How birds can quietly spread a severe form of pneumonia
Birds are everywhere. They perch on rooftops and windowsills and sometimes share our homes as pets. But they can also carry dangerous germs, even when
How exposing yourself to your fears can tame your anxiety
The first time Kevin MacKenzie scrambled up a slide, a steep stretch of rock exposed by weather and geological forces, in the Adirondack Mountains, he
Scientists left in the dark by National Science Foundation grant application delays
A major federal grant program that helps researchers purchase scientific equipment has seemingly gone dark, leaving scientists unsure of whether they will be able to
Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren
Plants seem stationary: they don’t skip, fly or walk around. But that doesn’t mean they don’t move. The organisms bend their roots and shoots in
Amateur astronomer harnesses AI to find a possible hidden exoplanet
An amateur astronomer harnessed artificial intelligence agents to find a previously undiscovered exoplanet lurking in publicly available data. Pavel Rabtsevich, a Spain-based product manager and
Could Tutankhamun’s tomb hold clues to a mysterious Egyptian queen?
A growing body of research is generating renewed interest in potential hidden spaces beyond the decorated walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in Egypt. Some researchers
Artemis II images boost NASA’s moon base plans
NASA’s Artemis II mission—a slingshot around the moon earlier this year that sent four astronauts to lunar space for the first time in more than
Astronomers catch dwarf stars gobbling up their orbiting companions
As far as fairytales go, dwarfs can be Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy or Dopey. But in space, dwarfs might be better called Hungry, according to a
Can bioengineered bacteria help terraform Mars?
Last month Erika DeBenedictis, CEO of the nonprofit start-up Pioneer Labs, delighted or shocked many space nerds with some big news: she and her colleagues
See the cool photos this Jupiter-bound spacecraft took while swinging by Earth
Early Monday morning, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) zoomed by Earth as it prepared to slingshot itself off to the outer