Early trouble for Boeing Starliner on key space mission

Boeing launched its Starliner capsule Friday on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station…

Ancient dwarfism skeleton tells story of acceptance

A remarkable 5000-year-old skeleton suggests human dwarfism was both accepted and respected in life and death…

An atomic view of the trigger for the heartbeat

Tiny pores in heart cells generate electrical signals to initiate each heart beat. Structural studies of…

This 'lemon' could help machine learning create better drugs

Drug discovery researchers have created a new framework for mining data for training machine learning models. …

Netherlands climate change: Court orders bigger cuts in emissions

The top court upholds a ruling requiring 1990 levels to be cut by at least 25%…

Hubble’s Close-Up of Spiral’s Disk, Bulge

​This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern…

Germany signs off on major climate reform package

The German parliament on Friday formally approved a wide-ranging package of climate policy reforms, in a…

Boeing launches Starliner capsule to ISS for Nasa

The test flight has a dummy on board but, if successful, astronauts are due to start…

Boeing successfully launches astronaut capsule from Cape Canaveral

Boeing Co successfully launched its new astronaut capsule on Friday on an unmanned debut journey to…

Luca’s Christmas message

Video: 00:05:18 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano shares a message with everyone back on Earth as he…