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NASA’s Earth science missions have continued to demonstrate remarkable adaptability and innovation, balancing the legacy of long-standing satellites with the momentum of cutting-edge new technologies. The Terra platform, the first of three Earth Observing System flagship missions, has been...

Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying...

After my son was born in December, new parent questions consumed my thoughts. Is he sleeping enough? Is he screaming because he’s hungry or his diaper is dirty? And is poop normally that color?Now that I’ve somewhat mastered those...

Research that crosses the traditional boundaries of academic disciplines, and boundaries between academia, industry, and government, is...

In a rugged landscape in central Spain, archaeologists have discovered a unique granite cobblestone marked with a red ochre dot that preserves the mark of a Neandertal fingerprint. Dating back approximately 43,000 years, it could be the oldest and...

Kate Stephens and Victoria GillBBC News science teamGetty ImagesWhat about nuclear waste and security? Some experts do have concerns about nuclear waste. Scientists from the government advisory group recently said the issue of how radioactive waste from SMRs that...

Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research group within the Singapore-MIT Alliance...

A ban on a "destructive" type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said.The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2 (around 18,500...

Esme StallardClimate and science correspondentJustin RowlattClimate editor"Coral reefs, for the past 20 years, have been subject to mass bleaching and mass mortality and that is due to extreme temperatures," said Dr Jean-Pierre Gattuso, senior research scientist at Laboratoire d'Océanographie...

In May 2025, Dr. Natasha Schatzman, aerospace engineer in the Aeromechanics Office at NASA Ames Research Center, received the inaugural Alex M. Stoll Award from the Vertical Flight Society (VFS).  This award honors a professional in the field of...