Artist’s rendering of a SpaceX Starship leaving a lunar colony. Credit: SpaceX Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn their fuel into momentum that…
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Geoengineering aims to intervene in Earth’s climate to fight global warming. A group of 60 scientists called for a moratorium on solar geoengineering last month,…
Image of a Wolf Rayet star – potentially before collapsing into a black hole. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on…
Bobsled, luge and skeleton athletes descend twisting, steep tracks at speeds upward of 80 mph (130 kmh). Speed alone may be the factor that draws…
Astronomers famously snapped the first-ever direct image of a black holeA black hole is a place in space where the pull of gravity is so…
The U.S. has been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and threatening retaliation if it does. Just eight years after Russia’s…
It can stretch your mind to ponder what’s really out there. Right above you is the sky – or as scientists would call it, the…
200 million years from now Mogadishu and Mumbai will be neighbours along a large mountain range. Credit: Douwe van Hinsbergen Every geography schoolbook has them:…
Genetic material found in permafrost sediments from the Yukon contains rich information about ancient ecosystems. Credit: Julius Csotonyi/Government of Yukon In 2010, small cores of…
Astronomers have found a way to estimate the number of stars in the universe. Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you’ll…
A new treatment helped frogs regenerate their amputated legs – taking science one step closer to helping people regrow their body parts, too. Our bodies…
Nucleic acid vaccines use mRNA to give cells instructions on how to produce a desired protein. The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the…
The Earth Biogenome Project, a global consortium that aims to sequence the genomes of all complex life on earth (some 1.8 million described species) in…
From sweet treats to holiday indulgences, candy plays a big role in American culture, with consumption surging around Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Easter, and Christmas. Sugar,…
The FAA raised concerns that new, full-speed 5G cellphone services near airports could interfere with aircraft operations. New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of…
CORBEVAX uses recombinant DNA technology that many countries already have the infrastructure to produce. The world now has a new COVID-19First identified in 2019 in…
The list of SARS-CoV-2 variants – each with its own unique qualities that give it an edge – just keeps growing. “The Conversation” Editor’s note:…
The evolution of the cosmos after the Big Bang. Credit: NASA READER QUESTION: My understanding is that nothing comes from nothing. For something to exist,…
Some plant-based foods are high in calories and sodium content. It hasn’t been that long since the new year started and people are still thinking…
Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, like the ATLAS calorimeter seen here, are providing more accurate measurements of fundamental particles. Credit: Maximilien Brice,…