editor's pick

 

Ask Us Anything: What happens to your body when you die in space?

By Shannon Stirone

 /  Apr 13, 2021

 

You can’t replace the F-35 with an F-18 any more than you can replace an aircraft carrier with a cruise ship

By Kelsey D. Atherton

 /  Dec 23, 2016

 

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Dec 27, 2016

 

Is NASA launching too many asteroid missions?

By Sarah Fecht

 /  Jan 5, 2017

 

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Jul 18, 2017

 

New research might explain why you get so hungry when you’re drunk

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Jan 10, 2017

 

A female shark had a bunch of babies without male contact

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Jan 18, 2017

 

This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Jan 19, 2017

 

Chinese passenger drones are coming to Dubai

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

 /  Feb 16, 2017

 

Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill

By Mark D. Kaufman

 /  Feb 15, 2017

 

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Feb 23, 2017

 

NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets

By Rachel Feltman

 /  Feb 24, 2017

 

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Feb 27, 2017

 

Scientists are trying to confirm the existence of a giant ringed planet

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  Jun 2, 2017

 

There’s a whole new species of cloud

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Mar 24, 2017

 

SpaceX has proven it can reuse its rockets—now what?

By Sarah Fecht

 /  Mar 31, 2017