Blue Origin to launch New Shepard moon-gravity mission on Feb. 4 after glitch

Blue Origin is now targeting Tuesday (Feb. 4) for its first-ever moon-gravity mission. The company first tried to launch the NS-29 mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Jan.…

Computer scientists develop solutions for making AI models more efficient and customizable

Anshumali Shrivastava is an associate professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering and statistics, and a member of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University. Credit: Jeff Fitlow /…

Understanding the increase in stillbirth rates in Germany amid European declines

Stillbirth rates in Germany have risen steadily since 2010, from an initial 2.8 stillbirths per 1,000 births to 3.7 in 2021. Across Europe, only Belgium has seen a similar increase.…

Over 1,000 artefacts found during church excavation

Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology (LDA) of Saxony-Anhalt have found over 1,000 artefacts during excavations of the church of St Mary, located in the town…

UK government must show that its AI plan can be trusted to deal with serious risks when it comes to health data

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The UK government’s new plan to foster innovation through artificial intelligence (AI) is ambitious. Its goals rely on the better use of public data, including renewed…

Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely

Credit: CC0 Public Domain We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the…

Quantum light technique doubles spectroscopy sensitivity, revealing hidden signals

3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future

Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration. Rural hospitals and their obstetrics wards have been closing at a…

3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care

Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration. Rural hospitals and their obstetrics wards have been closing at a…

Your environment affects how well your medications work − identifying exactly how could make medicine better

Your genes play a major role in determining your height, hair and eye color, and skin tone, but they don’t tell the entire story of who you are. Your environment…