Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin […]
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SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
Skip to content There’s no big rush to bring SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base. A SpaceX Falcon […]
Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole. A view of the Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe […]
Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest
A stunning image of a rice weevil on a single grain of rice has won the 2025 Nikon Small World […]
Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false
Why people endorse misinformation Our findings highlight the limits of countering misinformation directly, because for some people, literal truth is […]
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. Thirty-three methane-fueled Raptor engines power […]
Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight
Future flights of Starship will end with returns to Starbase, where the launch tower will try to catch the vehicle […]
Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the […]
Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control
Skip to content The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds. Odontotermes obesus […]
Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck
The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz’s plasma rocket engine takes another turn. Blue Origin’s second New Glenn booster left […]