NASA’s Perseverance rover has given scientists a closer look at organic carbon in ancient Martian rocks, offering new evidence that Mars once had some of the chemical ingredients and environmental conditions that…
JetZero, a California startup working out of the Mojave Desert, is trying to do something few aviation newcomers seriously attempt: break into the commercial jet market dominated by Airbus and Boeing. The…
A U.S. government agency and biotech company Colossal Biosciences have announced plans to build a genomic and cellular “BioVault” for every species protected under the Endangered Species Act, creating a cryogenic archive…
The California Science Center has announced that the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will open to the public on Nov. 13, finally giving the space shuttle Endeavour its permanent home…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to formally end its hantavirus emergency response on June 24, closing a high-profile public health effort launched after a deadly outbreak aboard a…
Astronomers say the universe is still expanding at an accelerating rate, reinforcing the modern view that cosmic growth is being driven by a mysterious force known as dark energy. A new analysis…
Experts say the risk of Ebola affecting the 2026 World Cup is extremely low, but U.S. hospitals and public health agencies have still spent months preparing for the possibility of an imported…
Google is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of its next-generation artificial intelligence chip, a move that suggests the company is trying to diversify its chip supply chain as global…
A coalition of civil rights groups has filed a class action lawsuit against Westchester County, New York, challenging its massive license plate reader program as an unconstitutional surveillance system. The county has…
Sea stars along the West Coast are showing signs of a surprising recovery more than a decade after a devastating disease nearly wiped them out. Biologists studying tide pools in Oregon and…
