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Regan Williams, co-founder of Seen and Heard, wants adults to listen to children.

In 1919, Woodrow Wilson attempted to rally the U.S. behind the League of Nations. His failure suggested the way forward.

Tiny bubbles talk photosynthesis.

You get out what you put in, and we haven’t truly invested in space since Apollo ended. Humanity should be an interplanetary civilization by now. There is no scientific reason that […]

Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat.

A special isotope of plutonium is necessary for missions to Mars and beyond. But we don’t have enough, and aren’t making more fast enough. As 2018 comes to a close, NASA […]

It’s much more complex a question than dividing its mass by the volume of the event horizon. If you want to get a meaningful answer, you have to go deep. If […]

Researchers find an amazing amount of often-weird forms of life below the planet’s surface.

You won’t notice much of a difference unless you’re north of the 55th parallel, though.

In order to build a second Earth, we need to look at how the first one was made.

The mathematician and codebreaker invented a water filter that only just got build recently. Could it make the ocean’s drinkable?

Our planet is rare, precious, and fragile. It’s up to all of us to be its steward. With the advent of rocketry and spaceflight, our cosmic perspective changed forever. The very […]

Scientists think constructing a miles-long wall along an ice shelf in Antarctica could help protect the world’s largest glacier from melting.

We know a lot about what else is out there, but we still don’t know everything. In the quest for life in the Universe, it makes sense to look at […]

The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of ‘California as an island’.

Sunken nuclear submarines and covert operations against the Soviet Union eventually led to Titanic’s discovery.

Only 5-15% of the World Ocean’s floor has been mapped. This herculean effort is set to tackle our planet’s last frontier.

This culinary map of Los Angeles proves the city is more than just the world’s movie capital.

Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.

They’re positioned as they are for a good reason.

Door-to-door brush salesman Norman Hall had a unique way of explaining what his day is like to Dan Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Hall […]

Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light.

Japan looks to replace China as the primary source of critical metals

NASA scientists have discovered three factors that influence Earth’s rotational wobble. Thankfully, while the Earth may wobble, it won’t fall down.

New principled approach helps autonomous underwater vehicles explore the ocean in an intelligent, energy-efficient manner.

It’s not a question of could they, but have they? Here’s how we’ll find out. It’s no secret that fragments of asteroids, comets, and other spaceborne objects have been found here […]

Finding the ingredients for life is a very different prospect than finding the products of life. Perhaps the greatest quest in science today is to find life that originated beyond Earth. […]

On Tuesday, eight science-credentialed candidates were elected to the House of Representatives.

It has already found several bizarre planets outside of our solar system.

Is it saying too much to say something doesn’t exist when you have no evidence either way?