The freezing waters underneath Antarctic ice shelves and the underside of the ice itself are of great interest to scientists… but who wants to go down there? Leave it to the robots. They won’t complain! […]
After four years of research, a new conceptual design report for CERN’s 100 km-long Future Circular Collider (FCC) has been released — marking a major milestone for science. Even though it’s only a proposal at […]
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is about to undertake the 10th launch of its New Shepard launch vehicle, with its capsule chock full of experiments. The launch, which was originally […]
Americans find modern climate science increasingly convincing, and a damaging mix of exceptional drought, storms, and record-breaking heat is the reason why. The results of a new survey — conducted in November 2018 by the […]
Chinese authorities have declared the work of He Jiankui, who shocked the scientific community by claiming he successfully created the world’s first gene-edited babies, an illegal decision in pursuit of “personal fame and gain.” Investigators have […]
Image: VALENTIN FLAURAUD/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Alison Foreman2019-01-21 19:38:57 UTC In the wise words of Yello, “Oooh yeah. The moon is beautiful.” Western hemisphere skywatchers enjoyed front row seats to a stunning celestial treat Sunday night as […]
If something lives in the icy waters sloshing around Europa – a large Jupiter moon suspected to contain a salty ocean beneath its icy shell – perhaps it looks like the see-through, orange-speckled squids swimming in […]
Credit:Wikimedia Commons On Tuesday, Chinese media reported that one of the cotton seeds aboard the Chang’e 4 lunar lander sprouted, marking the first time that any biological matter has ever grown on the moon. Unfortunately, […]
A male Sehuencas water frog, named “Romeo.” Image: Matias Careaga/Museo de Historia Natural Alcided’Orbigny By Mark Kaufman2019-01-15 16:20:13 UTC Teresa Camacho Badani’s boots brimmed with water after slogging through flowing streams in Bolivia’s mountainous cloud […]
Antarctica — home to the greatest ice sheets on Earth — isn’t just melting significantly faster than it was decades ago. Great masses of ice that scientists once presumed were largely immune to melting are […]
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