American children and teens are consuming significantly fewer sugary drinks

According to a new study, the share of children and adolescents consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and…

'The Invisible Network' Podcast – Episode 08: Form and Function

“Form follows function” is an oft-cited architectural axiom. In space, form doesn’t necessarily follow function. Human…

Russia opens new fraud cases over cosmodrome

Russian investigators said Thursday they had opened two new fraud probes over the construction of a…

China 'medicine' demand threatens world donkey population: report

China’s demand for donkey skins to make a traditional medicine could wipe out more than half…

Operating a rover from space – Analog-1

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano took command of a rover in the Netherlands on 18 November 2019…

Poet laureate Simon Armitage launches award for nature poems

Simon Armitage hopes the Laurel Prize will promote discussion about “our environmental predicament”. Click…

Priya's YGT experience in the ESA Future Missions Office!

Priya Patel, System Engineer, talks about her experience as a YGT working on the Laser Interferometer…

Researchers sequence genome of the 'devil worm'

When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed it…

Scientists first to develop rapid cell division in marine sponges

Vertebrate, insect, and plant cell lines are important tools for research in many disciplines, including human…

Fractured ice sheets on Mars

Where the two hemispheres of Mars meet, the planet is covered in broken-up terrain: a sign…