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SpaceX has launched a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which would have been big news a few years ago. Now, it happens all the time. However, there is something very important about this most recent flight. For the first time, SpaceX has reused a Falcon 9 for …

A distinctive new species of antbird has been discovered in the humid montane forests of the San Martin region in north-central Peru. The Cordillera Azul antbird (Myrmoderus eowilsoni). Image credit: Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library. The antbirds are a large family of insect-eating passerine birds, Thamnophilidae, known for habitually following …

An international team of scientists has produced the first whole-genome sequence for the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), the smallest of the five living rhino species and is one of the three species native to Asia. This is a photograph of Ipuh, the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) at the Cincinnati …

Blue Origin, the private space firm started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has successfully completed a test launch of its revised New Shepard rocket. This is the first launch for Blue Origin in more than a year, and it’s also the first time it has tested its new Crew Capsule …

The Juno space probe was launched back in 2011 on course for Jupiter. It arrived in orbit of the gas giant in summer 2016 after five years of travel, and it began sending back stunning images and extensive scientific data early this year. One of the primary duties of Juno …

Astronomers have been spotting exoplanets for decades, but the overwhelming majority of newly discovered planets outside our solar system have come courtesy of the Kepler mission. This space observatory has found well over a thousand exoplanets, but Kepler accumulated a ton of data that’s difficult to analyze. Google has stepped …

A mostly complete and moderately well-preserved fossilized specimen is thought to represent the first Triassic horseshoe crab found in North America, according to a study published in the December 2017 issue of the journal Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie by paleontologist Dr. Allan Lerner from the New Mexico Museum …

A team of scientists from the University of California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found a way to infuse plants with the luminescence of fireflies. The results appear in the journal Nano Letters. Plants infused with the luminescence of fireflies could help reduce our dependence on conventional …

The phenomenon of ‘man flu’ — a cold or similar minor ailment experienced by a man who is thought to be exaggerating the severity of the symptoms — may have some basis in fact, suggests new research by Dr. Kyle Sue from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. The new study …

Six minutes before brain damage Cars and truck crashes, house injuries, fires, natural catastrophes. The distinction in between life and death typically depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of medical professionals, paramedics, and nurses being in the first line of the fight against early …