Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA’s Perseverance rover samples back from Mars. As interest in Mars Sample Return (MSR) resurfaces, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck says his company…
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2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today
On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school. Current Florida law…
Psychological distress common after a heart attack, may lead to future heart conditions
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many people experience one or more types of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, psychosocial stress or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after a heart attack, which can…
Trump says Murdochs interested in investing in TikTok’s US arm
The United States has forcefully sought to take TikTok’s US operations out of the hands of Chinese parent company ByteDance for national security reasons. US President Donald Trump said on…
Scientists call for urgent action to reduce children’s plastic exposure
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Childhood exposure to chemicals used to make plastic household items presents growing health risks that can extend long into adulthood, experts from NYU Langone Health report.…
Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site
Volunteers search for meterorites in February 2023 in Angiens, France. With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere and sent…
Project is restoring Costa Rica’s mysterious stone spheres
A joint team of specialists from Costa Rica and Mexico are restoring three stone spheres at the Finca 6 Museum Site in Palmar de Osa. To date, over 300 stone…
AI Reveals Bitter Taste Receptors’ Hidden Role in Gut-Brain Health
Summary: Researchers used AlphaFold3, the latest AI-based protein modeling system, to predict the structures of all 25 known human bitter taste receptors (T2Rs). Compared with AlphaFold2, AF3 consistently generated more…
Floating wind power sets sail in Japan’s energy shift
Floating turbines are particularly well suited to Japan as its deep coastal waters make fixing them to seabeds tricky. Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim…
