No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...

A new proposal suggests borrowing the "Conference of the Parties" model from climate diplomacy to update space law before ...

There are a lot of things in space: satellites, rockets and fragments from other missions like tools and screws that break off from spacecrafts. These materials all contribute to space debris, which ...

Researchers are working on a swarm of RoboBalls to send to other planets. The spherical robots would be deployed to map alien landscapes by rolling around challenging terrain. The concept was first ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Space is still one of those hard to conquer things when it comes to making it both palatable and possible for players in games for many genres. What is the best way to explore it? Is it by ship? Is it ...