2016-11-14 Earth’s Arctic Ice Disappears, Scientists Study Nearest Exoplanet
Each year, more ice disappears from the Arctic Ocean. A new study blames human activity for the loss. The damage…
2016-11-07 Robot Can Help With Farm Work
In the American state of Idaho, a robot moves between lines of fruit trees and grapevines. It is doing farm…
2016-11-01 Truck Completes First Driverless Shipment: Beer
A self-driving truck has completed a delivery of goods for a company for the first time. The truck recently transported…
2016-10-31 Mars: How Will Humans Get There?
Mars—how to get there and maybe even live there— has been in the news a lot lately. Governments and private…
2016-10-24 Large Creature Swam the Seas 170 Million Years Ago
Scientists in Scotland are using modern technology to examine the bones of a large sea creature that lived 170 million…
2016-10-17 Chimps Finding a Happy Ending
Paper plates full of fruit, a colorful sign and dolls for children were all part of a birthday party recently…
2016-10-11 Study: Humans Will Never Live Much Past 115 Years
A new study suggests there may be a limit to how long people can live. American researchers found that the…
2016-10-10 A Fish That ‘Sings’ Love Songs?
This is the sound of a fish “singing:” Hmmmmmmmm. It is a male fish — a plainfin midshipman, to be…
2016-10-03 Scientists Explore Underwater Volcanoes
What covers nearly 29 million square kilometers of this planet beneath the sea? The answer is seamounts. Seamounts are mountains,…
2016-09-26 Intelligent Crows Use Tools
What do otters, chimpanzees, and one species of crow have in common? All three are animals. They also use tools.…
2016-09-19 Pulp from Plants Makes Packaging More Earth-Friendly
The average American throws away about 84 kilos of plastic every year. Much of that ends up in the ocean,…
2016-09-12 Possible Earth-Like Planet Next Door?
Scientists say they discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star closest to our planet other than the Sun. It is…
2016-09-05 Drug Treats Memory Problems in Mice
A surprising discovery has been made in the treatment of Alzheimer’s, the brain disease that causes memory loss and other…
2016-08-31 Juno Gets a Close-up Look at Jupiter
The spacecraft Juno successfully passed close to Jupiter Saturday as it orbits the solar system’s largest planet. NASA, the American…
2016-08-29 A Laboratory Turns Deadly Insect Venom into Medicine
To most of us, medicine comes from a drugstore. But originally, much of the medicine developed in the last century…