NASA seeking help to develop a lower-cost Mars Sample Return mission
Responding to an independent review of NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission, agency officials said Monday they will seek fresh ideas from agency engineers,...
Four Wild Ways to Save the Koala (That Just Might Work)
It was spring in Queensland, Australia, a season when many wild animals find themselves in trouble, and the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital was a blur...
The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
One of the biggest obstacles to expanding clean energy in the United States is a lack of power lines. Building new transmission lines can...
Your kids may be treating video games like banks and playing with real money. The government has questions
A federal agency announced it’s monitoring video games that include in-app purchases, digital currencies and external marketplaces often used by children.Games that include...
She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs
Have dinosaurs evolved on other worlds? Could we spot a planet of glowing organisms? What nearby star systems are positioned to observe Earth passing...