Sci-Fi

Marijuana may still be on shaky legal ground, but the therapeutic benefits of the psychoactive molecules — cannabinoids — inside the plant are solidly established. Unfortunately, cultivation of that plant is resource-intensive and yields only […]

There are three new islands in the thawing Arctic, each left behind by melting glaciers.  As warming masses of ice retreat away from the rugged outcroppings at the edge of the Devon Ice Cap in […]

Vitamins are proving to be a lucrative industry in the United States. Just last year vitamin sales pulled in roughly $37 billion for the U.S. economy. That’s up from $28 billion in 2010. To cash in […]

Australia‘s Great Barrier Reef is dying. Decades of human intervention have left the UNESCO World Heritage site reeling from the consequences of industrialization — water pollution and climate change, chief among them. But it’s another […]

The bonnethead shark loves snacking on tasty meadows of seagrass. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto By Shannon Connellan2018-09-04 20:02:11 -0500 It’s not exactly as vegetarian as Finding Nemo‘s Bruce, but this grass-eating shark could come close to […]

The Bendegó meteorite, inside the burned entrance of the National Museum of Brazil on September 3, 2018 Image: Leo Correa/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Mark Kaufman2018-09-04 22:28:24 UTC The hefty metal Bendegó meteorite still sits unscathed inside the charred […]

Some topics are so politically charged that even to attempt a discussion online is to invite toxicity and rigid disagreement among participants. But a new study finds that exposure to the views of others, minus […]

This post is part of Science of Sci-Fi, Mashable’s ongoing series dissecting the science (or lack of science) in our favorite sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books. At more than 60 years into the Space […]

It’s make or break time for the longest-living rover on Mars.  NASA’s Opportunity rover has survived 15 years exploring the red planet thanks to solar power, but due to an extreme, planet-enveloping dust storm, the […]

More bugs, more problems.  A new study published in the journal Science suggests that as the world warms due to human-caused climate change, more and more bugs will populate the globe.  And while that seems […]