Virgin Orbit receives another small investment from Branson—and it’s worrisome
More clarity on the company's financial situation should come by late March.
Science // Science & Exploration
The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia
The untold story of the rescue mission that could have been NASA's finest hour.
Two decades after the Columbia disaster, is NASA’s safety culture fixed?
"We all know that to engineer is human."
US still has the worst, most expensive health care of any high-income country
US health care has lagged peers for years, and the pandemic made things worse.
How to tell if your cats are playing or fighting—and whether it’s a problem
Reciprocity is the key. And occasional squabbles don't mean your cats hate each other.
The next de-extinction target: The dodo
Bird reproduction will make bringing the dodo back a big challenge.
Biden to end US COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
The announcement comes as other health experts see a pivotal point in the pandemic.
Crew Dragon astronauts to receive rare space medal from the White House
Outside of space circles, the space medal is not a particularly well-known honor.
New wind, solar are cheaper than costs to operate all but one US coal plant
New analysis shows that renewables beat existing coal plants 99% of the time.
COVID is still a global health emergency, but end may be near, WHO says
WHO lays out path to end the emergency as pandemic reaches an "inflection point."
After a failure 4 months ago, the New Shepard spacecraft remains in limbo
Blue Origin has said nothing publicly about the September failure of New Shepard.
Annual? Bivalent? For all? Future of COVID shots murky after FDA deliberations
FDA seems sold on annual shots, but advisers call for a lot more data.
Bird study links spatial thinking with not getting eaten
Shows that birds tend to get killed at the edge of territory they know well.
This mutant Venus flytrap mysteriously lost its ability to “count”
The mutant can no longer decode calcium signature that causes trap to shut quickly.
Requiem for a string: Charting the rise and fall of a theory of everything
String theory was supposed to explain all of physics. What went wrong?
