Robotics

Does Dark Energy Change over Time?

In just one year of observations, a program that is creating the largest 3D map ...

Space Junk from the International Space Station May Hav...

Three years ago astronauts threw out the largest piece of trash ever tossed from...

What Is Pollution Doing to Our Brains? 'Exposomics' Rev...

The new science of "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer...

How Will EPA’s New Rule about ‘Forever Chemicals’ Prote...

A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in your drinking water ...

Black Scientists Are Building Their Own Vital Communities

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter t...

Scientists Found a Way to Supercharge Cancer-Fighting C...

The bioengineered immune players called CAR T cells last longer and work better ...

Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary

The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting ...

How Do Tides Shape Earth and the Solar System?

The ocean’s twice-daily rise and fall is only the most obvious effect of tides—t...

A Random Influx of DNA from a Virus Helped Vertebrates ...

Insertion of genetic material from a virus into the genome of a vertebrate ances...

Why Some People Always Get Lost—And Others Never Do

Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direc...

U.S. Carbon Removal Needs Have a $100-Billion Price Tag...

The U.S. needs to vastly increase taxpayer spending on direct carbon removal tec...

Why We Believe the Myth of High Crime Rates

The crime issue, a focus of the 2024 presidential election, is sometimes rooted...

Did the Eclipse Give You the Amateur Astronomy Bug? Her...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a professional astronomer, talks about her own adventu...

Climate Action Is a Legal Obligation, European Court Rules

The European Court of Human Rights found that climate change is a human rights i...

Peter Higgs, a Giant of Particle Physics, Dies at 94

The Nobel Prize-winning theorist’s prediction of the Higgs boson sparked a half-...

Why Batteries Come in So Many Sizes and Shapes

A rectangular nine-volt battery is basically just a bunch of smaller batteries i...

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