As SpaceX’s Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones.
Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company’s Starlink satellites but…
You know your field of research has hit the mainstream when it appears on The Kardashians, and so it was with mixed feelings that longevity scientists saw Khloé screaming with excitement as she opened the results of a biological age test on the…
Beneath the surface of eastern North America are countless freshwater caves. Deep, dark, and closed off from the surface, these landforms are difficult to study and difficult to date, with their ages being especially tough to determine through…
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., regardless of racial background or sex. A condition that has mostly been described as a non-communicable disease, meaning it’s not caused by transmitting pathogenic microorganisms,…
A garden full of glowing plants sounds like the perfect backdrop for a fairy tale. But thanks to science, this scene is becoming a reality. Researchers have found a way to make succulent plants double as natural night lights with a helping of…
The best inventions solve practical solutions to everyday problems, doing so efficiently and with a bit of style. But sometimes things don’t exactly work out like this. Sometimes inventions can appear rather strange, either because they attempt…
The Shroud of Turin is one of the most controversial religious objects on Earth. Claimed to be the piece of linen that Jesus was wrapped in after the crucifixion, historians, devotees, scientists, and more, have challenged the Shroud’s…
As we get older, our learning and memory functions diminish – and we now know the protein that’s responsible for making this happen.
Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified the culprit – an iron-associated protein known as FTL1…
After the ordeal of trying to lose weight, the last thing you want is for it all the extra pounds to come creeping back a few months later.
But that scenario is very common. The data suggests the odds of keeping lost weight off are against you….
In the 1999 animated film, Toy Story 2, Buzz Lightyear and his fellow sentient…
