Coronavirus: World should prepare for pandemic, says WHO

But the UN health body says the coronavirus outbreak does not yet meet the criteria for…

Shake it, baby! NASA robotic lander confirms quakes on Mars

NASA’s robotic InSight lander has for the first time established that Mars is seismically active, but…

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician portrayed in 'Hidden Figures', dies at 101

Katherine Johnson, the black woman whose mathematical genius took her from a behind-the-scenes job in a…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/24/2020

OsteoOmics: The crew retrieved six BioCells from the BioCell Habitat and placed them into Cold stowage.…

New study offers clues to origin of laws

Speculation about where laws come from ranges from crediting judges and legal scholars to God. …

Solar storms may leave gray whales blind and stranded

A new study reported in the journal Current Biology on February 24 offers some of the…

Soft robot fingers gently grasp deep-sea jellyfish

Marine biologists have adopted “soft robotic linguine fingers” as tools to conduct their undersea research. In…

Scientists simplify access to drug building block

In one pot, at room temperature, chemists at Rice University are able to make valuable pharmaceutical…

Five things we have learned about Mars from NASA's InSight mission

NASA’s InSight lander has been on the surface of Mars for over a year now –…

When coronavirus is not alone: Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseases

Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social trends.…