Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

Watch live! NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth from ISS – YouTube Watch On NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth…

Research identifies new cut-off points for overweight and obesity in male athletes

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off…

Research identifies key enzyme target to fight deadly brain cancers

Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Researchers have found that targeting an enzyme called PGM3 can help stop the growth of glioblastoma, the most dangerous type of brain tumor. Study findings…

NASA calibrates second shock-sensing probe for X-59 testing

NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, ahead of a calibration flight for a newly installed near-field…

NASA’s C-130 begins new mission in California

NASA’s C-130, now under new ownership, sits ready for its final departure from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on Friday, April 18, 2025. NASA/Garon Clark NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly…

NASA’s Glenn to test lunar air quality monitors aboard space station

NASA researchers are sending three air quality monitors to the International Space Station to test them for potential future use on the moon. Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna As NASA prepares to…

Scientists probe the mystery of Titan’s missing deltas

This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn’s moon Titan from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission’s “T-114” flyby on Nov. 13, 2015. Credit: NASA For scientists who…

Novel technique overcomes spurious correlations problem in AI

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain AI models often rely on “spurious correlations,” making decisions based on unimportant and potentially misleading information. Researchers have now discovered these learned spurious correlations can be…

AI Reveals What Keeps People Committed to Exercise

Summary: A new study has used machine learning to identify the key predictors of physical activity adherence, analyzing data from nearly 12,000 individuals. The research found that time spent sitting,…

Disrupted Myelin Protein Implicated in Schizophrenia

Summary: A new study has identified the protein hnRNP A1 as a key player in the production and maintenance of myelin, the fatty sheath that insulates nerve fibers in the…