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These fierce, tiny marsupials drop dead after lengthy sex fests
If you are exploring our beautiful Australian wilderness this year, keep an eye out for animals behaving in interesting ways. You never know what you might see, as our research team discovered.In...
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SpaceX launches 1st human spaceflight of the year on Axiom Space mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX carved its way through cloudy skies on the Space Coast, sending up a four-man crew on a private mission to the International Space Station. The quartet rode on the Crew...
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New Jersey bill would legalize ‘magic mushrooms’ for medical, recreational use
New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it the third state to legalize “magic mushrooms.” Under the legislation, anyone 21 and older could consume or grow the mushrooms for medical...
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In this Oklahoma town, most everyone knows someone who’s been sued by the...
McALESTER, Okla. — It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to...
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Critics claim to find flaws in dozens of Alzheimer’s studies by Temple scientist
PHILADELPHIA — When Temple University scientist Domenico Praticò helped secure a $3.8 million state grant to study Alzheimer’s disease, school officials hailed the news as a sign that his research...
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U.S. spaceship lost over South Pacific following failed Moon mission
A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon.Astrobotic's...
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Black hole, neutron star or something new? We discovered an object that...
Sometimes astronomers come across objects in the sky that we can’t easily explain. In our new research, published in Science, we report such a discovery, which is likely to spark discussion and...
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U.S. space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander's demise
The head of the American space company whose lunar lander failed this week in its mission to reach the Moon expressed optimism Friday that the next attempt would achieve its goal."I am more confident...
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NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars
NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its...
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Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and...
American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was arrested outside his house in Detroit and detained in jail for 18 hours for allegedly stealing...
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I’m an artist using scientific data as an artistic medium − here’s how I make...
As an artist working across media, I’ve used everything from thread to my voice to poetically translate and express information. Recently, I’ve been working with another medium – geologic...
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The secret sex lives of harbor porpoises in the San Francisco strait
Bill Keener's eyes widened as he peered through his binoculars and spotted the dark, shiny dorsal fins swiftly bobbing along the surface of San Francisco Bay. "There's three of them coming right at...
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A buildup of fat byproducts like glycerol may contribute to accelerated aging
The journey of aging brings with it an unavoidable reality for many: an increased accumulation of body fat. Though much of society seems mostly focused on the aesthetics of being overweight, doctors...
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Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work
Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and...
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You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. It doesn’t mean you should
When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment.The agency earned the ire of the...
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Tiny water-walking bugs provide scientists with insights on microplastics
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can cause big problems when they enter the water supply. One way my fluid dynamics lab explores microplastic movement is by studying how tiny...
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The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does?
Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club”.I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began lunch break by...
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Unusual ancient elephant tracks had our team of fossil experts stumped
Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than 350 fossil vertebrate tracksites from South Africa’s Cape south coast. Most are found in...
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Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries
“Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s never been done, and tell thousands about it without saying a word.”For decades, this slogan appeared on the website and printed materials...
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‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction
Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the geologic period that started about 145 million years ago? It’s a question that has...
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