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This biodegradable textile is alive and can host engineered microbes that can change its color or add UV protection ...

Starship demonstrated key abilities on its path to becoming a fully reusable transport for astronauts to the moon ...

Lyndie Chiou is a scientist, a science writer and founder of ZeroDivZero, a science conference website. Her writing has also appeared in Sky & Telescope. Follow her on X @lyndie_chiou ...

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The European continent is facing a dual reckoning this summer—extreme heat is killing thousands and draining its rivers, ...

Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals ...

The 2026 Fields Medals recognize breakthroughs in the math of messy fluids, tangled knots, spinning pencils, and more ...

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After fatal crashes in which occupants or rescuers could not open Tesla doors, federal regulators are considering rules that ...

There are many observations of animals behaving oddly during eclipses, but the reason may have nothing to do with the sun and ...