SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first full-fledged crew flight to the International Space Station, which will look similar — but not identical — to the crewed test flight the pair ran this summer.
US military eyes nuclear thermal rocket for missions in Earth-moon space
The U.S. military aims to get a nuclear thermal rocket up and running, to boost its ability to monitor the goings-on in Earth-moon space.
Jeep Gives 2021 Cherokee More Latitude With Latitude Lux Trim
Broadening shoppers’ horizons in the 2021 Cherokee lineup, Jeep is introducing the Latitude Lux trim that slots above the Latitude and Latitude Plus and below the Trailhawk and Limited. As the name implies, the Latitude Lux adds more luxurious features to the middle of the Cherokee lineup at what Jeep […]
Lexmark MB3442adw
Lexmark’s latest all-in-one may sport a compact design but it’s still brimming with features.
Chromecast with Google TV
It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the affordable new Chromecast with Google TV delivers 4K HDR with Dolby Vision and, for the first time, comes with a remote.
New Google Chromecast gains a remote and Google TV interface
With a brand new interface and a dedicated remote, the latest Chromecast is ready to compete with Amazon, Apple, and Roku.
Google unveils two new phones: The Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5
The company had already outed the names, but we now have more specifics about this year’s crop of phones from the search giant.
Stem cells offer new glimpse at how the placenta emerges—and how the fetus-sustaining organ can fail
The placenta—a Frisbee-size hunk of tissue that chaperones a fetus in the uterus only to be tossed aside in the delivery room—has mysterious beginnings. The organ emerges from cells that develop alongside the embryo, and that have been difficult to grow in the lab. Now, researchers have devised a way […]
This biologist helped trace SARS to bats. Now, he’s working to uncover the origins of COVID-19
Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
In ‘the chaos of a burning forest’: A dispatch from the fire’s front lines
A member of an elite firefighting team answers our questions about California’s inferno.