2025-03-18

SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey

Experiments with robotic spiders and prey suggest spiders can detect differences in natural web frequencies. [...]

2025-03-18

Even the worst mass extinction had its oases

Plants thrived in present-day China throughout the End-Permian extinction. [...]

2025-03-18

How to Protect Your Cats (and Backyard Chickens) From Bird Flu

An H5N1 infection can be fatal for domestic animals, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of them catching the virus. [...]

2025-03-17

Boeing Starliner astronauts finally head home, nine months later

Eight days. That’s how long Boeing Starliner’s mission — its first flight test with crew aboard — was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts B [...]

2025-03-17

You can watch the Starliner astronauts return to Earth after an unplanned nine-month visit

Those stranded Starliner astronauts are finally coming back to Earth, with a touchdown expected on Tuesday evening. Coverage begins on Monday night at around 10:45PM ET, with streams available on NASA [...]

2025-03-17

Physicists unlock another clue to brewing the perfect espresso

"Channeling" during brewing process can lead to non-uniform filtration and lower extraction yield. [...]

2025-03-17

Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics

A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers. [...]

2025-03-16

NASA Crew-10 Docks With ISS To Trade Places With 'Stranded' Astronauts

The delayed mission has reached the space station, and soon, the two astronauts who've been "stuck" in space can return home. [...]

2025-03-16

Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible. [...]