Jonathon Keats proposes a “Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative” to help return the favor after taking so many great ideas from them.
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When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would […]
National Parks have long been a staple of American wildlife conversation. Why not have some underwater?
Life may not be a rarity after all, but the result of a certain set of conditions.
More massive is bigger, less massive is smaller, right? That’s not even half the story. “Billions of years from now our sun, then a distended red giant star, will have reduced […]
Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, may spout water vapor miles into space, says NASA, making it possible to better determine whether its vast underwater oceans support extraterrestrial life.
Farewell Moon, we barely knew you. Bill Nye knows the Moon is moving away from Earth 1.48 inches per year. Will it keep drifting further away, and what happens to Earth when it does?
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No, you are most definitely not entitled to your own facts. In fact, you’re required to disclose what evidence would change your mind! “You must remember, my dear lady, the most […]
Elon Musk’s growing relationship with President Trump can result in revolutionizing the country’s aging infrastructure.
In between time checks on the Doomsday Clock, Stephen Hawking is here to remind us we are living in dangerous times.
Scientists and Imogen Heap team up to create the perfect song to make a baby happy.
Dying is expensive, but it shouldn’t be so.
A strangely reassuring global directory of close to 8,000 radio stations
Its unique method of creating energy is likely to be employed elsewhere in the space program.
The 20th century held some incredible advances across all the science. But astrophysics’ best days are yet to come. “When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up […]
This isn’t an XZibit joke; it’s a real scientific question. And the answer may be that it’s possible after all. “People who work every day are kind of scared of things […]
The environmental legacy of this generally disgraced President is second to none.
Radioactive crystals left behind by ancient bacteria tell us about a long-ago supernova nearby.
And will it get too cold or too hot for our habitability? “What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a […]
Have you heard that life is unlikely around low-mass, red dwarf stars? It might be time to rethink that flawed conclusion. “Laws of nature mixed with evolutionary/historical contingencies allow for […]
You know how bright the full Moon is. Well, from the Moon, how would the ‘full Earth’ compare? “I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted […]
We’re about to kick off the sixth great extinction event. And we’ll follow shortly after.
As this stark map shows, domestic violence against children is still legal in most of the world.
Our Moon might even be a rarer occurrence for a Solar System than an ‘Earth’ is. “The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a […]
Researchers discover the source of a remarkably strange sound coming from the Caribbean.
Meteorologist Cliff Mass explains why and how U.S. weather forecasting is falling behind.
A Cornell University professor believes he has our food, climate, and fuel revolution answered all with one organism: microalgae.
Geneticists make a surprising find in the DNA of Melanesians.
Science may be one of the most complex human endeavors, but the lessons it teaches can be applied far outside of science. “I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single […]