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SpaceX is poised for another attempt at launching a daring orbital expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. HT Image The Polaris Dawn mission, organized by…

Soon people will be able to subdue a severe allergic reaction with a nasal spray instead of an injection. On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first epinephrine nasal spray for the treatment of severe…

A distant stellar nursery holds a clutch of newborn Jupiter-sized worlds, the tiniest of which is surrounded by a dusty disk that might someday give rise to moons. The detailed discovery, made thanks to the unparalleled…

When it rains, it pours. And when it pours, mosquitoes pop up.  A series of storms slammed the northeastern United States on August 18, unleashing torrents of rain and causing flash floods across parts of New York and…

Scientists have just slashed the potential hiding spaces for dark matter particles. The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has searched for and ruled out the existence of dark matter particles with a wide swath of properties,…

For billions of years, the continents have cruised across Earth’s surface like tectonic vessels, but they have not survived unscathed. Waves in the underlying layer known as the mantle can scour off the keels of continents,…

New Delhi, India is positioning itself at the forefront of the next industrial revolution with its new biomanufacturing policy designed to tackle food, energy and climate challenges, officials said on Sunday. HT Image Approved by…

The decision to transfer the crew of Boeing's Starliner to a SpaceX mission after the spacecraft malfunctioned is just the latest twist in a long saga that has undermined the credibility of the US aerospace giant. HT Image Here is a…

New Delhi, The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the merger of three ongoing umbrella schemes into a unified central sector scheme called 'Vigyan Dhara' which seeks to promote science and technology capacity building as well as…

Bengaluru, Science Gallery Bengaluru on Saturday announced a new exhibition season that delves into city's rich history as India's premier military-industrial-academic complex. HT Image The exhibition Sci560, is born from the…

Talk of the tauonium Scientists propose a hunt for tauonium, a hypothetical variety of atom that would consist of a tau lepton and its antimatter counterpart, an antitau, Emily Conover reported in “Tauonium” (SN:…

A Tamil Nadu-based start-up successfully launched India’s first reusable hybrid rocket – “RHUMI 1” – on Saturday. The rocket was launched from a mobile platform in Thiruvidandhai, Chennai, with the goal of advancing research on global…

Print and Longform Managing Editor Erin Wayman discusses the recently approved T cell therapy for cancer patients.

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? Over six…

Even the microwave oven in your kitchen is not immune to bacteria. The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might seem inhospitable to microbes. But swabs from microwave ovens in several different locales…

Rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria — Science News, August 24, 1974 Antibiotics have saved millions of people from life-threatening bacterial infections. But these “miracle” drugs have a serious drawback: Bacteria can…

The vaccines target the omicron variants currently circulating in the United States.

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? English, who…

India is set to launch its first reusable hybrid rocket – RHUMI 1 – on August 24, developed by the Tamil Nadu-based start-up Space Zone India. The rocket will be launched from Thiruvidandhai in Chennai using a mobile launcher and will…

In 2023, a new type of apple made its commercial debut at a trade show in Berlin. The Tutti is crisp, juicy and has that perfect blush tinge — a lovely cultivar that took decades to produce. But it has a bigger claim to fame: It…

New Delhi, In a bid to sustainable river management, a Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers has been developed at IIT-BHU to rejuvenate small rivers through innovative and sustainable approaches, the Jal Shakti ministry said. HT Image…

Shorelines worldwide have always been vulnerable to coastal erosion, a phenomenon rendered more ominous by rising sea levels that accompany modern-day climate change (SN: 9/29/22). Coastal engineers have few ways to address…

Made of clouds of gas and dust in space, here are five nebulae pictures that'll make your jaw drop.

Aug 22, 2024 09:44 AM IST A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted nuclear fuel at Japan's damaged reactor is suspended TOKYO — An attempt to use a telescoping robot to remove a sample of melted fuel from a wrecked…

One of the most compelling potential signs of extraterrestrial communication might have an astrophysical explanation. Called the “Wow!” signal, the bright burst of radio waves has defied our understanding since its discovery in…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? “We were…

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? The…

Turning to StoneMarcia BjornerudFlatiron Books, $28.99 Marcia Bjornerud sits in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. The sole faculty member remaining in a depleted…

New Delhi, An Indian astronaut is likely to fly to the International Space Station by April next year as part of the NASA-ISRO collaborative initiative, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. HT Image Two…

Deep in the unyielding darkness of a Brazilian cave, a pale, blind, spiny beast carefully feels its way across rust-colored rocks. Meet Paleotoca diminas, a spider new to science. The species, described August 5 in…