SpaceX Wins Another NASA Order For Crewed Mission To International Space Station
The order, awarded under the space agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program, is the second one granted to SpaceX.
Chernobyl Reborn? Ukraine Government Mulls Turning Contaminated Nuclear Wasteland Into Gigantic Solar Farm
Ukraine is considering erecting one of the world’s largest solar panel farms in the 1,000-mile exclusion zone of the ill-fated city.
AR Scorpii: A Tumultuous Binary Star System Where A White Dwarf Is ‘Whipping’ Its Companion
In the AR Scorpii system located 380 light-years from Earth, a high-energy pulse generated by a spinning white dwarf is lashing its companion — a red dwarf — with high-energy pulses.
Great Barrier Reef Oil Spill: Australian Authorities Identify Offending Ship After Yearlong Hunt
The operators of the offending vessel, which allegedly spilled up to 15 tons of oil, now face prosecution for the spill that cost $1.5 million to clean up.
SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mission To Mars Likely To Cost Over $300M, NASA Official Says
As part of its ambitious plan to establish human colonies on the red planet, SpaceX plans to send its first uncrewed Dragon capsule to Mars as early as 2018.
Donald Trump’s Russia Comments Condemned, Called ‘Shocking And Dangerous’
The Republican presidential candidate on Wednesday appeared to urge Russia to leak and publish democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s private emails.
‘Quantum Spin Liquid’ — A New State Of Matter — Observed In A Material Where It Shouldn’t Exist
The brand-new state of matter, which was first discovered in April, has been observed in a material where, according to conventional understanding, it shouldn’t exist.
Dolly’s Sister Clones Are Alive And Aging Normally, Researchers Say
Daisy, Debbie, Denise and Diana — sister clones of the famous ewe — just celebrated their ninth birthday, and are, for sheep of their age, remarkably healthy.
ESA’s Philae: Millions Of Miles From Earth, A Comet Hitchhiker Dies A Cold And Lonely Death
Scientists at the European Space Agency are encouraging fans to say goodbye to the robotic comet hitchhiker through social media using the hashtag #GoodbyePhilae.
‘Designer Babies’ And ‘Enhanced’ Humans? No Thanks, Say Most Americans
According to a Pew survey, most American adults have serious misgivings about using gene editing, brain chips and synthetic blood for human enhancement.
NASA To Launch OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft In September To Map, Sample An Asteroid
OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first spacecraft designed to travel to a near-Earth asteroid, will be launched in September 2016, the space agency has announced.
LUCA: A 4 Billion-Year-Old Ancestor Of All Living Things On Earth
The Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living things on Earth was a single-cell microbe that lived, and died, nearly four billion years ago, according to researchers.
UK Science And Research Will Survive Brexit, Royal Society President Says
According to the Royal Society president, the country’s EU membership “is only one of many considerations” scientists and researchers take into account while coming to the U.K.
New Zealand Announces Plan To Remove All Invasive Predators By 2050
The move, announced Monday, aims to eradicate all non-native predators from the country in order to protect indigenous wildlife.
How Fast Is The Universe Expanding? Conflicting Estimates Continue To Fuel Debate
Over the past few months, several studies — each attempting to calculate the rate at which the cosmos is expanding — have thrown up different values of the Hubble Constant.
Scientists Develop Shape-Shifting Microbots That May Soon Be Used To Carry Out Precise Medical Operations
A team of scientists has developed a new method for building flexible microbots, which they say may one day be used to carry out targeted drug deliveries and precise surgeries.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Irrelevant’ Doodles Were The First Attempt To Codify Laws Of Friction, Scientists Discover
A fresh look at the Italian polymath’s notebooks shows he had attempted to formulate the laws governing friction — 200 years before they were actually codified.
Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) To Sell Core Business To Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) For $4.8 Billion
The deal comes at a time when Yahoo, which had a market capitalization of $125 billion in 2000, is struggling to stay profitable.
Hubble Telescope Probes The Real Life ‘Final Frontier’ In A New Image Of Gravity-Warped Galaxies
The new image, released as part of the Frontier Fields Program, shows the gravity of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063 warping space-time, bringing much distant galaxies into view.
Dark Matter Search Draws A Blank As World’s Most Sensitive Detector Fails To Find WIMPs
Researchers associated with the Large Underground Xenon experiment have found no traces of dark matter particles in their analysis of data collected in the detector’s final 20-month run.
Clinton Campaign Slams Trump For Painting A ‘Dark Picture’ Of America
Trump blamed Hillary Clinton for the rise of ISIS and global terrorism. She slammed his "dark" speech — and as the Democrats hold their convention next week, will have a chance to counter with her own vision of America.
Edward Snowden Releases Design For iPhone ‘Introspection Engine’ That Will Detect, Prevent Wireless Snooping
The device would monitor a phone’s internal antennas to detect incoming and outgoing signals, alerting users of any snooping attempt.
'Harry Potter' And Donald Trump: For Potterheads, The GOP Nominee Is A Lot Like Voldemort, Survey Reveals
A new survey of nearly 1,200 Americans has found that readers of the books were more inclined to dislike the Republican presidential nominee than those who hadn't read them.
Gravity Not Linked To Quantum Spin, Scientists Show In Setback To Hunt For Theory Of Everything
The experiment would be a setback to those looking to create a unified Theory of Everything — one that resolves the apparent contradictions between quantum mechanics and relativity.
Donald Trump Sets Conditions On US Support For NATO Allies, Warns Against Lecturing Turkey
The GOP presidential nominee’s comments were made in an interview with the New York Times, where he also said that the U.S. did not have “a right to lecture” other countries.
New Human Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 Previously Unknown Areas In Cerebral Cortex
The map, published in the journal Nature, divides the cerebral cortex into 180 distinct areas, or “parcels,” including 97 previously undiscovered ones.
Quantum Computing With Mothballs: Scientists Find A Way To Stabilize Electron Spins At Room Temperature
A team of researchers has overcome a key challenge — how to build a quantum computer that is capable of functioning at room temperature.
Bill Gates’ Foundation To Invest $5 Billion In Africa Over The Next 5 Years
Although Gates did not specify the areas the fresh investment would be made in, healthcare is likely to receive a huge chunk of the money.
Ecstasy: Stanford Researchers Call For A ‘Rigorous Scientific Exploration’ Of MDMA’s Effects
Stanford researchers argue that a rigorous scientific exploration of ecstasy’s effects is needed to identify precisely how the drug works.
SpaceX Successfully Launches ISS-Bound Dragon Cargo Capsule, Clinches Falcon 9 Landing Again
SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket early Monday after launching its Dragon capsule filled with supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.