Hurtling back toward Earth after a historic loop around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts worked through a relatively light day in space Wednesday, wrapping up a few final tests before packing up for re-entry and splashdown Friday. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen planned to hold…
The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got the nickname “bin chickens” for stealing trash and sandwiches. Source: Read Full Article
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Aside from the hallucinations, immense energy requirements, and potentially negative mental health effects, generative artificial intelligence still has an issue with accuracy. However, that hasn’t stopped major tech companies like Google from rolling out features like AI search summaries…
Keratin proteins form our skin, hair and nails — but when mutated, they can mess with the immune system, driving diseases like psoriasis and eczema, new research suggests. In the new study, published Wednesday (April 8) in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers identified a mutant keratin protein that can disrupt processes that normally help…
Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut safety and mission success as the crew prepares to return to Earth Friday, April 10. The LUCA (Lunar Utilization Control Area) and LESA…
Vibe coding has taken the development world by storm—and it truly is a modern marvel to behold. The problem is, the vibe coding rush is going to leave a lot of apps broken in its wake once people move on to the next craze. At the end of the day, many of us are going…
As the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission make their 250,000-mile return journey to Earth, there are hopes it is inspiring a whole new generation. At Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, the team’s involvement is helping to shine a light on the county’s space sector. Goonhilly is helping to track the Orion spacecraft in the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El…
A protist species called Stentor coeruleus appears to navigate by sensing physical shapes — a discovery that suggests even the simplest life forms can exploit geometry to survive. Stentor coeruleus. Image credit: Laboratory of Physical Ethology, Hokkaido University. Just one mm long, Stentor coeruleus is a species of protist in the family Stentoridae. “Stentor coeruleus…
April 8, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Tracking Artemis II: After its historic lunar flyby, NASA’s moon mission heads home The astronauts of Artemis II phoned home—and the International Space Station—between stretches of well-earned rest on day seven of the mission By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings NASA has launched…
