Cloudy With a Chance of Molten Iron The scientific instruments on board NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are so sensitive that they can tell the weather on an exoplanet a whopping 280 light years away. Using the telescope's mid-infrared light spectrometer, a team of international scientists managed to map the weather on the surface of WASP-43 b,...

Though cigarettes are almost certainly more deadly, new research once again suggests that there are downsides to e-cigarettes as well. The research, published in the journal Tobacco Control, analyzed urine samples taken from teenage vapers. Among frequent vapers — those who vape between 5 to 19 days a month — urinary lead levels were 30 percent higher...

In a new lawsuit filed in Delaware, the equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc has been accused of "carrying out a widespread fraudulent human life wagering conspiracy." Translation: the company was, as the estate of one alleged victim claims, taking out life insurance policies against the lives of the elderly in hopes that they'd die soon and they...

Einstein 2.0 Researchers have discovered what they're calling a "cosmic glitch" in gravity, which could potentially help explain the universe's strange behavior on a cosmic scale. As detailed in a new paper published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, the team from the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia...

As wealthy people spend untold amounts of money in an attempt to stave off aging, what if the secret to a longer life is actually hidden away in the genetic makeup of people who have a rare form of dwarfism? This particular cohort of little people have a rare genetic disorder called Laron syndrome, which is caused by a mutation that bestows them with...

Drop Dead In a matter of days, NASA astronauts Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore will launch on board the first-ever crewed Boeing Starliner to travel to the International Space Station. The pair have been in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center since April 22 for the daring journey. Boeing's much-maligned Starliner has faced years of setbacks and...