The high-stakes game of geoengineering aims to mitigate impending climate disasters

Rising sea levels, wildfire seasons that are the worst on record, parched cropland—in spite of all…

NASA's Webb Telescope General Observer scientific programs selected

Mission officials for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have announced the selection of the General Observer…

Stuck stem cells are no good at making blood

The magic of iPS cells is that they can be expanded into large numbers and differentiated…

Coldest recorded cloud temperature measured by satellite

A new paper led by Dr. Simon Proud, research fellow at the Department of Physics and…

NASA finds 2021 Arctic winter sea ice tied for seventh-lowest on record

Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual maximum extent after growing through…

NASA tests mixed reality, scientific know-how and mission operations for exploration

Mixed reality technologies, like virtual reality headsets or augmented reality apps, aren’t just for entertainment—they can…

Penny J. Pettigrew, ISS Payload Communications Manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

As a payload communications manager Penny J. Pettigrew spends most days in the Payload Operations Integration…

Tilapia farming: Dwarfism is a response to overcrowding stress

Tilapia living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful…

Impacts of sunscreen on coral reefs needs urgent attention, say scientists

More research is needed on the environmental impact of sunscreen on the world’s coral reefs, scientists…

Pandemic delays gender parity by a generation: WEF

The pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women, according to…