Imagine it’s Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you’ve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. You’ve got to get to work. And, of course, your ever-growing to-do list hangs over your head like a dark cloud, somehow both too threatening to ignore and too threatening to start its...
From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.
NASA’s Europa Clipper[1] began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship[2] achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made headlines with the Chang’e 6 mission[3], which successfully returned samples from the far side...
Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern right whales[1] have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances[2]. Some of these whales may live to 150. This lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
3D-printed guns, like the one allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, are a growing threat in the US and around the world
Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun[1]. Several high-profile crimes[2] in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon.
Often called “ghost guns[3]” because they can be hard to trace,...