Research, Space & Discovery
Firefighters in France on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain said there were "almost no flames" left after a similar blaze near Madrid.
NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scientists, communicators, and innovators advancing human spaceflight. Lea...
Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in the 9th century BC
Mary Randolph, Sci AmericanWhen an atomic bomb detonates, it produces a unique chemical environment that's nearly impossible to mimic in a lab—and amid its destruction, the explosion can...
A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago in what is now New Mexico. Named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, the jackal-size...
Assessing how climate change will affect different regions usually requires running a complex chain of models. While this approach provides valuable insights, it is expensive and can cover only a limi...
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The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true, says columnist Leah Crane
M. von Hippel, QuantaFor 25 years, physicists have been puzzled by an apparent one-part-in-a-million problem. Their expectations of the way that certain particles should wobble in a...
Astronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a largely unexplored range of higher frequencies. Using archived data from the...
Ports rank among the most disturbed marine environments. Pollutants like trash, oil and toxins from antifouling paints tend to accumulate in enclosed harbors. Invasive species arriving in ballast wate...
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Editorial, Washington PostThe unity so many Americans felt during the first days of covid-19 was a distant memory on Wednesday. As public health officials kept issuing mandates, the...
Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand’s third-largest island, is known for its vibrant birdlife, unique forests, wilderness beaches, and views of the night sky.
Electrons zipping through transistors, powering the screens on our smartphones. Light zooming from distant stars to Earth, moving faster than anything else in the universe. Protons enabling MRI machin...
Rachel Carlson, NPRSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., faced off with leading COVID-era infectious diseases specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing today, bringing renewed attention to...
Benjamin Katz, Wall St JournalThe U.S. government is swinging behind a fledgling startup's moonshot bid to dislodge
Victor Tangermann, FuturismFor only the second time in its history, the American Red Cross has declared a "
Nina Kristiansen, ScienceNorwayExtra virgin olive oil is often promoted as the very best oil to use for cooking.'If you want quality, never buy anything other than extra virgin...
Ivan Farkas, Sci AlertQuantum mechanics is so odd that even the visionary genius who described the secrets of the Universe