Category: 7. Science

We now know when the first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station will take place.

On Friday night (Jan. 9), NASA announced that it’s targeting Wednesday (Jan. 14) for the earlier-than-expected departure of SpaceX’s…

As unmissable as new year’s fireworks, the wolf moon held the heavens for the first few nights of January, casting an unearthly radiance over everything, night almost as bright as day. Now, as that moon wanes, prepare to be wowed by a true…

Is it possible to terraform the planet Mars, turning it from a barren, hostile wasteland into a world fit for human habitation?

As NASA’s Artemis missions – seen as a stepping stone to eventually landing human feet on Mars – are ramping up,…

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Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or preparing a presentation that’s stressful just to think about. You understand what needs to be…

Although constipation and diarrhea may seem like opposite problems, they both hinge on the same underlying issue: how much fluid moves into the gut. These common issues affect millions of people in the U.S. each year, yet scientists…

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of biology’s most intensively studied molecular machines.

Bacteria move through liquids using propellerlike…