NASA says it will isolate volunteers from the outside world for a year

For those growing sick of Earth's geopolitics, NASA is looking for volunteers to spend a year living and working in isolated ...

Chennai's mahjong explosion: A game once obscure is now a passion for many; local players forming communities and clubs

Chennai is experiencing a surge in popularity for Mahjong, a 200-year-old Chinese tile game. Once obscure, it's now a fervent ...

Cosmic neutrino 'whispers' may surface in 5,000-day Super-Kamiokande signal

Neutrinos: They have no electric charge, pass through matter like a ghost and are so light they were initially thought to have zero mass. These are just some of the traits that make them so difficult ...

How Chornobyl's mysterious fungus could change medicine and future space missions

Nearly four decades after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the abandoned reactor remains one of the most hostile places on ...

Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX’s millenary milestone

Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most ...