SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance.  Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and increasing demands to keep complicated aircraft running for...

MIT researchers have discovered that two common genetic mutations that cause Rett syndrome each set off a...

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A brain repair kit that helps yaks and other animals naturally cope with low oxygen levels at high altitudes may point to a new way to treat brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In mice with brain damage that...

Childbirth was difficult and dangerous for our ape-like ancestors, much as it is for women today. A new study...

A handful of tiny molecules circulating in the blood may help identify which older adults are most likely to survive the next two years, researchers report February 24 in Aging Cell.In a study of more than 1,200 people 71...

Passwords occupy an odd place in our lives. They’re both a blessing – keeping our data and information safe...

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Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of food waste are discarded...

Americans have a reputation for being bad at world geography, and the current U.S. administration is no exception, particularly when it comes to correctly identifying what is – and is not – part of the...