Category: Science

A crewed mission to Mars could be one of humanity’s greatest achievements, but getting there may come with serious health risks. Beyond the challenges of

Editor’s note: The latest estimates from the Aerospace Corporation predict Swift will reenter the atmosphere at 5:19 a.m. EST on Wednesday (Nov. 4), plus or

Synthetic voices can restore speech, enable scams and outlive their owners. These uses raise questions about trust, consent and control.

The wireless implant rids mice’s bodies of excess sugar on demand, and helps them shed weight. It could one day help treat diabetes and obesity.

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Somewhere over West Africa What’s in the photos? Space debris from a Russian rocket burning up upon reentry Who took

Exposure to space radiation may increase astronauts’ risk of a dangerous heart condition, a new study in rats hints. The research, published Sept. 30 in

A Bronze Age man buried in a monumental tomb near the Black Sea may have died from complications of a urinary tract infection (UTI) more

Red blood cells found in a 115 million-year-old dinosaur fossil from Brazil are the oldest chemical evidence of blood-related material in a dinosaur fossil, a

The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of

Cold fusion: Now there’s an idea I hadn’t thought about in a while. It came back onto my radar in spring 2026. I had written

Egyptian researchers have found a hidden 2,600-year-old structure the size of a football field after using satellites to peer below the ground. But what they

In space, nobody can hear you scream — or meow, for that matter. This was as true for Félicette — the stray Parisian tuxedo cat

Rx Kids, a program that provides unconditional cash transfers for pregnant people and infants, reduced neonatal mortality in Flint, Michigan.

Permafrost detachment slides involve large slabs of frozen earth thawing from below and then sliding downhill.