Orion Mission Evaluation Room
Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team member works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the
Category: Science
Hundreds Of Companies Call For U.S. To Slash Carbon Emissions
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an event in 2018. Apple is one of 310 companies calling on the Biden administration
Blueair Blue Signature air purifier review: Powerful and elegant
Stylish and beautifully illuminated, the Blueair Blue Signature air purifier is a breath of fresh air (literally).
Science history: Experiment shows mutations arise spontaneously, supporting pillar of Darwinian evolution — Nov. 20, 1943
Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of evolution.
12,000-year-old figurine of goose mating with naked woman discovered in Israel
A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.
mRNA flu vaccines are making their way through clinical trials
The mRNA platform offers the advantage of faster vaccine production, which could allow more time to decide on which flu strains to cover.
Combining western science with Indigenous knowledge could help the Arctic
Polar marine ecologist Marianne Falardeau investigates how Arctic ecosystems are shifting under climate change.
Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and habitat
The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican’s first term. Those changes were reversed
How a twangy voice can help you be heard
We usually associate twangy voices with our favorite country singers. Now researchers from Indiana University found that twangy voices do project better over noise.
Human trash is ‘kick-starting’ the domestication of city-dwelling raccoons, study suggests
Raccoons that live near humans had shorter snouts than rural raccoons, a trait that tends to arise in the early stages of domestication.
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman had her twin brother’s XY chromosomes — but only in her blood
Doctors discovered a woman had “blood chimerism” after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.
Watch live: New images of comet 3I/ATLAS revealed by NASA today (Nov. 19)
NASA will finally share long-awaited images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS taken during the comet’s close flyby of Mars. A live stream has been set for
In animal tests, this needle-free insulin acted as fast as injections
Managing diabetes with injections is challenging. Joining insulin to a skin-penetrating polymer was as effective as shots at regulating blood sugar.
Eroding access to childhood vaccines jeopardizes health for all
Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.