‘Hope in a bottle’ for a deadly cancer and the firefly gene that lit the way
It was as if his muscle memory had evaporated. Twenty-year-old Ethan White couldn’t remember how to use the drumsticks. The snare drum he knew like a part of his own…
Holidays in Space: 25 Years of Space Station Celebrations
In the quarter century that humans have lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, astronauts and visitors from around the world have celebrated countless holidays more than 250 miles…
9 new butterflies discovered in old museum archives
When you think of butterflies, chances are you imagine unmistakable insects with bright, bold wings. But it turns out that individual butterfly species are sometimes shockingly difficult to tell apart.…
Butt breathing and 5 other ways animals stay warm in winter
Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today’s winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans…
Lost in space: How ’digital twins’ saved NASA’s robots
A standard ballpoint pen will not write in space. Without gravity, the ink refuses to flow. This simple failure illustrates a profound headache in space exploration: tools designed for terrestrial…
Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration
The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center…
How to recover your deleted files
Sinking feelings don’t come much worse than when you think you delete something you really need. Many of us now have files synced to the cloud from our phones and…
Bears in Italy inbreed more, but are less aggressive
While bear attacks seem to have become a significant problem in Japan—with the country going as far as deploying the army—new research reveals that an Italian bear species has evolved…
Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…
The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers
The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers describes how it applies to biology, as well. They have…