NASA's Artemis moon rocket is hours from launch. Will it finally fly?

The space agency has been trying for months to send its giant moon rocket on its…

A California man says a meteor may have set his home ablaze. Scientists are skeptical

Witnesses saw a “flaming basketball” streaking across the sky, then heard a loud crash, then Dustin…

Feeling poorer than your friends in early adolescence is associated with worse mental health, study finds

How rich or poor young people think they are compared to their friendship group is linked…

Desert dust collected from glacier ice helps document climate change

Researchers are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth’s…

New tool developed to monitor health of marine ecosystems and extinction risk of species

Scientists have developed a new science-based indicator to assess the state of health of the oceans…

Brain area thought to impart consciousness, behaves instead like an Internet router

The legendary scientist Francis Crick first postulated in 2005 that the brain region known as the…

AI transforms smartwatch ECG signals into a diagnostic tool for heart failure

A study reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical…

Feeling lonely? What we want from our relationships can change with age

Not feeling the holiday cheer this year? The gap between expectations and reality can leave people…

Largest known manta ray population is thriving off the coast of Ecuador, new research shows

Scientists have identified off the coast of Ecuador a distinct population of oceanic manta rays that…

New statistical method improves genomic analyzes

A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic…