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Could genetic science extend human lifespan? Institute finds genes explain half of human lifespan.
NOAA warns northern lights could dance across US skies setting satellites and grids at risk
Could CRISPR, climate and space travel remake humankind in a million years?
Severe storm threat expands over the Plains
Proceedings B study: queen bumblebees survive flooded winters by breathing underwater
Psychologists' global survey finds 75% of youth frightened about the climate anxiety outlook
Why does NASA chief Jared Isaacman say America is 'absolutely back' Can the US beat China to the Moon?
Artemis II set for Friday splashdown. 8:00 p.m. ET
Moolec Science grew beef myoglobin in pea seeds
University of Chile study raises a quiet generational mystery about artificial sweeteners
NASA’s Artemis program may be ahead but China could still win the new moon race
Sagittarius A*: scientists thought there was a black hole. Could dark matter be masquerading?
Why is Graphene Ideal for Solar Sails? ESA Tech Explained
Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program
ANU and TU Wien forced atoms and neutrons into 'two places at once' - detectors tell a stranger story
Why Cornell’s WatchHand turns ordinary smartwatches into precise hand-trackers
DOE warns UNEP: Striking peaceful nuclear plants could poison the Persian Gulf
Ukraine's defence ministry says ground robots ran 21,500 missions. Who did they replace?
NASA's Artemis II astronauts head home as one lunar sighting stunned scientists
NASA’s Artemis II takes five hot sauces to the Moon, and no refrigerator
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Science History Posters
Physics
First Concorde 002 Maiden Flight
April 9, 1969
Computing
Microsoft Founded
April 4, 1975
Astronomy
Martin Cooper makes first handheld mobile phone call
April 3, 1973
Medicine & Biology
Luis Miramontes co-invents the oral contraceptive pill
March 16, 1925
Space Exploration
Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket
March 16, 1926
Space Exploration
Sputnik 9 launched with animal cosmonauts
March 9, 1961
Space Exploration
Discovery of Jupiter's Ring System
March 7, 1979
Physics
Dmitri Mendeleev presents first periodic table
March 6, 1869
Space Exploration
Venera 14 Lands on Venus and Samples Its Surface
March 5, 1982
Medicine & Biology
Arthur Kornberg awarded Nobel Prize for DNA synthesis
March 3, 1959