SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A soccer ball floats in microgravity in this March 2, 2026, picture from the International Space Station. The space station crew tested soccer balls to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity. The findings have improved...

Pennsylvania has become a hot spot for data center proposals and public backlash about where to build them.I’m a law professor and executive director of Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy. I’m also...

Poaching and a changing climate forced the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) out of the northern foothills of the...

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, CanadaEarth planning day: Friday, June 5th, 2026In a very broad sense, Curiosity has two modes of doing science – one centred around a defined...

NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center...

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People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in...

MIT professor of physics Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is among 10 researchers worldwide to receive this year’s prestigious Kavli...

Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and...

Dr Monique Lynch-Jonah has launched the Healthy Minds Kids Series. The collection of picture books aims to help children aged seven to 12 develop emotional wellbeing, confidence, resilience, and positive mental health from an early age. Source link