Simulated Mission in Chilean Desert Shows How a Rover Could Detect Life on Mars
By using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an autonomous rover-mounted drill to detect…
By using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an autonomous rover-mounted drill to detect…
A pair of Australian siblings are some of the rarest humans ever documented, according to their doctors. They say the brother and sister are semi-identical twins, sharing… Read More
Some lawmakers in Texas are apparently very unworried about the growing number of epidemics across the country involving diseases once nearly eradicated by vaccines, including a five-county… Read More
Moms and dads shouldn’t expect their sleep habits to bounce back to the way they were before kids for at least the first six years of their… Read More
Physicists typically build large, complex experiments to hunt for dark matter particles coming from outer space, but what if clues to its existence have been hiding inside… Read More
An Arizona crematorium was contaminated with radiation after the cremation of a patient who’d received radiopharmaceutical treatment, according to a new case study.
Doctors who serve diverse communities often face the challenge of communicating effectively with patients who don’t share their language. Some doctors are bridging this gap with help… Read More
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe touched down successfully on the Ryugu asteroid late last week, blasting its surface and–hopefully–collecting samples. A new image released by JAXA shows a distinctive… Read More
One of the strangest side-effects of a tick bite–a new allergy to red meat–could be even easier to get than previously thought. New research out this weekend… Read More
NASA has changed the name of a facility in Fairmont, West Virginia to the “Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility,” in honor of the retired NASA… Read More