NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.
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Why scientists named a newly discovered snake after Guns N' Roses' Slash
In a fascinating discovery, scientists have unveiled a new non-venomous snake species from New Guinea, named Lielaphis…
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40 Acres and a Lie Part 3
The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its “40 acres” promise to formerly…
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Subterranean salad: underground farmers seek solution to food crisis in disused UK mines
Researchers in North Yorkshire feel the clock ticking as they aim to transform British food production It has the vibe…
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China residents found three king cobra nests, including one guarded over 72 eggs
Residents in Yunnan, China, unearthed three king cobra nests, sparking excitement among scientists eager to expand…
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NASA-led study shows some Earth microbes could survive on the moon
The finding raises concerns about unintended life transfer to the lunar surface.
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Noah's Ark mystery deepens as new scans show boat-shaped formation is more than just rock
A discovery at a site some believe contains the remains of Noah's Ark provides evidence that the formation is not…
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APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About…
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Queen bees have a disturbing way to survive pesticides
Honeybee queens exposed to pesticides can shift some of the contamination into their eggs, revealing a previously…
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Archaeologists discover mysterious 400-year-old Indigenous pot in Florida
A tiny, fully intact Indigenous pot buried for roughly 400 years has left archaeologists wondering why such a usable…
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This gut microbe may help keep you strong as you age
Scientists have linked a specific gut bacterium, Roseburia inulinivorans, to stronger muscles in both humans and mice.…
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Trump to honor Artemis II astronauts who traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history
President Donald Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew at NASA's Johnson Space…
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Bipartisan majorities in US favor banning glyphosate
Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular…
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Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
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There’s an unexpected group concerned with the Big 12/Monster deal — doctors and scientists
Since Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark stood on the podium at the league’s football media days in July and announced a…
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NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer
New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed…
Read at source →When hundreds of animals die from bird flu, what happens next?
Despite their scale, we know surprisingly little about mass death events — from bird flu and other triggers — and their…
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Hydrogel platform uses vitamin B2 and blue light to simplify living tissue models
Researchers at Tampere University have developed a versatile hydrogel platform that makes it easier to create…
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Experts warn expired credit cards can be brought back from the dead to make contactless payments
That expired card in your drawer might not be nearly as dead as you think: researchers made one pay $100 for a grocery…
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Scientists turn to OnlyFans and ‘Fat Marmot Week’ to fund research after federal cuts
Researchers must secure three years of funding, over $200,000, to guarantee that field research continues next summer
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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us
Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unseen population of galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens to…
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Laser-cut aluminum foil could replace costly terahertz polarizers
When physicists at the ARC Centre for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) needed a key component for their…
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Leader of Fat Marmot Week fights the budget cut era: ‘we’re going to be laughing our way down as the Titanic sinks’
Marmot researchers in Gothic, Colorado, affectionately call themselves “marmoteers.” Funding cuts have already wiped…
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Scientists map hair follicle formation in spacetime, advancing understanding of how organs develop
In a new research report, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a technology that allows them to…
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Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year
The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the…
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Inside the race to prepare cities for extreme heat
A sea of corrugated metal roofs stretches into the distance across an informal settlement in Makassar, Indonesia.
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Iron hydride enters an exotic state of matter under Earth's inner-core conditions
Earth's inner core, composed primarily of iron with a small percentage of light elements, may enter a superionic state…
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New Monte Carlo method accelerates simulations of densely entangled polymer melts
Long polymer chains are everywhere: in synthetic materials, soft matter, biological systems such as chromosomes, and…
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Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
The NASA astronauts who flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission will receive the Congressional Space Medal of…
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I downloaded one small utility onto my Samsung phone; I'll never delete it
I got a new file manager and my files are so much happier
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33m tons of toxic seaweed clogs Caribbean beaches – video
A record amount of sargassum has piled up along coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Sargassum is a brown…
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Realistic solid-state model brings fractons in quantum spin liquids closer to detection
Quasiparticles arise from the complex interaction of many particles in solids; for example, we describe lattice…
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NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space
On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it…
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Hidden chemical pathway could keep phosphorus from fueling lake algal blooms
Why do some lakes remain plagued by harmful algal blooms even after phosphorus pollution has been reduced? Part of the…
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Earthquake swarm rocks active California volcanic region as scientists watch for eruption signs
A swarm of earthquakes rattled an active volcanic region in California on Friday, home to 38 steep-sided lava domes and…
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How Chile telescope accidentally captured a missing link in astronomy
An unfinished observatory in Chile has captured dense gas clouds from a dying star. These expelled clouds are now…
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