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Astrobotic, Firefly, and Intuitive Machines will deliver three NASA science payloads per landing while infrastructure ramps up.
A database of arachnid sprinting links leg anatomy and evolution to top running performance, with big implications for biomimicry.
A cultivation “lottery” may have a biology-driven explanation, shifting how investors and growers de-risk truffle harvests.
NASA's seismic data suggests Mars once hosted deep magma oceans, hinting at greenhouse-fueled habitability without plate tectonics.
A new model extracts a warning sign from routine heart tests, changing how clinicians could triage future events.
The biggest collider goes quiet for a decade-scale plan: 4 years off now, then a 10x luminosity leap in physics output.
A new study reports only the second Inca-site chuño recovery, proving empire-scale food supply routes to Peru’s coast.
Satellite data show planted forests boost leaf growth faster, especially in younger stands, reshaping how carbon models should treat reforestation.
The health case for electrifying trucks and buses turns air-pollution math into a board-level risk.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is starting a planet-to-galaxy mapping effort, reshaping what astronomers can measure and when.
Why astronomers are now hunting “stupendously large black holes,” and what that could mean for the search for life.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins its Legacy Survey of Space and Time, aiming at dark matter, dark energy, and millions of new solar system objects.
