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It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials’ plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their babies is real. During a…
The technology sounds like it’s been plucked from a science-fiction film — but it’s all too real.A number of companies now offer prospective parents the chance to “score” embryos fertilized…
The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an international crew of four astronauts to the…
This week’s science news was filled with some astonishing — and creepy — displays of technology’s accelerating progress.Top of the bill was a stunning demonstration of Chinese company Unitree Robotics’…
Gleaming black teeth have been considered a high standard of beauty in parts of Vietnam since at least the late 1800s. But now, archaeologists have traced this practice back 2,000…
After death, a series of natural processes begin within the human body. The corpse cools, pales and stiffens before it begins to decompose. The stiffening of the corpse is called…
More than 2 billion years ago, long before Earth’s atmosphere contained oxygen, one hardy group of microbes may have already evolved to live with the gas, setting the stage for…
What if a single vaccine could offer protection against a range of disease-causing bacteria, common allergens and respiratory viruses? A new mouse study highlights an experimental vaccine that could potentially…
NASA officials on Friday said the agency was targeting March 6 for the launch of four astronauts around the moon and back as part of its Artemis II mission after…
NASA is targeting Friday, March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the historic Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts to the moon for the first time in…