved better mechanisms for managing metabolism, blood pre…
This disclosure comes about a month after NASA made the decision to evacuate the four members o…
People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window in…
Former Harvard president Larry Summers will step back from his teaching and faculty positions a…
Direct detection of lithium from a SpaceX rocket reentry offers new evidence that metal polluti…
The distinctive sound horses produce when they whinny is created by combining low and high pitc…
Fecal analyses and necropsies suggest a fire-footed rope squirrel was the source of a 2023 mpox…
School is out as heavy, wet snow blankets parts of the Northeast. Though it will be a pain to s…
A collapsed lava tube detected in 30-year-old radar data from Venus may be part of a much wider…
Blizzard's can bring a ton of snow, but here's what else they feature from CurioScienc…
Just a day after NASA set a March 6 target date for its upcoming moon mission, the agency’s hea…
Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially i…
The framework predicts how proteins will function with several interacting mutations and finds …
Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million…
Research reveals more short-snouted dogs besides pugs and bulldogs that struggle with breathing…
New research in African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a spec…
The findings strengthen the case that regeneration is an old trait, offering insights into how …
A stunning “ring of fire” eclipse was totally visible to a lucky few in the Southern Hemisphere…
The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence h…
It’s no surprise that eating fruits and vegetables is good for you, but diets that are rich in …
Sources say an Army antidrone laser near Fort Bliss prompted a brief FAA airspace closure—spotl…
A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn b…
A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitati…
After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not n…
SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represe…
Many different bird species have been affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks’ mascot, but none is…
Apes, like humans, are capable of pretend play, challenging long-held views about how animals t…
When a young Katharine Burr Blodgett joined future Nobel Prize winner Irving Langmuir at the Ge…
Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacec…
NASA quietly updated its potential launch windows for its delayed moon mission. The agency is a…
In mice, the oral bacteria F. nucleatum can travel to mammary tissue via the bloodstream, wher…
Experts have sounded the alarm over NASA’s decision to use a heat shield design for Artemis II …
These parasitic beetle larvae lure in bees with complex floral aromas before hitching a ride ba…
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen…
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly un…