SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.  The flight took place Jan. 29 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, using one of the agency’s F-15B research jets. The NASA-designed, 40-inch Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF)...

While some have argued northern India and western Nepal are overdue for a massive earthquake, an analysis says this...

VigilGeorge Saunders, Bloomsbury In general, I am not a fan of novellas (or short novels). Just as I am sinking...

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It is easy to be defeatist about the fate of our planet. There is an ongoing climate crisis, extinctions...

I often say that the key to staying consistent with working out is finding an exercise you love. You...

Bonded by EvolutionPaul Eastwick, Cornerstone PressMost of us can tell tales of lost loves and romantic rejections, and psychologist...

Analysis of ancient DNA has uncovered the origins of a mysterious group who appeared in Britain around 2400 BC...

From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot pose next to their mission insignia inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and...

The Trump administration’s drive to increase domestic production of fossil fuels and mining of key minerals likely cannot be accomplished without a key constituency: Native nations.The U.S. has 374 treaties with 574 governments of...