The evidence of water vapor plumes on Europa is enough for NASA to plan a probe that will take samples in 5 to 10 years.
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Researchers are starting to get a handle on why ancient creatures returned to the ocean after their ancient ancestors climbed out of it.
For accurate, factual alerts and updates, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is the most comprehensive, reliable news source you could possibly go to. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island […]
Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience for a conversation that covered topics ranging from the inner workings of neural link technology to the differences between a joint and a blunt.
Researchers have known since 1997 that a massive patch of garbage has been swirling around in the Pacific Ocean. A new study shows that the patch has grown far faster than expected.
There are a slew of Earth Science missions that NASA has planned for the future. We need all of them (and more) for a thriving planet. When most people think of […]
Scientists have developed new ways of understanding how the biological forces of death drive important life processes.
It’s made up of scores of telescopes at many different sites across the world. But it acts like one giant telescope. Here’s how. If you want to observe the Universe more […]
Flat Earth theory has enjoyed staying power since at least the 19th century despite being patently untrue. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the late Carl Sagan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and other big thinkers will show you how to disprove this bad idea, all without having to take a journey into space.
By 2020, recyclable lids that look like sippy-cups will be de rigueur.
Why are soda and ice cream each linked to violence? This article delivers the final word on what people mean by “correlation does not imply causation.”
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Smithsonian researchers identify an ocean zone with unique species living at the very edge of light.
The same technology that Norway uses to keep its fjords ice-free could literally take the power out of hurricanes as they form. Among all the natural disasters that occur on planet […]
It is projected to last for more than 100 minutes, and begins Friday July 27.
TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe.
While shuffling off their mortal coils, these giants of thought had some parting words.
Scientists claim that huge rogue waves account for the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle.
Louie Psihoyos — the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove — is scouting out locations for his latest project, a real-life dolphin sanctuary.
The past 300,000 years occurs in the blink of a cosmic eye, but it’s meant everything to humanity. The history of humanity was anything but inevitable. Although the Universe created […]
Cash currency goes back a long time – 40,000 years.
The coming few years should really tell us a lot more about them.
This is an extremely rare find; only three similar fossils have been found in the world.
There may be a fundamental reason why time travel, backwards, is impossible. We’ve all had the dream of traveling back in time. Whether there’s a wrong we want to right, […]
“Earth orbits the Sun in a shooting gallery.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Hackers working for Russia have gained access to hundreds of U.S. electric utilities in 2017, according to new reports from federal officials.
A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya.
Scientists have discovered a rare hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in waters near Kauai, Hawaii.
The climate change we’re witnessing is more dramatic than we might think.
The Union of Concerned Scientists recently surveyed more than 63,000 scientists from 16 federal agencies, revealing a range of attitudes toward the current administration.