SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

NASA’s 737 aircraft was painted this week in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a reduced gravity test aircraft for the agency. NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, took ownership of the aircraft from...

In the simplest version of events, stars form when clouds of cold molecular hydrogen collapse into protostars. Over time, those protostars accrete more gas from the surrounding cloud. Eventually, the protostars...

Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming. But those canopies began to thin.As...

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The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs – and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years. The problem has grown for decades, but our research has...

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The barren lunar landscape has some important resources, such as water and minerals like iron and titanium, but extracting and processing them will require special equipment. Where those resources can be found will dictate where to land and how...

A new short film spotlights the life and career of MIT Institute Professor and School of Engineering Dean Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93.The documentary, “Full Circle: Paula Hammond at MIT,” traces Hammond’s path from childhood in Detroit, Michigan, to...