https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is headed for its 50th rendezvous with the International Space Station, bringing cargo and a new reboost capability after having launched from the Space Coast early Sunday. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-spacex-dragon-space-station-cargo.html Space Exploration Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:10:08 EDT news675331620 Following a successful launch of NASA's SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-nasa-science-cargo-33rd-spacex.html Space Exploration Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:22:04 EDT news675332522 New research that monitored the behavior of Australian central bearded dragons via tiny fitness trackers has revealed a surprising twist—the fastest lizards were more likely to die than the slower ones. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-tracker-fast-deadly-bearded-dragons.html Ecology Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:40:17 EDT news671890046 There's nowhere to park right now at the International Space Station for NASA's next Commercial Crew Program launch, but a slot should clear next week, allowing for the launch of Crew-11 as early as July 31. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-nasa-july-crew-ax-mission.html Space Exploration Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:16:42 EDT news671433397 Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how and where these early humans lived, says Leiden archaeologist Harold Berghuis. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-homo-erectus-seabed-archaeological-discoveries.html Archaeology Fri, 16 May 2025 09:25:04 EDT news666606301 Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-space-tourists-earth-private-flight.html Space Exploration Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:49:11 EDT news662989746 Elon Musk's latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now. https://phys.org/news/2025-02-elon-musk-deorbit-international-space.html Space Exploration Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:10:02 EST news659347314 If you've ever had a spiny leaf insect as a pet, or you're considering getting one, hopefully someone has warned you about this: if you put one in your enclosure, you might come back some time later to find two. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-facultative-sex-animals-partner-humans.html Plants & Animals Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:22:04 EST news655561322 Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-la-zoo-hatches-perentie-lizards.html Plants & Animals Fri, 20 Dec 2024 04:10:22 EST news653890216 Two US astronauts stranded for months on the International Space Station will remain there at least until late March, NASA said Tuesday as it announced another delay in the mission to bring them home. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-nasa-delays-astronauts-stranded-space.html Space Exploration Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:07:34 EST news653717247 A parking spot shuffle coming up this weekend more than 250 miles above Earth will mark a unique feat for a pair of NASA astronauts who will become the first to fly in both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nasa-starliner-astronauts-feat-technically.html Space Exploration Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:11:15 EDT news649671067 The four members of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission climbed on board the Crew Dragon Endeavour on Wednesday to prepare for their return trip to Earth from the International Space Station targeting a splashdown early Friday off the coast of Florida. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-weather-spacex-crew-home-florida.html Space Exploration Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:42:44 EDT news648920562 The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday's arrival of a SpaceX capsule. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-stuck-nasa-astronauts-spacex-capsule.html Space Exploration Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:37:17 EDT news646889829 They look like tiny dragons, they dine on Portuguese man o' wars, they're venomous and they're turning up on Outer Banks beaches. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-dragons-outer-banks-venomous-blue.html Ecology Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:20:01 EDT news646472798 After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing's new astronaut capsule is set to depart the International Space Station on Friday without its crew. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-boeing-beleaguered-space-capsule-earth.html Space Exploration Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:20:01 EDT news644841209 Evidence of debris stemming from return trips of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has prompted the company to shift future landing operations from Florida to California. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-debris-spacex-shift-dragon-capsule.html Space Exploration Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:41:10 EDT news641662865 Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons' teeth are tipped with iron. Led by researchers from King's College London, the study gives new insight into how Komodo dragons keep their teeth razor-sharp and may provide clues to how dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex killed and ate their prey. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-komodo-dragons-iron-coated-teeth.html Plants & Animals Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:00:01 EDT news641033948 This week, we reported on new epigenetic findings in memory formation as well as a dramatic spike in micromobility-related head injuries, so there's a whole lot of head-related science on the front burner these days. There were new findings regarding an increasingly terrifying and awesome apex predator and the future of coffee is getting a little bit brighter—the best part of waking up is climate-resilient cultivars in your cup. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-saturday-citations-bike-accident-spike.html Other Sat, 27 Jul 2024 09:00:01 EDT news641213430 The fearsome Komodo dragon, native to Indonesia and the world's largest living lizard, has a coat of iron on its razor-like teeth to help it kill its prey, scientists found in a study published Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-komodo-dragons-teeth-coated-iron.html Plants & Animals Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:43:35 EDT news641033010 A stingray that got pregnant at a North Carolina aquarium this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of her species for many years has died. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-stingray-pregnant-male-companion-died.html Plants & Animals Tue, 02 Jul 2024 04:16:34 EDT news639112589 A North Carolina aquarium that said it had a pregnant stingray with no male companion now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-pregnant-stingray-male-companion-reproductive.html Plants & Animals Fri, 31 May 2024 12:41:30 EDT news636378085 The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship will have to wait until at least Friday to give ground teams time to analyze a malfunctioning rocket valve, pushing back a high-stakes test trip to the International Space Station. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-boeing-starliner-crewed-mission-postponed-1.html Space Exploration Tue, 07 May 2024 13:26:26 EDT news634307180 The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spaceship was dramatically called off just two hours before launch after a new safety issue was identified, officials said Monday, pushing back a high-stakes test mission to the International Space Station. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-boeing-starliner-crewed-mission-postponed.html Space Exploration Tue, 07 May 2024 01:42:41 EDT news634264954 Parking is at a premium at the International Space Station, but NASA and SpaceX cleared out one spot as a cargo Dragon spacecraft completed its trip home with a splashdown off the Florida coast. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-dragon-shuffle-prepping-starliner.html Space Exploration Wed, 01 May 2024 07:20:01 EDT news633766697 A University of Queensland-led study has shed light on how some lizards have evolved to resist deadly neurotoxins from Australia's most venomous snakes. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-lizards-venomous-snakes.html Evolution Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:30:02 EDT news630667587 Kilat, the largest living lizard at the Toronto Metro Zoo, like other members of his species (Varanus komodoensis), truly deserves to be called the Komodo dragon. His impressive size and the way he looks at you and tracks your every move makes you realize that he is an apex predator, not unlike a ferocious theropod dinosaur. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-adult-komodo-teeth-similar-theropod.html Plants & Animals Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:38:03 EST news626539081 Prey has been discovered inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, scientists said Friday, revealing that the mighty dinosaurs had an "appetite for drumsticks" when they were young. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-appetite-drumsticks-prey-tyrannosaur-stomach.html Paleontology & Fossils Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:10:02 EST news621270121 Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, large, carnivorous aquatic lizards that lived during the late Cretaceous. With "transitional" traits that place it between two well-known mosasaurs, the new species is named after a sea serpent in Norse mythology, Jormungandr, and the small North Dakota city Walhalla near to where the fossil was found. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-species-mosasaur-norse-sea-serpent.html Paleontology & Fossils Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:30:37 EDT news617884230 An international team of biologists, animal management specialists, geneticists and forestry managers has discovered a new species of "dragon lizard" in Laos—one with very impressive camouflage capabilities. In their paper published in the journal Zoological Research, the group describes how the lizards were found and what they learned from two samples they captured. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-dragon-lizard-species-camouflage-capabilities.html Plants & Animals Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:20:37 EDT news616929629 The Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), not seen since 1969, has been found in grasslands west of Melbourne. No need to fear this dragon, though; these lizards are just 15cm long fully grown. https://phys.org/news/2023-06-victoria-rediscovered-dragon-future.html Plants & Animals Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:31:04 EDT news607001461