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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches satellite into orbit after delays
Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago.After two days of delays, the rocket -- crucial...
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NASA delays crewed lunar landing to 2027
The United States is delaying its planned return to the Moon from 2026 to "mid-2027," citing heat shield issues and other problems plaguing its Orion crew capsule, NASA officials said Thursday.The...
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Arizona sees first case of human bird flu as government begins testing milk...
Bird flu has officially jumped from birds to infect two people in Arizona, AZFamily reported Friday. It adds another state to the list where the disease has spread. State health officials said the...
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New research reveals key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or...
What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions? Two options for survival seem most obvious: move elsewhere or adapt to their environment.Some organisms have a third option. They can...
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AI weather models can now beat the best traditional forecasts
A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a paper by Google DeepMind researchers...
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'Belligerent critic': 75 Nobel Laureates beg senators to shut down major...
A group of 75 Nobel laureates are concerned that there will be a disaster for public health, with someone like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services.The New York...
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Google announces quantum computing chip breakthrough
Google on Monday showed off a new quantum computing chip that it said was a major breakthrough that could bring practical quantum computing closer to reality.A custom chip called "Willow" does in...
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Sink to source: Arctic is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs
After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon...
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Pearl Young became the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA
Thirteen years before any other woman joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – or the NACA, NASA’s predecessor – in a technical role, a young lab assistant named Pearl Young was making...
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U.S. moves to save once-common monarch butterflies from extinction
The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by its striking black and orange patterns that has faced a dramatic population...
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S. Africa’s new research guidelines not a green light for heritable human...
The recently updated South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines have been a recent cause of concern, with some researchers and bioethicists interpreting them as allowing what’s known as...
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Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a nurse explains the science
By Libby Richards/Professor of Nursing, Purdue UniversityYou’ve probably heard “Don’t go outside in the winter with your hair wet or without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As...
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Fishing gear threatens Hawaii's already endangered false killer whales
A concerningly high number of endangered false killer whales are being injured when they get hooked by fishing gear in waters off the main Hawaiian islands, according to a new research paper released...
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The climate cost of Trump’s tariffs
Shortly after he was elected, Donald Trump announced an economic gambit that was aggressive even by his standards. He vowed that, on the first day of his second term, he would slap 25 percent tariffs...
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Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth
by Tomohiro OSAKIPeople with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.Unlike reptiles...
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The secret to living to 110? Bad record-keeping, researcher says
Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty data, including the science behind the "blue zones" famous for having a high proportion of people over 100, according to one...
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Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabird
by Issam AHMEDThe common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change.A study...
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Dogs may be taught to communicate by pressing buttons: study
A new study suggests dogs can learn to express themselves by pressing buttons to create two or more word combinations.Researchers have been following several thousand dogs since 2022 whose button...
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MAGA fans think Biden is going to start another pandemic to sabotage Trump's...
To hear Donald Trump tell it, his first administration was on a roll and doing well until the 2020 pandemic hit the country and shut down the global economy. Now conspiracy theorists think that...
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'I'm at a loss for words': Doctor baffled by bizarre RFK Jr. vetting...
An MSNBC panel was left confused and uncomfortably laughing Friday afternoon during a discussion over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s curious questionnaire he's using to vet candidates to work under him at...
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