Hurricane season has a new contender, and it’s swirling above the poles.
Behold, the space hurricane. Just like its terrestrial namesake, it spins in vast spirals and has a calm, eye-like center. But instead of clouds and rain, these…
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Long March 12 launches first Guowang satellites developed by private firm
HELSINKI — China completed a third launch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites in eight days Monday, marking the first such mission to involve a commercial satellite manufacturer.
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These tarantulas’ genitals are so long, it required a new genus
It’s tough out there for male spiders. The sexual dimorphism is so extreme in…
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NASA Opens Simulated Mars Habitat to Media Ahead of Second Mission
As NASA prepares for its second year-long Mars simulated mission, media are invited to visit the ground-based habitat where the mission will take place, on Friday, Aug. 22, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Scheduled to begin in…
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Modern Potatoes Arose After Hybridizing with Tomatoes Millions of Years Ago
Food staples are crucial foods that often make up the majority of a population’s diet. These can include foods like rice, maize, or tubers such as potatoes, yams, and cassava. The cultivated potato (Solanum…
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Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills
New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.
Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given…
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St. Louis Stops Certifying MBE and WBE Construction Contracts
Effective Aug. 4, St. Louis won’t issue new, non-emergency city construction contracts under its Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) goals—citing new federal rules that could withhold or eliminate funding for cities that…
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Here’s how astronauts will soon solve murders in space
A confined space, a limited number of suspects, a lack of contact with the outside world. These are the makings of a juicy murder mystery.
They’re also eerily similar to conditions aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where astronauts…
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New ‘loose’ state explains how taste buds sense sugar
Ligand recognition and activation of the sweet taste receptor. Credit: Cell Research (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01156-x
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Biodiversity matters in every forest, but even more in wetter ones
Researchers used data from 15 tree diversity experimental sites—like this one in Putuo, China—to find that richer diversity promotes more tree growth in wetter climates…. Continue Reading