Space Science Stratolaunch achieves first powered flight of hypersonic test vehicle The curve-nosed test vehicle was dropped from the world's largest aircraft and safely landed in the Pacific Ocean By Erika Morphy, March 12, 2024, 4:54 PM
Science Tech Culture 13-year-old wins science fair for attempting to demonstrate Archimedes' fabled "Death Ray" The teen had an 'Eureka!' moment with just four pieces of glass and a lamp By Zo Ahmed, March 11, 2024, 10:25 AM 30 comments
Space Science This "hycean" exoplanet could be covered in a boiling ocean Conflicting hypotheses try to explain the chemical mix detected by the JWST By Alfonso Maruccia, March 11, 2024, 8:35 AM
Science Space Researchers propose installing a fiber network on the Moon Cables could help us learn more about moonquakes By Daniel Sims, March 7, 2024, 2:31 PM
Electronics Science Eco-friendly "water batteries" are cheaper and safer than lithium-ions Water batteries pose no fire risk By Shawn Knight, March 7, 2024, 1:54 PM 24 comments
Science Electronics Scientists use dairy waste to extract 22-carat gold from motherboards and other e-waste The gold is worth 50 times more than the cost to reclaim it By Cal Jeffrey, March 5, 2024, 4:38 PM 8 comments
Science Space "Goodnight, Odie": Odysseus lander's historic moon mission comes to an end Thank you, and good (lunar) night! By James Miller, March 2, 2024, 2:35 PM
Space Science The Odysseus lunar lander's payload included a 30-million page library It was the third time the Arch Mission Foundation tried to get this repository of knowledge to the Moon By Erika Morphy, February 26, 2024, 6:55 AM
Space Science US spacecraft successfully lands on the moon for the first time in over 50 years Apollo 17 was the last US mission to touch down on the lunar surface in 1972 By Kishalaya Kundu, February 23, 2024, 9:12 AM 12 comments
Wearable Tech Science Smart gloves could use haptic feedback to teach physical skills Personalized feedback could record and transfer sensations for piano playing, controller robots, and more By Daniel Sims, February 23, 2024, 6:58 AM
Science Space The universe's brightest object eats the mass of the sun every day, astronomers say 17 billion times the mass of Earth's sun and 500 trillion times brighter By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 8:35 AM
Space Science Scientists find water on an asteroid's surface for the first time Findings could help answer how the Earth gained its water By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 7:38 AM
Science Security MIT's minuscule terahertz RFID tag foils counterfeiters with metallic glue System authenticates articles with better than 99 percent accuracy By Cal Jeffrey, February 20, 2024, 6:16 PM
Science Tech Culture Neuralink's first human subject successfully controls computer mouse with thoughts following brain-chip implant "With no ill effects" By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2024, 7:14 AM 14 comments
Science Space A satellite heavier than a large car makes an uncontrolled return to Earth tomorrow, but don't worry too much You'd have to be very unlucky to be hit by it By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2024, 6:43 AM 8 comments
Science Tech Culture NASA seeks participants for simulated yearlong Mars mission Participants will live in a simulated Mars colony for a full year By Shawn Knight, February 19, 2024, 11:27 AM 19 comments
Space Science Intuitive Machines shares first images sent from space by its Nova-C lunar lander The spacecraft is in excellent condition, and the Moon's surface is approaching fast By Alfonso Maruccia, February 19, 2024, 10:26 AM
Space Science Nova-C lander is finally heading to the Moon A commercial spacecraft full of NASA science experiments and "demo" payloads By Alfonso Maruccia, February 16, 2024, 9:29 AM
Science Space NASA's Juno mission captures incredible new images of Jupiter New Jupiter photos from the Io flyby By Daniel Sims, February 14, 2024, 9:26 AM 15 comments
Electronics Science A promising new calcium-oxygen battery design can withstand up to 700 recharge cycles New electrolyte material provides a potential breakthrough for calcium-based batteries By Alfonso Maruccia, February 13, 2024, 10:03 AM 10 comments
Science On the brink: Atlantic Ocean current is getting closer to collapse A real Day After Tomorrow scenario By Rob Thubron, February 13, 2024, 7:46 AM 36 comments
Science Space An experimental 3D printer will melt steel to create new objects... in space Printing metal objects aboard the ISS is a challenging, but potentially game-changing By Alfonso Maruccia, February 12, 2024, 2:13 PM
Space Science Saturn's "Death Star" moon has a 45-mile-deep subsurface ocean The ocean likely occupies half the moon's volume By Daniel Sims, February 9, 2024, 7:39 AM 7 comments
Science Space Jupiter orbiter delivers unprecedented close up images of highly volcanic Jovian moon Io The Juno spacecraft passed within 930 miles of the moon's surface By Cal Jeffrey, February 8, 2024, 4:31 PM
Science CERN reviews plans to build new particle smasher three times bigger than the Large Hadron Collider The costly Future Circular Collider will hopefully unveil more secrets of the universe By Alfonso Maruccia, February 7, 2024, 2:12 PM 29 comments