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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…