Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios. [...]

Amazon Doubles Project Kuiper Satellite Fleet in Race to Catch Up to SpaceX's Starlink

United Launch Alliance's Atlas V lofted Amazon's second Project Kuiper satellite batch into orbit. [...]

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens. [...]

Researchers get viable mice by editing DNA from two sperm

Altering chemical modifications of DNA lets the DNA from two sperm make a mouse. [...]

NIH director launches "Scientific Freedom" lectures with non-scientist

First speaker minimizes climate change, COVID risks—and is a lab leak proponent. [...]

Honda shows off three new EVs in Tokyo, but its US plans are getting more tepid

Every two years, the Japan Mobility Show gives us a preview of the future of motoring as envisioned by the major Japanese manufacturers. Sadly, for Honda, the resounding message coming from this year& [...]

Artemis II Shows How Off-the-Shelf Cameras Are Becoming Scientific Tools in Space

Stunning images captured by astronauts aboard Artemis II using a Nikon Z9 have now been used to help researchers learn more about astronomy. [...]

Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED. [...]

This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four other worlds in the temperate zone of an intriguing planetary system. [...]