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Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Science
October 20, 2018
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Is Mercury’s core liquid or solid, and why — on the smallest planet in our solar system — is…
NASA’s Cairo hackathon brings young innovators together
Science
October 19, 2018
NASA’s Cairo hackathon brings young innovators together
A photo from last year’s Space Apps Challenge, Cairo. Friday marked the beginning of NASA’s Space Apps Challenge hackathon, held…
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Science
October 9, 2018
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa’s training to go the moon should not be too tricky,…
CERN condemns ‘offensive’ address on women and science
Science
October 1, 2018
CERN condemns ‘offensive’ address on women and science
Europe’s physics lab CERN on Monday disavowed a lecture by an invited scientist who claimed physics was “built by…
US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy
Science
October 1, 2018
US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy
Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for…
With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct
Science
September 25, 2018
With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct
Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos…
Researchers turn to oysters as pollution-tracking sentinels
Science
September 17, 2018
Researchers turn to oysters as pollution-tracking sentinels
French researchers hoping to get an early warning on pollution in the ocean have found an unlikely ally in…
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
Technology
August 29, 2018
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish,…
NASA postpones for 24 hours launch of historic spaceship to Sun
Science
August 11, 2018
NASA postpones for 24 hours launch of historic spaceship to Sun
NASA postponed until Sunday the launch of the first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun on a…
Earth at risk of becoming ‘hothouse’ if tipping point reached, report warns
Science
August 7, 2018
Earth at risk of becoming ‘hothouse’ if tipping point reached, report warns
Scientists are warning that a domino effect will kick in if global temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial…