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Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon
Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual storytelling. Every human civilization has looked to the stars and used celestial movements to measure time...
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Genetic diseases: How scientists are working to make DNA repair (almost) a...
I have always been fascinated by genetics, a branch of biology that helps explain everything from the striking resemblance between different members of a family to the fact that strawberry plants are...
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X rival Bluesky ends invite requirement and opens sign-ups for all
Bluesky, one of several alternatives to Twitter that have gained popularity since Elon Musk bought the platform and changed its name to X, now no longer requires an invitation before a user can sign...
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to lay off hundreds amid Mars mission budget cuts
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced it was laying off 530 on staff or about 8% of its workforce on Tuesday after expected congressional budget cuts kneecapped one of its biggest endeavors, the...
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Deadly bacteria outbreak linked to cheese from California company after...
A listeria outbreak — linked to cheese, crema and yogurt — has been reported 26 times in 11 states over the last 10 years. Now, investigators know where it came from. Interviews with infected people...
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Axiom Space astronauts depart space station for 2-day ride home to Florida
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The first human spaceflight of the year is headed home as the four crew of the Axiom Space Ax-3 mission climbed aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom and departed the...
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World sees first 12 months above 1.5C warming level: climate monitor
Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a "warning to...
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Mexico sees big fall in monarch butterfly numbers
Population numbers of endangered monarch butterflies have fallen sharply at their wintering sites in Mexico, experts said Wednesday, blaming the "sobering" drop primarily on climate change and the use...
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Lava flows for third time on volcano-hit Iceland peninsula
Glowing lava spewed early Thursday from a new fissure on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, the third eruption to hit the area since December, deepening worries about the area's viability for towns and...
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Synthetic human embryos let researchers study early development
Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces...
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Underground nuclear tests are hard to detect. A new method can spot them 99%...
Since the first detonation of an atomic bomb in 1945, more than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted by eight countries: the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France,...
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How long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe?
The idea that two different human species, Homo sapiens (us) and Neanderthals, co-existed in western Eurasia 50–40,000 years ago has long captured the imagination of academics and the public alike.It...
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New theory suggests our universe is absorbing ‘baby universes’ as it expands
A fascinating new theory suggests that our universe is expanding due to it colliding and absorbing smaller ‘baby universes’. Ever since 1929 when Edwin Hubble made the critical discovery that our...
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Nuremberg Zoo to cull baboons
Nuremberg Zoo plans to cull individuals from its troop of baboons to manage the population and to counter inbreeding, director Dag Encke announced in the southern German city on Thursday. The troop...
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World's biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air...
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Noxious fumes at night aren't a pollinating moth's delight
Certain plants have flowers that open only in the evening, and depend on nocturnal pollinators such as moths to thrive.But a new paper published in Science on Thursday finds an atmospheric pollutant...
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Four astronauts splash down after Axiom private mission
An all-European quartet of astronauts, including Turkey's first, splashed down off the Florida coast on Friday morning, completing Axiom Space's third private mission to the International Space...
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Rare winged creature dies soon after drawing admirers in Vermont. What happened?
Excited nature lovers flocked to a tiny town from all across the state of Vermont last September, wildlife officials said. They all came to see one rare sight: a marbled godwit. The spotting on Sept....
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Recent snowstorms may bolster California hydroelectric output this summer
All the rain that has led to swollen rivers and flooding in parts of San Diego and large portions of Southern California has coincided with multiple snowstorms that blew across the Sierra Nevada in...
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Scientists warn of current ‘tipping point’ in Atlantic Ocean; ‘significant’...
A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching collapse, which scientists warn will have a dangerous impact on our global climate. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation...
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