Science

NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied by cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, where they will join the Expedition 74 crew advancing scientific...

New research shakes up the premise that implants and other long-acting contraception methods are far and away the most effective choice.The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative first provided participants with contraceptive counseling that focused on their needs and values....

Story by Keri Moskowitz, Gulf of Maine Research InstituteFor the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation, or Sipayik, the ocean has always been a teacher. Situated in what is known as Downeast Maine, along the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, generations of...

From the basement of MIT’s Building 35 to Monterrey, Mexico, and now beyond. That is the journey...

NASA ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of wooded land at its Goddard Space Flight Center’s Greenbelt, Maryland, campus Tuesday to the adjoining Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The property, formerly known as...

The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl can kill with one use. Yet a sizable percentage of adolescents aren’t aware of this danger.A majority of 8th-graders and roughly a third of 10th- and 12th-graders do not see a great risk with...

In summer 2026, sixteen stadiums across North America hosted matches as part of the FIFA World Cup. Over the years, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have captured a top-down view of the infrastructure, landscapes, and ecosystems surrounding many...

Long ago on the Indonesian island of Flores, Komodo dragons ate first, ripping into the flesh of cow-sized elephant kin and stripping their bones. Our tiny human relatives probably picked at the leftovers, researchers report July 3 in Science...

Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA released this image to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary, as the agency carries...

The American innovations that catapulted the U.S. into a world superpower touch almost every facet of modern life. From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have...