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With a similar landscape to other worlds, it could aid research into extra-terrestrial missions.
Details about the robots, created using the heart and skin stem cells from the African clawed frog, were unveiled last year after experiments showed they could move and self-heal.
The UK markets watchdog said on Friday it had secured additional commitments from Google in its 11-month-long tussle over the technology giant’s privacy plans.
NASA will crash a spacecraft into an asteroid for the first time ever as part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a planetary defense mission.
A spacecraft has been launched from California this morning carrying with it humanity’s greatest hopes of being able to protect our planet from a cataclysmic asteroid impact.
NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to test whether it can deflect an asteroid away from a potentially catastrophic collision with Earth.
On Wednesday, Tidal confirmed it would offer a free option in the U.S., allowing consumers to explore the service at no cost.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is set to become the first Black woman to live and work in space on a long-duration mission at the International Space Station.
Jessica Watkins, who joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 2017, is scheduled to fly to the orbital outpost in a SpaceX capsule in April.
The RAF has set a new Guinness record for the world’s first successful flight using only synthetic fuel.
There was a significant drop in antibiotic use during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis has found.
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems as quickly as wealthy ones.
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems as quickly as wealthy ones.
So-called “penis worms” get attention for all the wrong reasons. But new research finds they may have been early pioneers in a creative survival technique.
NASA has released the first images of Earth taken by the Landsat 9 mission which is designed to capture high-resolution snapshots of the planet to help track climate change.
The measure includes $47 billion to help communities prepare for the new age of extreme fires, floods, storms and droughts that scientists say are worsened by human-caused climate change.
Eric Adams, the new mayor-elect of New York, says he wants his first three pay cheques in the role to be made out in Bitcoin.
The world leaders have left Glasgow. Now negotiators must hunker down to turn pledges into reality.
The Hatch chile pepper seeds arrived at the space station on a SpaceX resupply mission in June and were promptly planted by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough.
The two-dose vaccine, which is easier to transport and store than other shots, could play an important role in increasing supplies in developing countries.
Competing with SpaceX, OneWeb and others, the e-commerce titan will rely on small rockets to get prototypes of its satellite constellation into space.
Amazon’s audiobook site Audible launched a pre-Black Friday deal you won’t want to tune out. Audible Premium Plus is now on sale for 46% off ticket price, or just $7.95 per month for your first four months.
A gynaecologist has created what is believed to be the world’s first unisex condom.
If you worry about letting other people use your iPhone incase they look through your photos then you may want to try this trick from TikToker Katarina Mogus.
Astronomers have spotted signs of a possible planet in another galaxy, the first time a planet candidate was spotted outside the Milky Way.
Scientists believe they may have discovered the first known planet outside of our own galaxy.
NASA is now targeting February 2022 for the launch of its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The country, which aspires to be a leader in space technology, says it has plans to land an uncrewed craft on the moon by 2030.
A kidney grown in a genetically altered pig seemed to function normally, potentially a new source for desperately needed transplant organs.
It went live just over 30 years ago and doesn’t even have pictures.
A ring worn around the penis could help men figure out what’s causing their erectile dysfunction, and could even signal a deadly disease.
A Russian film crew making the first movie in space returned to Earth on Sunday after spending nearly two weeks at the International Space Station.
NASA has launched a probe into space that will fly to a ‘swarm’ of asteroids orbiting the sun for the first time to look into the origins of the solar system.
A professor and prolific author, he cautioned that doctors too often focus on the disease instead of the overall well-being of the sufferer.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is a powerful 1080p-focused graphics card that offers competitive value to outshine its pricier sibling, the RX 6600 XT.
The band have pledged that their upcoming tour will be sustainable, and as low-carbon as possible.
The agency approved three Vuse vaping products and said their benefits in helping smokers quit outweighed the risks of hooking youths.
Vaccine makers are betting that the mRNA technology powering two successful Covid vaccines will help curb the tragic global death toll from the flu.
The disease kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa.
The European Space Agency said the captured image shows the Northern Hemisphere and Mercury’s characteristic pock-marked features, among them the 103-mile-wide Lermontov crater.
