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Launched in 2000, it has hosted astronauts from 19 countries. Now, NASA's thinking about its retirement.
It could be a great alternative to sutures, which require specialized surgical training and can lead to infections.
Smoking was found to significantly affect cognitive ability.
Private space flight is up for a new important milestone.
This is triggering a number of changes across the entire ecosystem.
Audio streaming giant Spotify is getting a crash course in the tension between free speech and the need to protect the public from harmful misinformation. The Swedish-founded platform, which has 400 million active users, has faced a hail of criticism over misinformation broadcast on its most popular podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan, a former […]
It looks like a gruesome mortuary practice, but the 16th century Andean communities were probably just desperately trying to avoid desecration at the hands of colonialists.
Hubble may have spotted a very rare phenomenon.
There's a new player in the space flight game.
Science has made a strong case for the year 536 as being one of the worst in human history, a year punctuated by volcanic eruptions, drought, famine and plague - and a year long winter.
GPS equipment can track very subtle ground movements.
Lab-grown is just as good as mined -- but doesn't affect the environment as much.
Should we label sugar like tobacco?
It's not just energy or transportation, we also have to address agriculture emissions.
Smart crows are cleaning up after stupid humans.
The longest lightning strike in recorded history stretched from Texas to Mississippi.
A lone asteroid is scouting ahead of Earth's orbit. It's the largest Trojan found in Earth's system thus far.
They may look kinda cute, but they're a real menace.
The robot developed by researchers in China spies embryos as they develop into fetuses.
Exercising was shown to give elderly mice the muscles of those much younger.
These are questions that really need to be pushed, researchers say.
It's time to start thinking of ways to shift crops around due to climate change.
It's the opposite of what researchers were expecting.
More than 73,000 species of trees grow on Earth's surface, including 9,200 species yet to be discovered, according to the most comprehensive tally of its kind to date.
Japan's government wants to say "sayonara" to paper communication. But local offices still love their fax machines and won't give them up.
As the start of a new school year looms, school uniforms are being dusted off or new ones bought. At the same time, age-old debates about the pros and cons of school uniforms are being dusted off, too. But questions about practicality, cost, or conformity tend to overshadow the bigger underlying issue of how uniforms […]
Our galaxy's center has strands nearly 150 light years long, spread across like strings on a harp.
Exciting results suggest vitamin D supplements could reduce the risk of autoimmune diseases.
Gamers are once again being called to help science.
A drug cocktail has shown promise in regrowing lost limbs.
The reef's surprising depth might have something to do with it.
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Therapy doesn't necessarily require being in the same room.
We weren't even sure something like this was possible
The fish we want to capture aren't turned away by the lights.
This study says plastic pollution in the air is way worse than we imagined.
While the researchers can't completely discard the theory, it needs more evidence to hold up.
Student loans are big business. Some 43 million Americans currently have student loans, totaling a whopping $1.57 trillion in student loans. Despite President Biden canceling some $2 billion in student loans already, progressives in the Democratic party are increasingly frustrated. This is just a drop in the bucket, they argue, and far more action is […]
Red Planet? More like Purple Planet.
A leading French aquarium vendor will no longer produce and sell fish bowls due to concerns about animal welfare.
The findings point to "significant and concerning" pollution of the country's waters.
What researchers thought was water may turn out to be rocks, a new study concludes.
It's as accurate as our current PCR tests or more, but way faster and cheaper.
Not only ashes, but pressure waves affected the atmosphere as well.
Researchers took a crack at understanding chimpanzee culture -- and ended up with some interesting results.
The protective gene was passed onto us by an ancient human species.
Our spines don't seem to enjoy this position very much at all.
Researchers used drones and lasers to take a closer look at the structure.
The patent never received too much attention, but scientists think it could have modern uses.
Cannabis hangovers are a thing.
