Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging
A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the…
As Polio Vaccines Arrive in Gaza, Distributing Them Is the Next Challenge
Polio vaccines arrived in Gaza on Monday, kicking off an expansive effort to vaccinate more than 640,000 Palestinian children and…
Hungry for Clean Energy, Facebook Looks to a New Type of Geothermal
As electricity demand from data centers soars, Meta and Google are looking at a novel solution: harnessing clean heat far…
Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets
The JOIDES Resolution, which for decades was key to advancing the understanding of the Earth and its innards, concluded what…
SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Why a Billionaire Is Risking a Spacewalk
Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle for Polaris Dawn, a mission that will…
NASA to Say If Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Remain on Space Station
The agency’s leaders are meeting on Saturday to decide whether Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore can safely fly home to…
NASA to Say If Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Stay Longer on Space Station
The agency’s leaders are meeting on Saturday to decide whether Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore can safely fly home to…
Ancient Tablets Foretold Doom Awaiting Babylonian Kings
A new translation of cuneiform relics from the second millennium B.C. highlights the warnings that astrologers saw in eclipses.It was…
Wild Boars Are Wreaking Havoc in Scotland’s Countryside
“Heaven” is how Peter Jamieson describes his home in Scotland, with its uninterrupted view of Loch Ness and the green…
Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access.There…