Thousands of protestors came together on Friday, March 7 to take a stand against sweeping cuts to scientific funding and attacks against scientific organizations by
Last week, North America was treated to the unusual sight of an X on the Moon. On Thursday, viewers in North America will be able
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth’s atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only confirmed in recent years.
This story is well known. On December 26, 2004, an enormous undersea earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia and brought with it a tsunami
A skeleton that was found shackled with thick mental chains and weighed down with iron plates has turned out to be female, thus revealing that
Astronomers have observed two strange phenomena near the heart of our galaxy where existing explanations run into trouble. A new paper shows how a hypothetical
When you imagine a map of the world, it’s probably a very particular image that comes to mind; There’s North America, Norway, and the North
Unusually colored animals often turn up where you least expect them, and in all manner of species – from albino anteaters to all-black penguins, genetics can
Would you give your dog food that’s been grown in a lab? It sounds like something futuristic, but that future is already here – at
What’s a physicist’s favorite food? Fission chips. Science may have earned a reputation for being dry and serious. However, as we have long suspected at
Dogs are some of our closest companions – but are we really all that in tune with how they’re feeling? We might like to think
Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the usual reasons of defense against predators
Ever wondered why daylight saving time (DST) starts at exactly 2am? The railroads may be to blame. What exactly is daylight saving time? In the
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth’s atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only confirmed in recent years.
Thousands of protestors came together on Friday, March 7 to take a stand against sweeping cuts to scientific funding and attacks against scientific organizations by
If you get away from city lights and witness the astonishing beauty of the night sky, most of the stars you can see are part
New Mexico health officials have announced that Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist, businesswoman, and wife of renowned actor Gene Hackman, died from a rare disease
