Maturing techniques and cheaper launches fuel microgravity research—and hopes of orbital manufacturing

On this week’s show: The unique benefits of making pharmaceuticals in zero gravity, narwhals point to warming of east Greenland fjords, and the latest in our series of biographies

On this week’s show: Citizen scientists and AI help measure how birds behaved during an eclipse, and a roundup of online news stories

Ancient people across Southeast Asia gradually dried out and preserved their dead over a low fire

NASA and India’s $1.5 billion NISAR mission promises global time lapses of the planet’s ever-changing land and ice

Newly described fossils point to ancient movement between Asia and North America

On this week’s show: A roundup of far-out news, including finding fungus in the stratosphere and debating sign of life on an exoplanet; why “gargalesis,” or tickles, still puzzle scientists; and the first in a series of books on the science of death

A peek behind the scenes at UL Research Institutes, where researchers are taking on the biggest threats to our environment, public health and digital safety

Climate change, deepfakes, forever chemicals. Managing the risks that come with progress is the mission of safety scientists

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, home to the Tyrannosaurus rex holotype and a famous Diplodocus, will benefit from Carole and Daniel Kamin’s donation.

A Texas-built lander named Blue Ghost marks another test of NASA’s new lunar delivery initiative

While contending with lingering hardware issues for its crewed lunar plans, the U.S. space agency projects confidence and urgency in a time of transition

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process Microsoft announced on 20 September that it had struck a 20-year deal to purchase energy from a dormant…

El redescubrimiento del buque, que fue capturado por las fuerzas japonesas durante un tiempo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pone de relieve el potencial de los vehículos autónomos submarinos para cartografiar el fondo oceánico. El 1 de agosto, unos…

The rediscovery of the vessel, which was captured by the Japanese for a time during World War II, highlights the potential of underwater autonomous vehicles to map the ocean floor. On Aug. 1, a ship dropped its unusual cargo into a patch of ocean…

Microsoft announced on 20 September that it had struck a 20-year deal to purchase energy from a dormant nuclear power plant that will be brought back online. And not just any plant: Three Mile Island, the facility in Londonderry Township,…

The Polaris Dawn crew are testing a new spacesuit design and running 36 experiments while orbiting Earth.

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is only weeks away from lifting off on an epic voyage to one of the solar system’s most enigmatic and enticing moons After decades of dreaming of Jupiter’s moon Europa — and the vast ocean that probably lies beneath its…

After resolving a threat to the spacecraft’s circuitry, the US space agency is now weeks away from launching the orbiter.