Michaela Benthaus might not seem like a regular astronaut, but that didn’t stop her from being one. The 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency becomes the first wheelchair user to cross the Kármán Line, the boundary of outer space, which lies 100 kilometers (62 miles)

A large beehive hanging from a tree is a high-risk, high-reward gift of nature. However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as 90% of bee species build their nests in concealed areas such as the interiors of decaying logs and stems and on the ground, and are mostly solitary.

Have you ever seen someone using an inhaler? It’s most commonly used to treat asthma, a childhood disease that makes it difficult for kids to breathe. After decades of research, scientists have uncovered one possible piece in the puzzle that is asthma. The villain? Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common

Darth Vader would have loved to wear a suit made from a fabric inspired by the feathers of the magnificent riflebird—a bird of paradise native to New Guinea and the northern tip of Australia. According to its inventors, this fabric is the darkest ever created, absorbing 99.87% of incoming light.

How many times have someone sent you their live location on Maps, and you’ve ended up playing “Where’s Waldo?”, and have a hard time finding the place? A new 3D map that exclusively maps buildings can change that. GlobalBuildingAtlas has generated 3D models of 97% of all buildings, using satellite

It takes more than a decade to develop a usable vaccine. COVID-19 veered off from this marathon, as scientists ran a sprint to design a vaccine in less than a year. Soon after the COVID tide ebbed, the AI surge began. Last year, biologists successfully created an entirely new antibody

Remember the Blob, a gelatinous alien monster that could devour anything in its path. Amoebae do the same: they form ‘false legs’ by directing their cytoplasm and engulf their prey, eventually devouring it. The Blob was frozen solid, and we must be glad that they did. Because now, scientists have

Mario isn’t too picky about his mushrooms, but you’d better be. California officials issue warnings for wild mushroom foragers, as a poisoning outbreak potentially caused by wild mushrooms has killed an adult and left countless people of various ages with crippling liver damage. The state poison control has recorded 21

Large language models are slowly but steadily mastering the linguistics of the universe— mathematics. China’s DeepSeek has upped the AI game with a mathematical model that can identify and correct its own errors. In one of the world’s most prestigious undergraduate maths competitions, not only did the model top the