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NASA has announced a sweeping overhaul to its Artemis program, saying that the agency’s plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2028 would not be…
For decades, scientists have delved into the genetic causes of disease by studying patients with those diseases and their families, picking through their genomes in search…
March is a great month to step outside and look up. As winter gives way to spring, the night sky offers a mix of bright planets,…
Milestone: Carbon-14 discoveredDate: Feb. 27, 1940Where: Berkeley, CaliforniaWho: Martin Kamen and Samuel RubenOn this day in 1940, two scientists discovered an elusive form of carbon —…
When Neanderthals and modern humans first got together, they preferred pairings between Neanderthal men and human women, a new study of ancient and modern genomes suggests.…
The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number of nightly discoveries that is expected…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped stunning new photos of giant “spiderwebs” zig-zagging across the surface of Mars. One of these images has revealed never-before-seen, egg-like spheroids…
For decades, a debate has raged about whether the moon ever had a strong magnetic field, or if it was always weak. Now, a new analysis…
The mysterious Roman-era burial rite of pouring liquid gypsum over the dead wasn’t limited to elite adults as previously thought; it was also performed on children,…
Tigers will soon roam Kazakhstan for the first time in over 70 years as conservationists undertake a gargantuan effort to restore part of their lost habitat.The…
