Science

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40...

Most snake fossils are two-dimensional. Sandwiched within rocks, the pressure of millions of years flattens them like a pancake. But in 2020, scientists uncovered a uniquely well-preserved snake fossil in southeastern Brazil. The snake’s tiny skull — only 20...

Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on...

The ocean is giving up one of its secrets: how members of the same species can turn up at far-flung deep-sea hydrothermal vents.An epic migration up to — and across — the ocean’s surface could be the answer. Chemical...

NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will provide an overview...

Would you want to speak with an AI-generated “ghost” of a loved one? The idea might seem creepy or cathartic.To 16 volunteers, these conversations were often comforting, even when the chatbot acting as the ghost invented facts, information scientist...

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the history of unethical practices in research on human remains and the progress toward more ethical standards. Source link

NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even...

Intense abdominal pain. Extreme fatigue. Explosive diarrhea.These are just some of the symptoms of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic infection that has sickened thousands and hospitalized more than 100 people in the United States since May 1. Although public health...

In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress...