Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

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Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters on Friday. By Katrina Miller Katrina attended a panel featuring the “Project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Weir: It's actually ...

Every once in a while, a science-fiction movie comes along that reminds you why the genre can be so much fun. Not just “spaceships and explosions” fun, but the kind of fun that comes from big ideas, ...

It’s a well-known joke in science fiction fandom circles that the silliest thing about the Star Trek franchise is the lack of seatbelts on various Starfleet craft. That said, in the 1960s, Star Trek ...

Rocky, the extraterrestrial creature befriended by Ryan Gosling’s astronaut-scientist in the sci-fi dramedy Project Hail Mary, is such an odd creature that you’ve almost certainly never imagined ...

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe inspiring. The last memorable one might have been “The Martian, ” so perhaps it shouldn’t be all that surprising ...

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — The sound of construction is echoing across Northern Kentucky University's campus, signaling significant growth and investment in the school's future. "It makes me excited, ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) ended funding for more than 1,600 projects as of 8 July 2025. Approximately 5% of the terminated NSF grants were of Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority ...

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