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In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station.

Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

Katsuhiko Hayashi, a developmental geneticist at Osaka University, is working on ways to make what he calls "artificial" eggs and sperm from any cell in the human body.

Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm in the lab

They're leading in the development of IVG, new fertility technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.

If you haven't logged into your Google account in over 2 years, it will be deleted

The deleted accounts will get rid of user data in Gmail, Google Drive and Docs, Google Calendar and YouTube. To keep an account active, a user simply has to log in.

Patrick Dykstra and one of the sperm whales he follows and photographs in the documentary "Patrick and the Whale."

Blue Water Film Festival champions the environment

Dozens of shorts, features and documentaries look to the oceans and water in celebration of United Nations' World Oceans Day.

'E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial'

Experience the magic of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial like never before: in IMAX on the Giant Dome screen! Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of this heartwarming masterpiece at the Fleet August 12–14. After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces "E.T.", as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, "E.T." falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien. WHEN | August 12 - 14, 2022 TIME: Friday, August 12 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - 8 - 10 p.m. Saturday, August 13 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - 8 - 10 p.m. Sunday, August 14 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. VENUE | Fleet Science Center ADMISSION | Tickets available in two options: General & Member General tickets are $19.95 Members please visit here! SOCIALS: Follow Fleet Science Center on Facebook & Twitter!

Members of Safe Street Rebel place a cone on a self-driving Cruise car in San Francisco.

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

Researchers meeting in London this week concluded that techniques that have made it easier to manipulate DNA still produce too many mistakes for scientists to be confident any children born from edited embryos (such as these, photographed in 2018) would be healthy.

Ethical concerns temper optimism about gene-editing for human diseases

The Third International Summit on Genome Editing concluded Monday with ethicists warning scientists to slow down efforts to use gene-editing to enhance the health of embryos.

Young Californians anxious about climate

A new poll finds 80% of Gen Z youth feel anxious and overwhelmed about climate change. Also, San Diego is falling short of its goals to generate zero waste by 2040. Plus, students at Jacobs High Tech High in Liberty Station are using woodwork to learn about science and humanities.

Bobbi Wilson holds her collection of spotted lanternflies as she is honored at the Yale School of Public Health on Jan. 20.

Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to police

Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the cops. Now, her bug collection is part of a Yale museum.

What looks like a pin-headed critter on the right is actually a larval version of the fruit fly on the left. Both have remarkably complex brains, scientists say, with different regions devoted to decision-making, learning and navigation.

The first wiring map of an insect's brain hints at incredible complexity

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.

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