Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. Astronauts on board the International ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla recently detailed the complexities of handling medical emergencies on the International Space Station, where immediate help is not available.

Billionaires make it seem that we have all the tech we need to settle on the moon and Mars. But the hard part of living in space is adapting the human body to extraterrestrial conditions. Business ...

It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...

Last June, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left on what was meant to be an eight-day jaunt to outer space. But their spacecraft malfunctioned, and they’ve now been gone for eight months ...

Most people never think twice about doing laundry, unless they are in space. While life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is full of scientific marvels, one strange reality has recently ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally returned to Earth after spending a total of 286 days in space MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty It was a momentous homecoming for ...

Feb. 27, 2012 — -- The shrimp cocktail on the space shuttle must really have been something. On a two-week flight in 2006, astronaut Mark Polansky asked to have it on his menu every day. For ...