The LIGO gravitational wave observatory in the United States is so sensitive to vibrations it can detect the tiny ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. These waves are caused by...
MacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a scientist and inventor, including growing a human ear on a mouse. She now spends her days...
Space travel has environmental costs. For research, it might be worth it. To send Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and other wealthy tourists into orbit? That’s debatable. Companies including SpaceX, Virgin...
A satellite made of wood sounds like a concept ripped from the pages of Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbooks. But Finnish company Arctic Astronautics wants to launch one into space by...
Records will break. A mid-June heat wave, lasting through the week's end, is baking much of the Western U.S. A hot weather pattern amplified by a sustained drying trend, exacerbated...
Plastics are very useful materials. They’ve contributed significant benefits to modern society. But the unprecedented amount of plastics produced over the past few decades has caused serious environmental pollution.Packaging alone...
On our wildly diverse planet, scientists are still finding new species. Even mammals. While on an expedition in Nigeria in 2009, researchers noticed a curious bark-like call in the night....
Think about someone you love and the neurons in your brain will light up like a Christmas tree. But if you think about them again, will the same lights go...
They're back. The wildlife streamers explore.org officially turned on the Alaskan brown bear cams on Monday, June 14. The cameras, situated along the salmon-rich Brooks River in Katmai National Park...
Even on an Air Force base tarmac, a cicada landed on the president's neck. The spectacular emergence of the — with some 1.5 million of the harmless insects emerging per...
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