Salamanders that live their entire lives in the crowns of the world's tallest trees, California's coast redwoods, have evolved a behavior well-adapted to the dangers of falling from high places: the ability to parachute, ...
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2022
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SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest stretch yet for Elon Musk's taxi service.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2022
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Long-duration space flight alters fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University and scientists across the country.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2022
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Boeing's Starliner capsule is finally ready to reattempt a key test launch to the International Space Station on May 19, officials said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2022
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently surveyed both the parachute that helped the agency's Perseverance rover land on Mars and the cone-shaped backshell that protected the rover in deep space and during its fiery descent ...
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2022
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The flight debut of NASA's mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2022
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NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2022
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Researchers studying dragonflies have put together the most complete description of an insect wing sensory system ever recorded.
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2022
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NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upcoming ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 15, 2022
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While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers at the University of Michigan and biologists at the University of British Columbia revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2022
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