Science

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting...

The animals that live on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's sprawling 32,000 acres in Northern Virginia are connected by one thing: the threat of extinction.Tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, more...

The 1870s were a time of great cultural, economic, and technological change.During this time, people dressed in formal fashion and traveled by steamboat, buggy, or train.Increased interest in leisure led to a rise in various sports by 1875.In 1875,...

A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that can mitigate potential risks well before takeoff – and NASA is working to develop the tools to make that...

AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of the worst offenders. For white men, it was extremely accurate. For others, the error rates could be 100 times as high....

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 2:45 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, the...

Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an hour per day, researchers report August 21 in Science.The...

Optical frequency combs are specially designed lasers that act like rulers to accurately and rapidly measure specific...

The UK Space Agency will cease to exist as an independent entity to cut the cost of bureaucracy, the government said on Wednesday.It will be absorbed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in April 2026.The government...

John “JJ” Joannopoulos, the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics at MIT and director of the MIT...