2019 Astronaut Hall of Fame Honorees

Astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class…

Official stats mask shark and ray species caught in the Mediterranean and Black seas

A new study reveals that 97 per cent of the sharks and rays caught and brought…

Insecurities may drive people to save more

When people feel that their own good impressions of themselves are at risk, they may try…

Could eating garlic reduce aging-related memory problems?

Consuming garlic helps counteract age-related changes in gut bacteria associated with memory problems, according to a…

Laying the ground for robotic strategies in environmental protection

Roboticists have developed a robot named 'Romu' that can autonomously drive interlocking steel sheet piles into…

Current methods may inadequately measure health impacts from oil, natural gas extraction

Measurements of hazardous air pollutant concentrations near oil and natural gas extraction sites have generally failed…

Cancer drug shortages result in almost no treatment changes

For the vast majority of cancer drugs experiencing shortages over a seven-year period, a new research…

Poisons flow in toxic levels through the veins of great white sharks, new study shows

Great white sharks—one of the ocean's most fearsome apex predators—thrive with toxic levels of poisons flowing…

Climate change impacts peatland carbon dioxide gas exchange primarily via moisture conditions

Northern peatlands store approximately one third of global soil carbon, namely around 500 gigatons. Because the…

Too many airplane systems rely on too few sensors

The apparent connection between fatal airplane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia centers around the failure of…