15-year-old Hardit Singh was inspired to help make eyecare more available to all who need it
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Enormous comet visiting from deep space is a behemoth

Named C/2014 UN271, or the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, it is the size of some dwarf planets


Engineers come up with nature-inspired plastic recycling

This new technique comes from observing how proteins are broken down in nature to take on new forms


Planet smasher! Rare Jupiter impact caught on video

Astronomers are unsure how often objects like asteroids actually crash into the planet’s surface


Flying microchip is world’s smallest flying structure

The seed-sized microflier was designed by a team at Northwestern University


Getting ready for National Science Reading Day (and the contest!)

Happening September 22 as a part of Science Literacy Week 2021, this annual day is dedicated to reading about all things science