The space agency said Sunday it’s targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trek across Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting. NASA had barely finished a repeat fueling test…
Read more NASA Will Return Its Moon Rocket to the Hangar for More Repairs Before Astronauts Strap InHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. They came for…
Read more A Long-Acting HIV Drug Arrives in Zimbabwe for Some at Highest RiskCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket has suffered another setback, putting next month’s planned launch with astronauts in jeopardy, the space agency announced Saturday. Officials…
Read more NASA Moon Rocket Hit by New Problem, Putting March Launch With Astronauts in JeopardyCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine…
Read more NASA Begins a Practice Countdown for Its First Moonshot With Astronauts in More Than 50 YearsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a…
Read more NASA’s New Moon Rocket Heads to the Pad Ahead of Astronaut Launch as Early as FebruaryWastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the…
Read more CDC Studies Show Value of Nationwide Wastewater Disease Surveillance, as Potential Funding Cut LoomsThat’s the word U.S. Geological Survey volcanic experts used to describe a muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday morning. Video shared by…
Read more Muddy Eruption at Yellowstone’s Black Diamond Pool Captured on VideoA paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth…
Read more Paraplegic Engineer Becomes the First Wheelchair User to Blast off for SpacePresident Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his push to…
Read more Trump Signs Executive Order for AI Project Called Genesis Mission to Boost Scientific DiscoveriesMore than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application…
Read more More Than 80 Nonprofits Receive $250M for Global Women’s Health From Melinda French GatesThe moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle, so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. A so-called supermoon happens when a full moon…
Read more How to Spot November’s Supermoon, the Closest of the YearEMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under a tree line with its mother. After a few failed…
Read more Black Vultures Attack and Kill Cattle. Climate Change Is One Reason They’re Spreading NorthHurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned…
Read more Melissa Is a Beast Among a String of Monster Atlantic Storms. Scientists ExplainIn the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6…
Read more PHOTOS: 66 million-year-old dinosaur ‘mummy’ skin was actually a perfect clay maskNurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC…
Read more Music Could Help Ease Pain From Surgery or Illness. Scientists Are ListeningWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious…
Read more A Raptor With No Qualms About Eating Its Opponents Wins New Zealand’s Annual Bird Election