Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitor a research drone in the Dumont Dunes area of the Mojave Desert in September 2025
Category: Science
What if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian?
How would history have unfolded if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian? Would they have ruled the Roman Empire?
Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954
In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia into remission. It would guide a
Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls
Dec. 5, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
‘Cold Supermoon’ 2025: It’s not too late to see the last, highest full moon of the year
The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, rose on Thursday (Dec. 4) but will still appear bright and full on Friday
Today’s biggest science news: Vaccine skeptics get hep B win | Comet 3I/ATLAS surprises | ‘Cold Supermoon’ pictures
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
Deep sky imaging, simplified. If you’ve got cash to drop on your own home observatory, you could save this Cyber Monday.
Take photos of nebulas, galaxies and other deep sky objects from your backyard.
A CDC panel has struck down universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination
A reshaped vaccine committee voted to scale back newborn hepatitis B shots despite decades of data showing the birth dose is safe, effective and vital.
Big Neandertal noses weren’t made for cold
Tiny cameras threaded inside a Neandertal skull provide evidence that their big noses were not an adaptation to cold climates.
CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination
The CDC’s vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, which is one of public health’s
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it’s pointed right at Earth
A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is on par
A huge helium shortage is looming — but ancient rocks in Earth’s crust may be hiding massive reservoirs
For decades, helium has been produced with natural gas, generating huge carbon emissions. Now, geologists are looking for new helium sources — and finding enormous
How male seahorses tap into their mothering side
By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers uncovered a new route to “motherhood.”
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed
Over the course of several hours, technicians meticulously connected the inner and outer segments of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.