2016-08-28 The Longest Living Vertebrate is… a Shark
New research found the longest living animal on Earth with a backbone is – a shark. The research, published in Science magazine, found the Greenland shark is the longest living…
2016-08-26 NASA Finds ‘Lost’ Spacecraft
The American space agency, NASA says it has again made contact with a spacecraft studying the sun and space weather. NASA said it lost contact with the Solar Terrestrial Relations…
2016-08-26 US Space Agency Prepares for Asteroid Meet-up
American researchers are making final plans to send a spacecraft into space for a possible meeting with an asteroid. The spaceship is called OSIRIS-Rex. It is six meters long and…
2016-08-22 More Surprises from the Deep Sea
Researchers hired to study part of the deep sea floor of the Pacific Ocean found a surprising number of new animal species. Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa…
2016-08-21 Autism-Related Genes Discovered
The human body has about 25,000 genes. Researchers already know of 65 genes they believe carry a risk for autism. Now, researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey have identified…
2016-08-20 China Launches First Quantum Satellite
China has launched the first satellite using quantum technology to send communications back to earth. Quantum technology will make these communications safe from hackers. A rocket named the Long March-2D…
2016-08-15 New Antibiotic Found in Human Noses
The search for new drugs to fight infections has led to a discovery in an unlikely place — in people’s noses. What researchers found in noses is a compound called…
2016-08-12 Ancient Earth Had More Oxygen than Scientists Thought
Researchers say the Earth had much more oxygen nearly a billion years ago than scientific experts thought. That claim could change theories about how life developed on our planet. The…
2016-08-10 US Government Approves Private Moon Shot
The United States government has given a private American company permission to send a commercial flight to the moon. Moon Express, Inc. plans to send a robotic lander to the…
2016-08-08 Scientist to Sequence Genes in Space
On Earth, American astronaut Kate Rubins researched some of the deadliest diseases like Ebola. Now, while orbiting the planet in the International Space Station, she will be testing a new…
2016-08-02 Scientists in Poland Work to Save Honeybees
Honeybees are in danger worldwide. Their homes — known as “colonies” — are suffering from what scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists have linked the disorder to infections from harmful…
2016-08-01 Large Windows Could Capture Solar Energy
Solar cells have been around since the 1950s. But now there is a race to develop transparent solar cell that can cover windows of buildings and still capture the sun’s…
2016-07-27 Solar-Powered Plane Completes Trip Around the World
For the first time, a solar-powered airplane has completed a trip around the world. The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi before sunrise on Tuesday, after a trip that…
2016-07-25 Two Events Blamed for Dinosaur Deaths
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for about 160 million years. Then they disappeared. Scientists have argued for years about what killed off the dinosaurs. Was it the huge volcanic eruption 66…
2016-07-18 Good News: Earth’s Ozone Hole is Healing
There is big news about the environment: Scientists say a hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer is starting to heal. A new study confirms the hole is getting smaller. A…