Dec. 10, 2004
Most machines don't improve with use. Old pickup trucks don't gradually become Ferraris just by driving them fast, and a pocket calculator won't change into a supercomputer by crunching lots of numbers. The human body is different...
Aug. 16, 2004
There's nothing routine about working in space, as astronaut Mike Fincke found out recently when he did some soldering onboard the International Space Station.
May 14, 2004
Using electric fields, NASA-supported researchers are learning to herd microbes for the benefit of Astronautsand Homeland Security.
March 26, 2004
A Physicsexperiment on the drawing board for the International Space Stationcould help find the grand unifying "Theory of Everything."
Aug. 27, 2004
Altered gravity plays an unexpected role in obesity and weight loss.
Jan. 8, 2004
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatoryhas discovered rich deposits of neon, magnesium, and silicon in a pair of colliding galaxies known as The Antennae.
July 4, 2004
Piercing the smog enshrouding Titan, new images from Cassini reveal an exotic surface covered with a variety of materials.
Feb. 18, 2004
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatoryhas caught a supermassive black hole in the act of ripping a star apart.
May 18, 2004
NASA-supported researchers are working to develop a fuel cell that can extract electricity from human waste.
April 14, 2004
Astronomers examining Hubble Space Telescope images of distant Sedna say the planetoid is even more mysterious than they first thought.