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JIUQUAN, China (AP) A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with Chinas space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the countrys ambitions for a crewed mission … [+2414 chars]
For solar astronomy enthusiasts, imaging the Sun in detail beyond the white-light photosphere has always required specialized equipment. While hydrogen-alpha filters dominate the amateur solar imagin… [+6423 chars]
Female scientists get less citations in patented inventions. getty A new study finds that scientific papers authored by women are cited less often in patented inventions than those written by men. … [+4529 chars]
Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption in one of the largest active volcanic systems in the wor… [+3258 chars]
EMBARGOED UNTIL THU 4AM AEST More than 300,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed the Australian outback, but didn't travel far from home, which experts say may have led to them disappearing entirely… [+5672 chars]
On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long … [+2735 chars]
Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods Hol… [+2185 chars]
Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect? In a new study published in Citizen Science: Theor… [+5019 chars]
<ul><li>A haul of Stone Age artifacts included a highly ornamental deer antler that had been turned into an ax handle. </li><li>The discovery is extremely rare, according to experts, and likely serv… [+3443 chars]
Artwork: The experiment will orbit the Earth for three hours before returning to Earth and splashing down off the coast of Portugal Steak, mashed potatoes and deserts for astronauts could soon be gr… [+7331 chars]
NASAs Lucy spacecraft just pulled off its second asteroid flyby and imaged a frankly tasty-looking rock: a peanut-shaped asteroid named Donaldjohanson. The oblong asteroid is a fragment of a long-de… [+2145 chars]
Think you've seen all the colors that exist? Maybe not. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington have created a new system that controls the eye's phot… [+995 chars]
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming… [+3775 chars]
As the Trump administration ramps up what academics call a war on science, US researchers are increasingly looking to Europe for new opportunities which could be good news for the continents tech se… [+2661 chars]
The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville on April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed… [+5600 chars]
One of the most fun parts of being a parent has to be watching children discover the world around them. After all, children are endlessly curious, and part of the fun is seeing the wonder on children… [+5205 chars]
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of the latest science news. First, some public he… [+6958 chars]
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, far… [+9628 chars]