Category: Science

Shortening permitting procedures for mining and oil drilling could adversely affect the environment, communities and endangered species, experts say.

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that “do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake,” the study’s author said.

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.

A British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet’s atmosphere long considered to be “biosignatures” indicating extraterrestrial life.

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan’s elite between 300 and 500 A.D., archaeologists said.

Colossal Biosciences said it used ancient DNA from the extinct species to create three dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi.

Astronaut Jonny Kim, son of South Korean immigrants, a former Navy SEAL and Harvard M.D., blasted off with 2 Russian cosmonauts on a flight to the space station for an…

SpaceX’s third all-civilian privately chartered flight was the first to carry a crew into polar orbit.

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.