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One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA's first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled ...

From massive firework displays to grocery store banners.

Scientists have successfully tested an AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine in humans for the first time, finding it to be safe and well tolerated. The vaccine generated immune responses against multiple coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, SARS ...

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit ...

Scientists have identified genetic variants that may make some people less responsive to GLP-1 drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Roughly 10% of the population carries these variants, which appear to cause a mysterious form of "GLP-1 resistance." . ...

A shrimp vaccine for commercial use could protect the environment and prove vaccines aren't just for vertebrates.

It's the farthest object of its kind ever seen by astronomers.

Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue - and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths ...

Elizabeth Rizzini looks at the prospects for seeing a spectacular planetary conjunction.