Science
Genetically modified toxic semen could suppress tr...
Male flies have been genetically engineered to produce poisonous proteins in their seminal fluid, a ...
US reports first human death related to bird flu
A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N1 in December has pa...
India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellite...
India postponed its first attempt to dock two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit from Jan. 6 until Jan...
Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas ge...
It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern ...
Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drink...
Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” to raise concentratio...
Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have ...
Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by p...
US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 wit...
An impressive 93 launches lifted off from Florida’s coast in 2024, setting a new Space Force record ...
AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone...
Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be anal...
The problems with Dry January – and what you could...
Many people decide to give up alcohol during January. But is this actually helpful in the long-term ...
BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital ...
Maine-based bluShift Aerospace is planning for its next big milestone: a suborbital flight test towa...
SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight will deploy...
SpaceX aims to launch the seventh Starship flight test on Jan. 10. It will mark the first time the c...
How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a ...
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but ...
Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a bri...
Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before...
Secrets of velvet ant's venom explain what makes i...
A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molec...
How a quantum innovation may quash the idea of the...
The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics invokes alternative realities to keep everything...
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterio...
Innew research, we have for the first time tracked a fast radio burst back to its source: a common k...
5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed ...
From carbon emissions to the share prize of videoconferencing firm Zoom, these graphs tell the story...
Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies ...
Astronomers have captured a breathtaking new image of the Antlia Cluster of galaxies.
SpaceX aims to launch 1st Starlink satellites of 2...
SpaceX is set to launch the first batch of its internet satellites this year from Florida's Space Co...
The best new science fiction books of January 2025...
From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a fl...
Permafrost thaw beneath Arctic lakes poses surpris...
Deep sediments under Arctic lakes could release large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, adding ...
Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars...
"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to...
Electric fields could mine rare earth metals with ...
Smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines rely on environmentally destructive rare earth mini...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 142 —2025 in S...
On Episode 142 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about 2025 in space!
'Silo' Season 2, 'The Book of Quinn': Juliette suf...
A recap of "Silo" Season 2 Episode 8, "The Book of Quinn"
Peter Parker battles a rogue alien hunter in Marve...
A preview of Marvel Comics' "Predator vs. Spider-Man #1"
NASA will announce update to Mars sample return pl...
NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and...
Small satellite constellation could reveal black h...
A constellation of small satellites could help researchers view processes in close vicinity of super...
What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles
PST: Art and Science Collide exhibits are on view across Los Angeles.
Blue Origin is expected to launch its 1st New Glen...
The first launch of New Glenn could occur between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12, according to the FAA.
Ancient volcanic ash on Mars could offer new clues...
Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over f...
'Silo' Season 2: Steve Zahn sees his enigmatic cha...
Accomplished actor Steve Zahn lifts the layers of his Solo character, how he got the job on Silo, an...
