US hospitals continue to close labor and delivery services
Increasingly, people giving birth cannot count on their nearest hospital to have the specialist health care they need. The researchers […]
A pair of spacecraft will fly in formation to create artificial solar eclipses
A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency’s mission,
A near-Earth asteroid provides clues to a dark matter theory
A hypothetical “fifth force” could attract asteroids, if it exists. But asteroid Bennu shows no signs that its orbit has
Climate stress can impair the romantic gift of male spiders
The blinding of friendship in spiders can lose some of the fun in uncertain climates. Men in places with rain
These are the viruses that defined the year 2024
From mpox to bird flu and beyond, multiple outbreaks of infectious diseases flared up around the world this year. Dengue
Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sun-like star for the first time
BOSTON – For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a sun-like star. This bubble
Feather-inspired aircraft flaps can enhance flight performance
The aircraft wing may be the next big thing in aviation. The wings of the birds are contoured with overlapping
Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert
Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert all his life, first on family trips to the coast
Humans have associated emotions with the same body parts for 3,000 years
Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a heartbeat? It turns out that
Space missions covered the solar system in 2024
From monitoring Mercury to embarking on a new adventure on an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great