Wearing a mask — like this socially-distanced Central Park runner — has a surprising little-known benefit, according to new studies. Image: alexi rosenfeld / Getty Images All products featured here...
It could be one small step for space junk, one giant leap for commercial space operations. The European Space Agency signed an €86 million contract with a team led by...
Pyrosomes are free floating sea creatures that produce bioluminesce. They are also incredibly delicate, making them difficult to examine. Scientists at the Wyss Institute, in collaboration with marine biologists, have...
There's an excellent reason why you've never seen someone suffering the ills of smallpox, with hard, scabbing pustules forming on their body "like peas under the skin." It's the same...
Space tourism startup Space Perspective has raised a new $7 million in seed funding, from investors including Prime Movers Lab and Base Ventures . The company, founded by Jane Poynter...
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola pandemic pals,...
The idea of people going to live and work in space, outside of the extremely unique case of the International Space Station, has long been the strict domain of science...
Chinese state news agencies are reporting a successful landing of the Chang’e-5 lunar robotic lander, which will seek to return lunar rock samples back to Earth. The launch took off...
The Wildlife Photography Awards really is the gift that keeps on giving. A couple of months back we had the contest's , then we had the , and now it's...
Cyber-security researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recently discovered a computer attack that could allow hackers to remotely trick laboratory scientists into creating toxins and viruses. The setup: Medical...
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