While space is mostly empty, it does have some matter and particles spread throughout it.
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Researchers are uncovering the ways by which dad, mom or both parents drinking can result in fetal alcohol syndrome and…
From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their…
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Here’s how your brain visualizes scenarios that you’re not actually looking at with your eyes.
The Polaris Dawn mission will test communications, perform research and conduct a spacewalk with SpaceX extravehicular spacesuits.
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Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer…
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news,…
In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach…
The space missions of the future will need to coordinate multiple satellites and spacecraft − and figure out how to refuel,…
Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.
André Weil was a mathematician. His sister Simone Weil was a philosopher. They both thought deeply about the nature and…
Space may be considered the final frontier, but the US was once a frontier, too. How can space industry leaders avoid repeating…
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In the absence of clear-cut regulation, who should decide on where and how a technology that could change the course of…
Knowing you should set your apps’ privacy permissions might not be enough to protect you. A cybersecurity expert explains…