The latest on commercial space stations, Japan's mission to bring a sample from a Martian moon, and space-based weapons.

In the new movie “Whalefall,” a scuba diver has a very bad day in the guts of a sperm whale. Could it actually happen?

A free-floating seaweed called sargassum is exploding in the Atlantic Ocean, clogging up coastlines from West Africa to the ...

A linguist weighs in on how "politician speak" has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from ...

This year, October 13 marks Ada Lovelace Day, an observance that calls attention to the role of women in computing and technology. In this conversation from 2018, Ira talks with Claire Evans, author ...

Attachment styles have taken off as a way to understand relationships. But does the science behind it line up with popular ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech In late September 2026, NASA announced that a new telescope called PRIMA was getting a green light and ...

An estimated 2 billion tons of dust are lofted into the air each year, affecting ecosystems, the atmosphere, and the weather.

A new mRNA flu vaccine promises a closer match to circulating flu strains. But dysfunction at federal health agencies is ...