Science

Rocket Lab will launch a mystery mission for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5), and you can watch the action live.

Tyrannosaurus rex may have taken far longer to grow up than scientists once thought. By analyzing growth rings in fossilized leg bones from 17 tyrannosaur specimens and using new statistical methods, researchers found that the famous predator likely took about…

The Neo-Latin theater play “Cenodoxus” (1602) by Jakob Bidermann is now only known to some researchers in Latin and German studies. But from 1930 to 1960, the story about the battle between heavenly and hellish powers for the soul of…

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

During armed conflicts in Latin America, state forces, insurgents, and paramilitaries systematically employed massacres, torture, abductions, and targeted killings to dismantle social structures. The Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición—CEV (Colombian Truth Commission)…

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

Students using AI to cheat on homework or tests is a source of much discussion. But some scholars argue the greater risk of students using AI is that they will simply not learn.

When analyst attention is absorbed by CEO turnover, other companies in their portfolio pay the price, new Cornell research finds. The study, “Analyst Rational Inattention: Evidence from CEO Turnover Events,” published in the Accounting Review, finds that high-impact turnover events…

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?

‘We’re about to have an insanelyadrenalized ride these last two episodes.’