How do dogs help us adjust to social distancing and other COVID-19 challenges? 

Brian Hare, Ph.D. professor of evolutionary anthropology and director of Duke Canine Cognition Center, discussed how…

Individualists are less likely to obey hurricane evacuation orders

Hurricanes may take erratic paths, but the response by those in harm’s way often follows a…

Simulations explain detonation properties in TATB

Two Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have discovered a new mechanism for ignition of high…

AI identifies change in microstructure in aging materials

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have taken a step forward in the design of future…

Asteroid 2020 KF5 to flyby Earth at 0.64 LD on May 28

A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 KF5 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.64 LD /…

SpaceX to make history launching NASA astronauts on a private rocket

On 27 May, NASA astronauts will launch to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew…

NASA set to resume human spaceflight from U.S. soil with historic SpaceX launch

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was set to launch two Americans…

Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard

Authorities north of Verona in Italy found the well-preserved tile floor after decades of searching. …

Shuttle Veteran Leads First Human Space Mission Launched From U.S. Since 2011

When Doug Hurley launched aboard Atlantis on July 8, 2011, the future of human spaceflight from…

Meet Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, SpaceX’s First NASA Astronauts

They’re best friends, veterans of the astronaut corps and each is married to another astronaut. …