In the otherwise empty Carter Middle School building, a team of five student scientists gathered Sunday to perform an experiment on a tooth that just recently returned to Earth. The experiment ...

Brushing your teeth is not just a daily chore for people on Earth. Good teeth are vital for astronauts in space, but not for reasons you might think. In new video about astronauts and their teeth, the ...

Dreaming of venturing beyond Earth may sound glamorous, but India's first astronaut to reach the International Space Station, Shubhanshu Shukla, recently revealed that the journey to space comes with ...

Five students from Carter Middle School unsealed a tube containing a human tooth they sent to the International Space Station on Sunday. Back in September the group entered a competition to be a part ...

Dreams of space travel frequently begin with rockets and starry skies, not dental chairs. However, for astronauts, minor and everyday body parts can become severe worries once Earth is far behind.