Foreign vs. own DNA: How an innate immune sensor tells friend from foe

How do molecules involved in activating our immune system discriminate between our own DNA and foreign…

How can space improve urban planning?

Innovative solutions to urban planning will be explored at an online seminar to be held on…

For female flies, mating requires the right musical backdrop

A new study traces the neural circuit that makes a female fly receptive to a mating…

Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022

National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects…

ESAIL’s first map of global shipping

The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships at sea has captured 57 000 messages in its first 24…

ESA and Auroch Digital launch Mars Horizon game

You’re controlling your very own space agency at the dawn of the space age, with the…

Understanding traditional Chinese medicine can help protect species

Demystifying traditional Chinese medicine for conservationists could be the key to better protecting endangered species like…

Mass evacuations hailed for casualty-free India cyclone

Accurate forecasting and the evacuation of several hundred thousand people helped avert any loss of life…

Rollercoaster research landed, next flight: Moon and Mars

It was a difficult campaign to organise, but the scientific results are some of the best…

Call for Media: ESA and ClearSpace SA sign contract for world’s first debris removal mission

Press Release N° 26–2020 ESA is signing an €86 million contract with an industrial team led…