Astronauts actually get stuck in space all the time
Imagine going on a weeklong business trip and not coming home until the following year. That may be the situation […]
What is ‘Stage 0’ breast cancer and how is it treated?
Actress Danielle Fishel made headlines last week when she announced that she had “very, very, very early” breast cancer. “It’s
A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself
One of the farthest known quasars seems to have shut down the creation of new stars in all the galaxies
Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter
It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere — but you wouldn’t know it from the thermostat. On August 26, a remote
A next-gen pain drug shows promise, but chronic sufferers need more options
Megan Hodge’s first bout of intense pain arrived when she was in her mid-20s. Hodge and her husband were getting
The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights
Contrary to a previous report, there’s no evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, the Milky Way’s most
Fiddler crabs are migrating north to cooler waters
This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT David Johnson: So in 2014, we were
The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens
One of the most compelling potential signs of extraterrestrial communication might have an astrophysical explanation. Called the “Wow!” signal, the
The possibilities for dark matter have just shrunk — by a lot
Scientists have just slashed the potential hiding spaces for dark matter particles. The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has searched for
How earthquakes build beefy gold nuggets
When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids, researchers