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Space Exploration Sep 29, 2026

NASA ramps up support to get Boeing's astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco

NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing's troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as soon as possible.

Astronomy Sep 29, 2026

How NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way

Look up at the night sky with the naked eye and it may seem like it rarely changes. Yet the universe is in constant flux. Stars drift through space, orbiting the center of the Milky Way as planets orbit them. They rotate, ...

Astronomy Sep 29, 2026

Diving into an out-of-sync galaxy

Galaxies are like snowflakes: No two are exactly alike, even the spirals. The Hubble Space Telescope took a close look at the distant spiral NGC 4698 and found intriguing hints about its past. For one thing, this member of ...

Ecology Sep 29, 2026

Nature-strip gardens boost biodiversity, bugs and social benefits

University of Melbourne researchers have found that planting native gardens on suburban nature strips can boost urban biodiversity, with insect numbers increasing sevenfold and the number of species approximately doubling.

Education Sep 29, 2026

Sneakers to Scrubs mentorship program shows data-backed promise

A new study highlights the promising early impact of Sneakers to Scrubs (S2S), a medical pathways program founded by Black medical students and former athletes to address the severe underrepresentation of Black men in medicine.

Earth Sciences Sep 29, 2026

Overlooked lakes may be helping to keep the Northern Hemisphere cool

Lakes may cover only a small fraction of Earth's surface, but new research suggests they play a bigger role in regulating the planet's climate than previously recognized. By reflecting sunlight back into space when covered ...

Plants & Animals Sep 29, 2026

Backcountry recreation and roads linked to fewer wolverines in Canadian mountains

Wildlife researchers have found that both recreation and roads affect wolverine populations in Canada's Rocky Mountains and Columbia Mountains.

Social Sciences Sep 28, 2026

Building Asia's future must embrace the limitations of people and planet

Japan's population peaked around 2008 and has been steadily declining since. But construction hasn't stopped.

Astronomy Sep 28, 2026

Hydrogen's distant glow opens new way to investigate dark energy

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has shown for the first time that it can detect the faint glow of hydrogen gas from deep in the universe's past using only its own data.

Archaeology Sep 28, 2026

Ancient spearheads reveal how Ice Age humans learned the land

At the end of the last ice age, early humans crisscrossed the Americas following seasons, rivers and game, often with a trusty spear in hand. Nearly 13,000 years later, archaeologists are using those spearheads to study how ...

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