How social movements can use virtual worlds

Online virtual worlds can help social movements raise awareness and create safe spaces for their members,…

Apollo 11: 'The greatest single broadcast in television history'

The moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas to millions. …

Pollution warning over car tyre and brake dust

Even going electric won’t stop cars polluting city streets, government advisers say. Click here…

It Blasted an Asteroid. Now This Japanese Spacecraft Will Inspect Its Work.

Hayabusa2 will try to collect a sample scattered from a crater made on the surface of…

NASA Invites Media to Johnson Space Center’s Apollo 50th Celebration

News media are invited to cover NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees celebrating the 50th anniversary of…

Human pregnancy dependent on cells evolved in platypus-like animal 300 million years ago

Platelet cells, which prevent mammals from bleeding non-stop, first evolved around 300 million years ago in…

Bystander CPR less likely for black kids in poorest neighborhoods

African-American kids from the most disadvantaged areas are about half as likely to receive emergency bystander…

Study confirms disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses

Previous US studies have found racial disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses, but few have looked…

Goats can distinguish emotions from the calls of other goats

Goats can probably distinguish subtle emotional changes in the calls of other goats, according to a…

Novel therapy for acute migraine shows promise in phase 3 clinical trial

A drug belonging to a new generation of acute migraine headache treatments was found to eliminate…