A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have touched down safely on the Kazakhstan steppe, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions.
NASA astronaut Captain Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed around 150km southeast of the Kazakh city of...
Women aged 50-60 are at greatest risk of developing “long Covid”, analysis suggests. Older age and experiencing five or more symptoms within the first week of illness were also associated with a heightened risk of lasting health problems.
The study, led by Dr Claire Steves and Prof Tim Spector at...
It’s a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the bug’s crush-resistant shell could teach them about designing stronger planes and buildings.
“This beetle is super tough,” said Purdue University civil engineer Pablo Zavattieri, who...
Life on Earth has a long, but also an extremely turbulent history. On more than one occasion, the majority of all species became extinct and an already highly developed biodiversity shrank to a minimum again, changing the course of evolution each time. The most extensive mass extinction took place...
With winter approaching, the UK is entering the traditional seasons for colds and flu, with the additional complication this year that symptoms of those two illnesses can be broadly similar to those experienced by people who have caught the coronavirus and may be at risk of spreading it.
The NHS...
In early April, Paul Hiley was kicking back in the executive suite at Desert King International LLC, gazing out the window at the San Diego sunshine and daydreaming about his golf game. California had issued its initial stay-at-home order for COVID-19, but apart from the hand sanitizer around the...
LONDON—U.K. researchers plan to start infecting healthy volunteers with tightly controlled doses of the coronavirus in early 2021 in what they called a first-of-its-kind effort to more rapidly gauge the effectiveness of multiple vaccines against Covid-19.
The plans for so-called human-challenge trials target 18- to 30-year-olds who have been free...
Both air and plastic pollution are serious environmental problems and now a team of researchers has found a link between them.
Plastic waste is a significant threat to the environment, littering even the bottom of the oceans. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has tried to understand...
This advisory was updated on Monday, Oct. 19, to reflect that the 3 p.m Oct. 19 briefing will be a teleconference, not aired on NASA TV, and to add a social media question-and-answer session later that afternoon.
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins,...
