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Video reveals heavy years of wear on Mars rover's wheels

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its wheels.

Building Nests Is Hard. That’s Why Some Birds Steal.

When researchers used GPS devices to monitor the nests of Hawaiian honeycreepers, they found dozens of cases of brazen avian burglary.

NASA leadership shakeup could impact future launch operations at Wallops Island

NASA has appointed former chief of staff Brian Hughes as senior director of launch operations, a newly created role that will oversee launch operations at both the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The move could have significant implications for the future of launch activity at Wallops Island, particularly as NASA and ... Read More

SpaceX rocket launch today from Florida on mission for NASA. What to know before liftoff.

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida this evening, delivering supplies to the ISS and creating a sonic boom.

The next Texas total solar eclipse has a surprising tie to today

Part of Texas will see a total solar eclipse on May 11, 2078, with totality crossing the Rio Grande Valley.

Physicists say it's possible to send messages to the past

A new study published in Physical Review Letters explores the theoretical possibility of sending messages into the past without bending spacetime

Is This Why Science Advances One Funeral at a Time?

Is This Why Science Advances One Funeral at a Time? As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work.

Controlled Hearing Device

Researchers demonstrate a real-time brain-controlled hearing device that selectively enhances voices based on a listener's neural activity.

Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment

Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have found a way to speed up the germination of seeds, allowing disease-resistant Ash trees to grow, writes Alex Thomson.

If A Man Is Secretly Heartbroken, These 4 Behaviors Are Hard To Hide

If a man is secretly heartbroken or in deep emotional pain, there are certain behaviors that are often hard to hide.

A Fish That Hitches Rides Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine

The remora often latches on to the exteriors of larger marine creatures. But sometimes it travels in a more intrusive spot: inside a manta ray’s backside.

Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.