New Horizons Newsroom 2013

Flights to space for tourists likely by next year Space tourism venture Virgin Galactic has secured more than 650 customers and $130 million in revenue, the company’s chief executive officer told a group of science writers Nov....

Man’s best friend once vermin? They’ve come to be man’s best friend, but Clive D. L. Wynne, professor of psychology at Arizona State University, believes dogs originated from vermin. “In fact,” added Wy...

Dogs may hold key to human cancers The keys to unlocking some of nature’s most intriguing puzzles about cancer may have been walking beside humans for years. Because of genetic similarities that make them more sus...

Microbial answers blowin’ in the wind Globe-trotting dust storms on Earth not only carry microbes from continent to continent, they even provide clues to the ability of life to survive on Mars, says an astrobiologist...

Rock weathering may provide clues to long-term stability of the planet’s ice sheet Studying how rock weathering in Greenland changed as the ice sheet grew may answer questions about the ice’s long-term stability and the global carbon cycle, according to a Uni...

Scenic suborbital views coming soon to the wealthy near you Commercial spaceflight may get off the ground with paying passengers as soon as next year. So hopes George T. Whitesides, CEO and president of Virgin Galactic, who shared the comp...

Junkyard dog not such a new idea Throw out your preconceptions about your playful pup’s oldest ancestors. They were parasites. That is what Clive D. L. Wynne, former University of Florida psychology profess...