Science

China and the US have plans for nuclear-powered moon bases

NASA's Orion spacecraft comes within 81 miles of the Moon during successful flyby

James Webb Telescope captures the formation of a new star

MycelioTronics: using fungal skin to grow biodegradable PCB board

Boston Dynamics sues rival robot dog maker over alleged copyright infringement

NASA adjusts Webb Telescope's schedule to minimize micrometeoroid threats

UK clinical trials transfuse two people using blood produced in a lab

Why it matters: Hospitals have a constant need for donated blood. Approximately 30,000 units per day are used to treat accident victims and people with blood ailments like sickle cell anemia. Hospitals often suffer shortages when they receive a high number of trauma patients. But what if we could duplicate a typical donation in a lab and give it a longer shelf life?

A global helium shortage has doctors concerned about a squeeze on MRIs

In context: Helium is an element that most of us take for granted. We use it to float birthday balloons. It is also a component in some electronics, such as helium-filled hard drives. Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) machines use liquid helium for superconducting magnets. Unfortunately, the earth is running out of this essential element.

Low-cost 'transparent' solar cells reach new efficiency record, electricity-generating windows incoming?

Forward-looking: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are cheap, transparent, and flexible. The promising technology set a new record in efficiency for turning visible light into electric energy, making it viable for use as energy-collecting windows.

Researchers develop spray-on "metallic" plastic that conducts electricity like metal

Engineers at Harvard developed a robot hand that has pneumatic tentacles instead of fingers

Astronomers are finalizing a 3.2 gigapixel camera that'll map the sky over a decade

Webb's portrait of the Pillars of Creation is a star-filled delight

NASA: DART mission altered asteroid's orbit by 32 minutes

Thanks to modern science and one artist's vision, plants can now wield swords

New supercomputer simulation suggests the Moon may have formed in mere hours, not months or years

FDA approves treatment funded by Ice Bucket Challenge donors

NASA shares first close-up images of Jupiter moon Europa in two decades

Invisibility cloak: Clothing company says garments that make the wearer invisible are only 5-10 years away

Watch NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft as it happened

James Webb Telescope captures clearest image of Neptune's rings in more than 30 years

Tech industry professionals are paying up to $120,000 to have their legs lengthened

WTF?! How much would you pay to be three inches taller? $75,000? To some, that's a fair price to increase their stature. Interestingly, tech industry professionals make up a good portion of the patients requesting this expensive and excruciating surgery. Is it really worth it? I suppose it depends on your perspective, but after reviewing the details, I'm not sold.

Russia warns that SpaceX Starlink satellites could become a "legitimate target"

WTF?! SpaceX's Starlink satellite system has, not for the first time, been threatened with destruction by a foreign government. Unsurprisingly, it was Russia that made the veiled threat against Elon Musk's company, which has been a huge asset to Ukraine in its battle against invading Russian forces.

Watch: Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers in-flight abort during uncrewed launch

SiFive RISC-V cores and Microchip processors will power NASA's future space missions