Space scientist Maggie Aderin has a new book out this monthSteven May / Alamy Stock Photo It’s nowhere near early…
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Blue carbon refers to organic carbon captured and stored by the marine and vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests,…
This week’s science news was all about the good, the bad and the ugly of technological progress, with a study…
Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variantsDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images “Why should only the tall…
The future of work is being rewritten by artificial intelligence (AI)—but technology competence alone will not be enough to empower…
Halley’s comet bears the name of the astronomer who famously first described its movements through space, but he wasn’t the…
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Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It was…
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Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranchingMICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images Deforestation has reduced rainfall…
SpaceX is set to launch its latest national security mission, yet another GPS satellite that was originally to have been…
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a 1,400-year-old tomb from the Zapotec culture that features well-preserved details, including a sculpture of…
Mars has a surprisingly large influence on Earth’s climateNASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Compared with Earth, Mars is tiny, yet it…
In Europe, it is well documented that bird species associated with agricultural landscapes have experienced a sharp decline over several…
It has been over a decade since Google Glass smart glasses were announced in 2013, followed by their swift withdrawal…
An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it…
Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially “catastrophic” winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the…
Humans — not glaciers — transported Stonehenge’s megaliths across Great Britain to their current location in southern England, a new…
A long-exposure photograph in the northern hemisphere showing satellites in the night skyAlan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A…
Even as NASA celebrated the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II over the…
It is an all-too-familiar cycle: As the New Year starts, we are brimming with motivation, promising ourselves that this is…
Biting flies on the head of an American crocodileZeke Rowe/British Ecological Society Most animals would be afraid to go near…
In honor of the Milan Cortina Olympics, Milan cultural officials are for a brief time only allowing visitors access to…
Differences in how gut cells respond to hormones may help to explain why women experience more frequent and severe gut…
The hunt for more natural sunscreens is onAmparo Garcia/Shutterstock Sunscreens enhanced with lignin, a component of wood, can have sun…
The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use,…
QUICK FACTSName: Nebra Sky DiscWhat it is: A bronze disc with gold accentsWhere it is from: Nebra, GermanyWhen it was…
You might not have to ring in your 100th birthday with a dairy-free, egg-free cakeXinhua/Shutterstock Longevity pioneers like Bryan Johnson…
Eileen Higgins won a historic victory in December. She became the first woman ever elected mayor of Miami, as well…
CRISPR kick-started a golden age of genetic research — but in nature, there are hundreds of similar systems with unexplored…