NASA’s Cosmic Collision Could Help Save the Earth
NASA spent slightly more than $1 million for every day its DART spacecraft lived. From the time the ship launched on Nov. 13, 2021, to the time it…
Chinese Space Rocket Debris Crashes Back to Earth Over Ocean
Remnants from a massive Chinese rocket booster crashed back to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean, space officials from the US and China confirmed. It remains unclear…
The Definition of a Kilogram Just Changed. That’s a Major Milestone in the Grand History of the Metric System
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology called this Friday a “turning point for humanity,” even though the difference between this day and the day before weighs,…
Reframing How We Think About Overdose Deaths
I’ve been living in recovery from opioid use disorder for eight and a half years, and this might be a weird thing to say about addiction, but I…
Researchers Are Now Tracking Monkeypox in Wastewater
If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that testing for viral diseases is complicated. Sometimes, the tests are difficult to get, like in the early…