Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner[1], returned to Earth without its two-person crew[2] right after midnight Eastern time on Sept. 7, 2024. Its remotely piloted return marked the end of a fraught test flight to the International Space Station which left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, on the...

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Astronomers exploring the faraway universe with the James Webb Space Telescope[1], NASA’s most powerful telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenges even the most skillful creatures in mimicry – like the mimic octopus[2]. This creature can impersonate other marine animals to avoid predators. Need to be a flatfish? No problem. A...

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Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure vacuum[1] for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion[2].

Since 1961, fewer than 700 people[3] have been into space. Private space companies such as SpaceX[4] and Blue Origin[5] hope to boost...

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Why isn’t your body transparent? Some animals such as jellyfish[1], zebra fish[2] and some glass frogs[3] have see-through bodies. But most mammals, including humans, aren’t transparent.

While the idea of a transparent body might seem odd or even a bit creepy, it could actually be really helpful for doctors. If our bodies were...

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