When a person or their family decides that, after death, their body will be donated to science, they likely don’t imagine having their earthly remains …
Thanks to the nature of light and the fact that it can only move so fast, peering at objects far away means that astronomers can …
The big “planet killer” asteroids of science fiction may be avoiding Earth for the time being, but there are plenty of smaller chunks of space …
Avoiding heaps of sugar in your diet might have big benefits for you, but your four-legged friends should avoid one of the most popular sugar …
SpaceX has sent a whopping 17 resupply mission to the International Space Station over the course of its contract with NASA. Most of the time, …
SpaceX has successfully performed many resupply missions for the crew of the International Space Station, sending vital supplies to the orbiting laboratory using its Falcon …
Tourists visiting Yellowstone National Park get to see a lot of wonderful things, not least of which is a variety of wildlife that is, by …
When you get a small cut or scrape you probably reach for an ordinary bandage, which is typically nothing more than an adhesive strip holding …
If you’ve been taking aspirin every day to lower your risk of heart attack, despite not having an existing history of heart problems, a new …
Humans have never set foot on Mars, but that’s not stopping scientists from doing their best to understand what it might be like when that …
The International Space Station is home to a half dozen scientists for the majority of the year, and those brave space travelers carry out all …
If you’re even a casual science fan you’ve likely heard of the cordyceps fungi group before. The genus includes hundreds of known species, but the …
When NASA and other space agencies from around the world eventually send humans back to the Moon in the coming decades they’ll likely be doing …
For astronomers, discovering new worlds, stars, and even entire galaxies is really only half the battle. Once discovered, explaining how new features of space formed, …
Earlier this month we learned that some of NASA’s incredibly prized Apollo 11 Moon landing tapes were about to be up for auction. NASA wasn’t …
Chris Kraft, NASA’s first flight director and a huge driving force behind the mission that eventually sent astronauts to the Moon, died just days after …
Once you get down deep enough in Earth’s oceans, sunlight is hard to come by. But rather than stumble around in the dark in search …
A trio of international space travelers successfully arrived at the International Space Station over the weekend. The arrival of the new crew members brings the …
There are probably a lot of things that annoy doctors. Patients diving into symptom-tracking websites like WebMD and convincing themselves they have a dire illness …
India’s Space Research Organization expected to launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission last week, pushing the country one big step closer to becoming the fourth country to …
There are few things worse than seeing an elite performance ruined by claims of performance-enhancing drugs, but alas, this is the world we live in. …
We humans tend to take our ability to chew and swallow for granted, but as mammals we actually have a pretty complicated system of bones …
A mother-of-two from England was misdiagnosed with cancer three years ago, with doctors telling her she had a particularly aggressive form of the disease that …
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing is this weekend, and NASA has a whole lineup of awesome programming ready for all of us. …
As someone who reads over various types of scientific research and studies on a daily basis, I feel like I have a pretty good idea …
The Arctic is a chilly place, or at least it’s supposed to be, but a recent combination of record-breaking heat and intense wildfires have turned …
Today is an important day for China’s space agency. No, the country isn’t launching anything new into space, and in fact, it’s sort of the …
The 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon landing is just days away, and with it comes a whole bunch of retrospective content from the …
NASA really, really wants to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually other planets, but it currently doesn’t have a rocket capable of such feats. …
The FDA is one of the more vital government agencies when it comes to keeping consumers safe from deceptive marketing and dangerous products, but sometimes …
