NASA suspends work on Moon rocket due to virus

NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its…

Hidden source of carbon found at the Arctic coast

A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at…

The mighty Nile, threatened by waste, warming, mega-dam

Early one morning in Cairo, volunteers paddle their kayaks across the Nile, fishing out garbage from…

Water theft a growing concern in increasingly-dry Spain

Inside her greenhouse, Emilia Gomez bends down to see how her strawberries are faring following a…

Impact of a second Dust Bowl would be felt worldwide

The American Dust Bowl of the 1930s—captured by the novels of John Steinbeck—was an environmental and…

The right dose of geoengineering could reduce climate change risks, study says

Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering is the idea that adding a layer of aerosol particles to the upper…

Tighten up law on keeping dangerous snakes as pets, demand animal welfare experts

The law on keeping dangerous snakes as pets should be tightened up, animal welfare experts demand…

NASA's Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system

With the launch period for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover opening in a little less than four…

A landmark plan for realizing fusion energy and advancing plasma science

Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is a…

Paving the way for new peptide-based therapeutics with novel method of phage display

Chemists at Texas A&M University are taking a p[h]age from bacteria’s playbook in order to beat…