Category: 7. Science

From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and…

Earth’s orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you’re worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable – and you should be – scientists have proposed a new…

Mangroves are a critical component of many coastal ecosystems, serving as havens for biodiversity, carbon sinks, barriers against storm-driven winds and waves, and bulwarks against erosion. But increasing levels of erosion from sea level…

In the future, some of us will be wearing clothes made of bacteria that change colors based on the level of radiation we’re exposed to. At least, that’s the hope of scientists and a fashion designer in Scotland.

Too much ionizing radiation…

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.

Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu contained many of life’s building blocks,…

A new study finds just 6% of clinical trials used to approve new drugs in the U.S. reflect the country’s racial and ethnic makeup, with an increasing trend of trials underrepresenting Black and Hispanic individuals.

The findings…

Stanford researchers are bringing a sci-fi vision to life aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

They have become the first to demonstrate that AI-based control can guide a robot autonomously in space. The research focuses on…

Notation and diagrams are essential elements of scientific communication….