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Boxy MASCOT lander plops itself down on asteroid Ryugu for a 16-hour survey
An artist’s conception shows the MASCOT lander sitting on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. (JAXA Illustration)
A robotic probe the size of a shoebox set itself down on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 180 million miles from Earth, and conducted a 16-h...
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg lays out his vision for space airplanes and aerospace traffic system
GeekWire’s Alan Boyle listens to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg during a fireside chat at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire)
A decade from now, Boeing will still be primarily known as an airplane company, the company’s C...
Fathers' postnatal hormone levels predict later caregiving, study shows
(University of Notre Dame) Dads whose cortisol levels were elevated while they held their newborns on the day of their birth -- either skin-to-skin or clothed -- were more likely to be involved with indirect care and play with their infants in the fi...
Boeing CEO: First operational self-flying cars are less than 5 years out
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg at the GeekWire Summit. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire)
Autonomous flying cars have always seemed like a futuristic innovation that belongs more on the silver screen than in real life, but Boeing is making rapid headwa...
ICESat-2 laser fires for first time, measures Antarctic height
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) With each of its 10,000 pulses per second, the laser instrument aboard NASA's ICESat-2 is sending 300 trillion green photons of light to the ground and detecting the few that return: the method it uses to measu...
Hubble Space Telescope boosts evidence for first exomoon seen circling alien planet
An artist’s impression shows the Jupiter-sized exoplanet Kepler-1625b transiting its parent star with the Neptune-sized candidate exomoon in tow. (Dan Durda Illustration)
With a lot of help from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers now feel confid...
Japan Set to Allow Gene Editing in Human Embryos
Draft guidelines permit gene-editing tools for research into early human development, but would discourage manipulation of embryos for reproduction-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
MSU faculty awarded $1 million grant to research tree chemistry in bark beetle battle
(Montana State University) The National Science Foundation grant will allow MSU assistant professor Amy Trowbridge to research the physiological and chemical response of pine trees in drought conditions.
Strain vs. Sprain: What's the Difference?
They share similar signs and symptoms, but the difference comes down to ligaments vs. tendons-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Genome of sea lettuce that spawns massive 'green tides' decoded
(Rutgers University) Sea lettuce, a fast-growing seaweed that spawns massive 'green tides,' is a prolific thief, according to research that for the first time sequenced the genome of a green seaweed.