Researchers tested the hearing of beluga whales in an Alaskan bay, and found that they seem to have suffered little hearing loss due to ocean noise. Christopher Intagliata reports.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

An automated camera documents the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first ascent from Kennedy Space Center in February with SpaceX’s hangar in the foreground. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract...

An artist’s conception shows a spacecraft that incorporates a solar electric propulsion system. (NASA Illustration) NASA has laid out its plan for acquiring the first piece of its successor to the International Space Station, an outpost known as the...

(Princeton University) Princeton chemists led by Prof. Todd Hyster have found a way to make a naturally occurring enzyme take on a new, artificial role, which has significant implications for modern chemistry, including pharmaceutical production.

(Rockefeller University) A new study shows that a group of neurons, previously thought to die in the course of development, in fact become incorporated into the brain's cortex. This research has implications for understanding -- and possibly tre...

This conceptual design for a micro-house in Los Angeles fluidly mixes the indoor with the outdoor.

Researchers map out a cellular mechanism that offers a biological explanation for alcoholism, and could lead to treatments-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

New research in mice details the mechanism of how caffeine seems to help the heart-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Distant galaxy’s ring of light proves Einstein rightDistant galaxy’s ring of light proves Einstein right, Published online: 21 June 2018; Observations of deflected light shore up general theory of relativity.

The sunlight-sapping global storm has taken NASA’s Opportunity rover offline, perhaps forever-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com