2024-02-08 Private Missions Launch Debate over What to Permit on Moon
The rise in private American space missions has led to increasing calls for rules on what can be transported to…
2024-02-08 Has Earth Warmed More Than We Thought?
Old sponges from deep in the Caribbean Sea are causing some researchers to think human-caused climate change began sooner than…
2024-02-07 Sea Otters Help Save California’s Wetlands
At one point, it was nearly impossible to see sea otters along the west coast of the United States. The…
2024-02-07 Apple: Vision Pro Headset Enables ‘Spatial Computing’
Technology company Apple’s new computing device, the Vision Pro headset, became available in stores last week. The device uses augmented…
2024-02-05 Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record for Time in Space
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos says cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for total time spent in space. Kononenko…
2024-02-04 Part-time Detectives Find Problems in Medical, Scientific Research
A major cancer hospital and research center recently announced it is asking for withdrawals or corrections to at least 37…
2024-02-04 Research Suggests Bright Lights Confuse Insects
Many people have long believed that bright lights draw, or attract, flying insects. But that is not exactly what is…
2024-02-04 NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ends Service after ‘History-making’ Mission
NASA’s experimental helicopter, Ingenuity, has officially ended its service on Mars after what the U.S. space agency called a “history-making”…
2024-02-03 Webb Telescope Captures Images of 19 Spiral Galaxies
Newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show 19 spiral galaxies relatively close to our Milky Way.…
2024-01-31 Elon Musk’s Neuralink Announces First Human Implant
Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has placed an experimental brain device in a person in the first human test…
2024-01-30 Researchers Announce Successful Rhino Embryo Transfer
Scientists in Berlin announced recently the first successful embryo transfer in a white rhinoceros. The transfer, which occurred in a…
2024-01-29 Japanese Spacecraft Regains Power after Moon Landing
Japan’s space agency says a spacecraft that landed on the moon earlier this month has regained power and is continuing…
2024-01-28 Scientists Find New Penguins Colonies in Antarctica
Scientists have found four groups of emperor penguins in Antarctica that they did not know about before. These groups, called…
2024-01-28 Apple Releases New Stolen Device Protection
Imagine that you are in a crowded place. You do not notice, but someone is watching you and learns your…
2024-01-28 New Evidence Suggests Large Water Ice Supply near Mars’ Equator
A Mars explorer has discovered new evidence of a large amount of water ice buried near the planet’s equator. The…