science

Would you consider swallowing a sponge on a string to help detect cancer in your stomach? Or propping open blood vessels in your brain — with corn, so the prop can dissolve within two years? These cutting edge science ideas are real — and may someday save your life. 1. …

Moon, we just can’t quit you. NASA has shifted its goals from returning to the moon to visiting an asteroid or even Mars, but not everyone has given up on going back. The space agency’s attention deficit has sparked a race among private companies eager to return to Earth’s satellite. …

Most people know how to use computers, but far fewer know how they work and even fewer are capable of writing the coded instructions that form the basis of every program, website and application. There’s an effort to change that, and it could be a boon to political campaigns. This …