Science

A personalized skin cancer vaccine has almost halved the risk of death or relapse in patients with the deadliest form of melanoma. The trial involved men and women who had surgery to remove melanoma from lymph nodes or other organs and were at high risk of the disease returning. About 1.3…

Just before noon on April 8th, a fireball streaked across the sunlit sky and burned up near Calais, Maine. The rare event triggered a flurry of local news coverage, including that the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel is offering a $25,000 reward for the recovery of any pieces 1…

The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some bizarre bone-like structures on the surface of Mars. The photographs, released by NASA, appear to show strange protrusions from rocks on the Red Planet. The observations, taken on Martian day Sol 3786 (April 1) by both the rover’s mast camera and ChemCam, shows a…

In a stunning new picture from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a recently exploded star is lit up in a dozen colors, with each carrying a different explanation. More than just beauty, the image helps scientists understand one of the most important phenomena in space: the presence of dust. Scientists have…

The ingenious and unique feathers of a beloved African bird could provide the inspiration for space-age water bottles which keep liquid still whilst we move. The Namaqua sandgrouse, or “kilkamaine”— an Afrikaans word for the sound they make, is a desert specialist whose breast feathers can soak up water like a…

A dusty document used on the Moon is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer for over $500,000. The mission checklist was worn on the lunar surface by NASA astronaut Gene Cernan – and is still covered in moon dust. Cernan wore a glove and the cuff checklist on his wrist…

An Endangered abalone whose blood could hold a cure for cancer has been crowned “International Mollusk of the Year.” Though it’s not much to look at, the Chilean abalone, a large, carnivorous limpet with a heavy shell, got more than 40% of the public vote, conferring them the grand prize—a full…