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(Burazin/The Image Bank/Getty Images) A trip to space could very well leave human male sperm stumbling about in the dark, ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

Project Hail Mary reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it.

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