19 Jun News It’s summer solstice time. What does that mean? Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice on Thursday. The Earth spins on Read More
19 Jun News For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing the Nashville crayfish from the endangere Read More
18 Jun News What’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week Much of the Midwest and the Northeast is broiling — or set to broil — in extreme summer heat thi Read More
18 Jun News Undersea explorers mark a tragic day. Things to know about the Titan disaster anniversary Unanswered questions linger a year after the implosion of the Titan submersible during its deep-sea Read More
17 Jun News A year after the Titan’s tragic dive, deep-sea explorers vow to pursue ocean’s mysteries The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic la Read More
14 Jun News NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending science data again. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory says Read More
14 Jun News Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists wants to know why Scientists are trying to determine why bird flu kills some animals quickly but leads to mild illness Read More
14 Jun News How do cicadas make their signature sound, so eerie and amazingly loud? What stands out during a cicada invasion is the sound. It’s a constant, eerie, amazingly loud Read More
13 Jun News What could make a baby bison white? Photos of a white bison calf in Yellowstone National Park have generated excitement as well as quest Read More
13 Jun News It’s not your imagination. Men really do eat more meat than women, study says It’s a popular notion that men eat more meat than women. Now, new research says it’s tru Read More
8 Mar News Colorado finds DNA scientist cut corners, raising questions in hundreds of criminal cases The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says a former DNA scientist cut corners and didn’t follow Read More
8 Mar News Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the win Read More
8 Mar News How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April Researchers and citizen scientists will observe how animals’ routines at several zoos are disr Read More
7 Mar News A small earthquake and ‘Moodus Noises’ are nothing new for one Connecticut town A small earthquake hit the small Connecticut town of East Hampton on Wednesday, but that’s not Read More
7 Mar News Global hot streak continues. February, winter, world’s oceans all break high temperature marks. Scientists calculate that for the ninth straight month Earth has obliterated global heat records. Th Read More
6 Mar News Study raises questions about plastic pollution’s effect on heart health A study raises more questions than it answers about how tiny specks of plastic might affect the hear Read More
6 Mar News Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presenc Read More
5 Mar News Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City Tumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until bla Read More
5 Mar News What is a whale native to the North Pacific doing off New England? Climate change could be the key Scientists have confirmed the presence of a whale off New England that went extinct in the Atlantic Read More
5 Mar News First baby right whale of season dies from injuries caused by ship collision The first confirmed baby right whale of the year has been found dead from a collision with a ship, a Read More
5 Mar News For Women’s History Month, a look at some trailblazers in American gardening and horticulture Women have long been at the forefront of gardening in America, whether passing on knowledge to the n Read More
4 Mar News Jupiter’s moon Europa may have less oxygen than expected, a finding that might put a damper on life New research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thoug Read More
