Gene therapy drugs have the potential to cure some diseases, but some have a price tag of over a million dollars. Who gets access to them and who doesn’t?
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GlobalLogic and Elektrobit partner to accelerate software-defined vehicle development
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company and a specialist in digital engineering, has announced a major strategic expansion of its long-standing partnership with Elektrobit, a developer of automotive software. The alliance will accelerate the…
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A Harry Potter quiz may predict your career prospects
Many people dream of starting their own business but wonder if they have what it…
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Earth is ‘missing’ lighter elements. They may be hiding in its solid inner core.
For close to a century, geoscientists have pondered a mystery: Where did Earth’s lighter elements go? Compared to amounts in the Sun and in some meteorites, Earth has less hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur, as well as noble gases like…
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We asked former astronauts about their favorite space movies, and this is what they said
NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to launch as early as February 6, putting human spaceflight to the moon back in the spotlight after a 50-plus year hiatus which may inspire future filmmakers to explore the…
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We asked retired astronauts about their favorite space movies, and this is what they shared with us
NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to launch as early as February 8, putting human spaceflight to the moon back in the spotlight after a 50-plus year hiatus.
In celebration of our IRL return to the drama and wonder of space, we asked 11 astronauts…
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A Bizarre Platinum Spike in Greenland’s Ice May Rewrite a Famous Climate Mystery
A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum signal preserved in Greenland ice has puzzled…
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The Father of Astronomy Left Us a Star Map, We Just Found It Under 6 Layers of Ink
Long forgotten and hidden under layers of religious texts, the world’s earliest star catalog has just resurfaced. Scientists have managed to pull fragments of it from a 1,500-year-old manuscript by scanning erased ink with X-ray…
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Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more
NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP will have details on the mission as they become available.
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A 512-Million-Year-Old Fossil Site in China Reveals Strange Sea Creatures From an Ancient Underwater World
In a quarry nestled in the hills of southern China, paleontologists have uncovered a fossil bed unlike any previously found from its time. The discovery, quietly developing over the past five years, has now drawn global scientific attention…
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