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NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming… [+3775 chars]
As the Trump administration ramps up what academics call a war on science, US researchers are increasingly looking to Europe for new opportunities which could be good news for the continents tech se… [+2661 chars]
The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville on April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed… [+5600 chars]
One of the most fun parts of being a parent has to be watching children discover the world around them. After all, children are endlessly curious, and part of the fun is seeing the wonder on children… [+5205 chars]
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of the latest science news. First, some public he… [+6958 chars]
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, far… [+9628 chars]
The original version ofthis storyappeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these enig… [+4498 chars]
A German startup, Proxima Fusion, has developed a plan to generate limitless energy in a working fusion power plant. The plan is a significant development because nuclear fusion creates abundant ene… [+2960 chars]
MOSCOW -- A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ending their seven-month research assignment. According to Russian … [+962 chars]
What do you do with an unused nuclear reactor project? In Washington, one of them was hacked to remove sound, all in the name of science. In 1977, a little way outside of Seattle, Washington Nuclear… [+1805 chars]
A team of scientists claim to have discovered a new colour that no human has ever seen before. The research follows an experiment in which researchers in the US had laser pulses fired into their ey… [+3618 chars]
Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of wat… [+3407 chars]
Finally, some good news: endangered sea turtles are recovering because ome conservation efforts seem to be working. A paper published earlier this month in Inter-Research Science Publisher reveals t… [+2819 chars]
Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most famous dinosaur to ever roam the Earth, but these days, its at the center of a very modern problem: the luxury fossil trade. According to a study published in Palae… [+3971 chars]
When you think of mysterious creatures, penguins probably don't come to mind. The cute, playful animals are the focus of countless films and TV shows, fictional and real-world, and a staple in zoos a… [+6512 chars]
The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhemThe problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.The Arctic has suffered especially early impacts because temperatures here are rising faster than in any other part of our planet. Crucially, this process threatens to trigger even greater climatic mayhem. Continue reading...
The Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore a peculiar set of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter as it orbits the Sun. As it journeys to these Trojan asteroids, the probe is preparing for… [+4662 chars]
Massive Star Goes Out With a Whimper Instead of a Bang (Artist's Illustration) This illustration shows the final stages in the life of a supermassive star that fails to explode as a supernova but ins… [+4461 chars]