With the Falcon 9 rocket set to fly again, and testing of the Starliner capsule progressing, the agency is seeking to turn the page on a brief, troubled chapter in orbit.

A.I. is getting good at math ? and might soon make a worthy collaborator for humans.

Old recordings show captive chimps uttering the word, which some scientists believe may offer clues to the origins of human speech.

The rock, studied by NASA?s Perseverance rover, has been closely analyzed by scientists on Earth who say that nonmicrobial processes could also explain its features.

Last one to the finish line is a miserable slug.

ShadowCam, a NASA instrument aboard a South Korean spacecraft, is taking pictures of the moon where the sun doesn?t shine.

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period.

Researchers have confirmed the presence of cocaine in sharks off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, though questions remain about the effects of the drug.

A contestant on the reality show ?Race to Survive: New Zealand? killed and ate a weka during filming. The contestant, who said he was hungry, has apologized for ?disrespecting New Zealand.?

Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.

The city?s expanded low-emissions zone, which was politically fraught, has cut emissions that contribute to health problems like asthma, new numbers show.

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

The outbreak may be the first ever documented in marine mammals.

Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.

Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.

A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference.

A new study paints a complex picture of the outbreak, suggesting that the virus could be spreading in multiple ways and that it is not always mild in cows.

Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques may help treat other ultrarare conditions.

An examination of an aquatic, shrimplike creature that lived half a billion years ago offers insight into how arthropods with mandibles became so common.

States, tribes, local governments and territories sent in proposals aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.

Officials found no evidence of silent infections in 35 Michigan dairy workers, but experts noted that much more data was necessary.

Researchers are only beginning to understand why some people embrace retirement while others won?t even consider it.

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