Sci-Fi

Embedded in the lava still spewing some 130 feet into the air from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are green crystals.  Called olivine, these minerals can turn Hawaiian beaches green, and it appears some of the green […]

[embedded content] Mother nature is terrifyingly beautiful.  Storm chaser James Hammett caught footage of this tornado in Laramie, Wyoming. Driving along a highway, he managed to record the storm as it developed into a perfect […]

The hardest working rover on Mars is fighting for its robotic life on the red planet.  NASA announced on Friday that the Opportunity rover is currently being hit by the worst dust storm it’s ever […]

NASA will soon visit Hawaii’s Lo’ihi volcano, which sits more than 3,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, all in the name of one day hunting for life out in the solar system.  The NASA expedition, […]

Synthego, a provider of gene editing services for genomics research and experimentation, has launched a new suite of products that give researchers access to edited genetic material to make experimenting with programmable biology easier. The […]

Hurricanes and typhoons — the monstrous, destructive storms that bring extreme wind and rain to coasts around the world — are slowing their pace as they traverse the globe.  After assessing every tropical cyclone on […]

Beluga whales aren’t hiding legs under their thick, rubbery skin. But a popular image of a surfacing beluga has for years created the curious illusion of a whale with legs and knees.  The image, which […]

The shallow, tropical waters of the Big Island’s Kapoho Bay are no longer: Satellite images show a bay overtaken by lava, transformed into a black mass of land jetting into the sea. Lava meeting the […]

Interest in the final frontier isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center surveyed more than 2,500 American adults, revealing that 70 percent of Americans believe it’s essential for the United States to […]

It looks like our next door stellar neighbors might not be so bad for life after all.  NASA’s Chandra space telescope has revealed that any planets circling Alpha Centauri, which is located about 4 light-years […]