NASA boss to tour SpaceX factory after feud with Elon Musk

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk opened up his private rocket factory to the top official of…

Removing invasive mice from the Farallon Islands would benefit threatened birds

New research from Point Blue Conservation Science shows the significant negative impact that invasive, non-native house…

Light my fire: How to start up fusion devices every time

How do you start a fusion reaction, the process that lights the sun and stars, on…

Milky Way raids intergalactic 'bank accounts,' Hubble study finds

Our Milky Way is a frugal galaxy. Supernovas and violent stellar winds blow gas out of…

Luca powers up for a spacewalk

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano is preparing to step out into space for his…

Would you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform? Here's the science

Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In…

New insights into salamander limb development

A new paper by University of Kentucky researchers was recently published in the journal eLife, offering…

Sustainability and efficiency: the new trends driving the plastics industry

With a combined workforce of almost 300,000 employees, plastics is one of Germany’s major industrial sectors.…

The lifespan of an evaporating liquid drop

The lifespan of a liquid droplet which is transforming into vapour can now be predicted thanks…

River relic spied by Mars Express

Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar—such…