2017-10-04 Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics for Measuring Gravitational Waves
Three scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in measuring gravitational waves. The Royal Swedish…
2017-10-02 Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Rico’s Giant Telescope
Hurricane Maria severely damaged Puerto Rico’s electricity and communications systems. Millions of people there are without power, water or food.…
2017-09-28 World’s Longest-Living Trees Crowded Out by Climate Change
The bristlecone pine is the longest-living thing on Earth. These trees, with their strangely shaped, wind-beaten limbs, can live up…
2017-09-25 US Researchers Study Issue Tied to Long-Term Space Flight
Research subjects who have lived with limited human contact since January recently completed an experiment. The six, four men and…
2017-09-18 Discovery May Help Pregnant Women Carry Babies to Full Term
For the first time, researchers have identified six genes that control the length of a pregnancy. And they say the…
2017-09-18 Disease Continues to Threaten American Bats
Most people do not have a high opinion of bats. Bats often appear in movies and literature as terrifying creatures…
2017-09-17 Powerless Aircraft Sets Altitude Record
Two pilots recently set a new altitude world record for gliders. A glider is an aircraft that does not have…
2017-09-11 Finding Solutions for World Water Shortage
Living things cannot survive without water. Yet more than 700 million people worldwide have trouble getting clean, safe water. That…
2017-09-09 How Do Hurricanes Form?
Three powerful ocean storms threaten the Caribbean, the coast of the southeastern United States and southeastern Mexico. Hurricane Irma has…
2017-09-04 Could Carbon Farming Help Slow Rising Temperatures?
Earth’s atmosphere is in trouble. Scientists have linked rising temperatures in Earth’s atmosphere to carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.…
2017-09-02 Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters
The Tropical Storm Harvey in the Unites States and the monsoon in South Asia have again shown how dangerous and…
2017-08-31 Scientist: Warming Makes Storms like Harvey Wetter
A storm named Harvey set a rainfall record in the continental United States this week. It dumped 1.32 meters of…
2017-08-28 Researchers Use Brain Cells to Control Aging in Mice
It is a question people have been asking for—well– ages. Is there a way to turn back the aging process?…
2017-08-21 Study: 2016 Warmest Year on Record
Last year, planet Earth was hotter than ever before. That is according to a report by the U.S. National Oceanic…
2017-08-17 Ice Cream, Research Supplies Reach Space Station
The International Space Station, or ISS, received some interesting supplies Wednesday: ice cream and live mice. The SpaceX Dragon capsule…