The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully showed that it is possible to crash a spacecraft into a small asteroid…
Sensitive, responsive interactions with caregivers are crucial to babies’ brain development, social skills and even physical…
Thousands of ancient genomes have been sequenced to date. A Nobel Prize highlights tremendous opportunities for aDNA, as…
Parts of the largest countries in the world, including the US, China, India and parts of Europe, might still see temperatures…
Much of the state is at risk of heavy rainfall, and the coast could see powerful storm surge.
Understanding how injury and disease, including COVID-19, can impair lung function can help researchers and clinicians better…
Discarded pieces of landing gear, crashed spacecraft and wear and tear have produced a lot of debris that is now scattered…
AI-generated voice-alikes can be indistinguishable from the real person’s speech to the human ear. A computer model that…
Air Canada and United Airlines both have orders for hybrid electric 30-seaters. An aerospace engineer explains where electrification,…
Renee Wegrzyn will lead the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, which is tasked with speeding up how fast…
Ant feet are equipped with an array of tools – from retractable sticky pads to claws to special spines and hairs – enabling…
Just about every creature on Earth needs to grab some Zs from time to time. Imagine trying to doze while dodging great whites…
Former Twitter security chief alleges in a whistleblower complaint gross security malpractice, with many employees having…
People wouldn’t last long without the countless other species we depend on for survival.
Those who seek to cause harm are as capable of generating creative ideas as anyone else. Two psychologists and counterterrorism…
Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles…
An astrophysicist explains what wormholes are and how these theoretical space-time tunnels have popped up in the solutions…
Why is it so difficult to swat a fly? A team of insect experts explains how a fly’s sophisticated vision allows it to…
Coinfections with bacteria can make viral infections even deadlier. Researchers have identified a protein in immune cells…
An anthropologist explains some of the many ways animals use their tails, from balancing as they walk to attracting a mate.