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Women scientists get first-author credit on medical studies much less often than their male coauthors. That has career implications and could even be skewing the study of women's health.

On Friday, a supply rocket is scheduled to send an inflatable module to the International Space Station. The expandable technology is being developed by a private firm.

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The group Black Girls CODE holds summer boot camps that teach basics of app design and development. The nonprofit aims to inspire more girls to reach for a career in high-tech.

Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.

The director, a young man from Tajikistan, says he wanted to show a day in the life of an ant. But there may be more to it than that.

Flying people to an asteroid is really hard, so NASA wants to bring part of it to them. But some former astronauts say the $2 billion plan was born of politics and budget cuts, and makes little sense.

After Stanford scientist Lee Herzenberg gave birth to a son with Down syndrome, she and her husband worked to find a noninvasive test that would help mothers learn about the health of the fetus.

Ellen Ochoa, an astronaut who flew four space shuttle missions as an optics specialist, is among eight luminaries who will be inducted next month into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla said they've identified four antibodies that target weak spots on HIV, which could help in the development of a vaccine.