Science

How do you vacuum an asteroid traveling 63,000 mph?

By Catherine Woods

In honor of National Asteroid Day, we are taking a look at NASA's mission to vacuum on the asteroid Bennu.

7 things to know about tonight’s leap second

By Eric Osman, Nsikan Akpan

Like Taco Tuesdays? Well, thanks to a leap second, this one just got a little longer.

Ultrasound sensors dig deeper into your fingerprints and fat

By Nsikan Akpan

Ultrasound sensor can fortify fingerprint scanners and how we measure our waistlines, according to scientists at the University of California.

SpaceX rocket carrying supplies explodes, classified ‘mishap’ by FAA

By Carey Reed

The Falcon 9 rocket was on its seventh mission to deliver more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and materials to the crew at the International Space Station, when it experienced a "pressurization event" in the second stage of flight.

Virtual reality shows how dangerous it is to drive drunk and stoned

By Catherine Woods

Virtual reality is shedding light on the dangers of driving stoned.

Engineers create collapsible battery powered with the help of dirty water

By Carey Reed

Engineers at Binghamton University have created a paper origami biobattery that gets its charge from a drop of dirty water.

Defensive driving at 30,000 miles per hour as probe zooms toward Pluto

By Kate Tobin

Three weeks from a historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, operators of the New Horizons spacecraft are poring over images and data streaming in from the probe to determine if any final trajectory adjustments will be necessary to steer…

A mutation may explain why last year’s flu vaccine failed for so many

By Catherine Woods

Researchers at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania discover a mutation to explain why last year’s flu vaccine failed for so many.

Dawn over Ceres, a mission of humankind

By Jenny Marder

In December 2003, the Hubble Telescope spotted something peculiar on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Hazy images revealed something bright and mysterious shining on the dark planet’s surface, like animal…

Nonprofit hopes to spread aquaponic farming to schools around the country

By Cat Wise

SchoolGrown was started last year by a group of like-minded aquaponics enthusiasts who felt that students weren’t getting enough hands-on experiences growing food and learning about their connection to the world around them.