Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found tha…
A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found tha…
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and France's Sophie Adenot will conduct the sixth all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Sept. 1), and …
Scientists have created an injectable gel that can remain inside arthritic joints for weeks, slowly releasing medication while also improving lubrication. The a…
NASA's Swift space telescope has resumed science observations after a private mission failed to boost its decaying orbit, making the most of its remaining time …
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assu…
Space.com's Josh Dinner caught an amazing shot of NASA's Roman Space Telescope crossing the sun on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Here's how it happened in a Hobby Lobb…
Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong an…
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has left Earth, but it'll be a while before it starts its highly anticipated science mission. Here are the next steps f…
A simple waist measurement may be nearly as effective as more complicated methods for detecting unhealthy levels of body fat. Researchers also found that BMI al…
The launch of SpaceX's Crew-13 mission to the ISS, previously scheduled for Sept. 12, has been delayed due to an oxidizer leak on the Dragon spacecraft. A new t…
Rocky planets may have been able to start forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang, thanks to enormous early supernovae that scattered planet-building …
On August 31, 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. like a flying whale. Here's why it mattered for the space agency.…
Scientists have uncovered hidden complexity inside two ultrathin superconductors that seemed much simpler than they really are. Niobium diselenide and tantalum …
NASA caught a breathtaking image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope deploying into space shortly after launch.…
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hi, this is Archer72 for another episode of Hacker Public Radio. In this episode, it is my first experience tro…
The full moon of September 2026 will occur at 12:49 p.m. EDT (1649 GMT) on Sept. 26 as the moon glows opposite the sun in Earth's sky.…
This problem set and educator’s guide from Space Math at NASA features 75 math problems for students grades 6-12+ introducing astrobiology concepts like the Dra…
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.…
This problem set and educator’s guide from Space Math at NASA features 11 math problems where students, grades 6-8, use ratios and proportions to determine NASA…
This problem set and educator’s guide from Space Math at NASA features 18 math problems exploring atmospheric aerosols using real data from the SAGE III instrum…
This problem set and educator’s guide from Space Math at NASA utilizes NASA photographs for scaling activities and mathematical modeling of the Moon’s mass and …
This math problem set and educator’s guide from Space Math at NASA for grades K-5 applies scientific notation to stellar properties, reinforcing core skills thr…
At 12:02 p.m. EDT, Roman began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit. It’s the first of two plann…
In May, Landsat Science Team member and atmospheric correction expert Eric Vermote won the William T. Pecora Award for his outstanding contributions set global …