Using pollen to make paper, sponges, and more

Reengineered, pollen could become a range of eco-friendly objects. [...]

We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?

This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries. [...]

For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite

The biomechanics of dinosaur skulls say T. rex was the king of bite force. [...]

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys, and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fil [...]

New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater

It was tested for its ability to adhere to the inside of the digestive tract. [...]

This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a decades-old conjecture. [...]

'Han Solo Wants to Be Me': Artemis II's Victor Glover on Flying the Orion

CNET spoke with the Artemis II astronaut and pilot about seeing parts of the moon that no other human has seen before and getting to manually fly a spacecraft. [...]

How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures

Specially equipped nets can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others. [...]

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories. [...]