Elon Musk's rocket company came through, becoming the first private enterprise to put a human in orbit. The launch also restored America's ability to launch astronauts from its own soil. ...read more
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The pilot of the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery previews what the Crew Dragon launch means for the future of space exploration. ...read more
Columbian citizen scientists built dirt-cheap air quality monitors and deployed them across their city, forcing the government to confront its pollution. Now they’re teaching others to build them, too. ...read more
Freud’s ideas were not the unprecedented breakthrough he claimed ...read more
You don’t need a proven green thumb to give it a shot. Expert horticulturalists share their top tips for planting sprouts at home. ...read more
Two NASA veterans Nicole Stott and Cady Coleman — ponder humanity’s future in space, as well as the role women will play in it. ...read more
In the debate about birth order, twins appear to be an anomaly. Parents and scientists are starting to get answers. ...read more
Called "far-UVC," this light is supposed to thwart pathogens like SARS-CoV-2 without harming humans — but some researchers would like to see more evidence. ...read more
The quantum internet promises entirely secure communication. But cybersecurity experts say quantum mechanics opens up entirely new ways to attack it. ...read more