DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of…
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it…
This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they…
Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space
The women were set to travel on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, as part of the first all-female space crew…
Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Sperm Whale Teeth and Bones
Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia,…
A CautionaryTale of 408 Tentacles
Pet TheoryA CautionaryTale of 408 TentaclesOne pet octopus suddenly became more than four dozen. They went viral. Then it all…
How Lauren Sanchez Helped Design Blue Origin’s Flight Suits
What do you wear for your first trip to space?If you are like most people, probably whatever spacesuit or astronaut…
Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S.
Jonathan McDowell is a go-to expert for all things spaceflight. Thousands of subscribers read his monthly Space Report, and far…
RFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration’s Maryland campus on Friday morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced…
White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled
Trump administration officials are recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according…