In another freaky El Niño milestone, a NASA satellite hovering nearly one million miles above Earth just captured rare proof of category 4 and 5 hurricanes occurring simultaneously.
The scientists managing NASA’s imaging satellites are not only tracking the reservoir’s disappearing water but also assisting drought-ravaged farmers and local communities.
Archaeologists with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences found the skeletal remains of a young man hidden in a 5th century jar. Now they want to know how he got there.
A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26’s deadly glacial collapse in Nepal.
Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have found a 6,500-year-old suspected ritual site built with Stone Age astronomical knowledge just outside of Prague.
A dramatic new interpretation of thylacine anatomy has discovered that the extinct Tasmanian tiger killed prey more like a reptile than a mammal.
Visitors videotaped a tree-lined floating island about the size of two NFL football fields in British Columbia’s Williston Reservoir. Then it vanished.
One longtime marine conservation scientist described the dolphin’s fatal infection with H5N1 bird flu as “shocking” and “very worrying.”
A hardcore test of over 120 metalheads in Germany suggests that a few days enjoying live metal performances might boost one’s resilience to pain.
Researchers found that billions and sometimes trillions of tiny airborne particles are created during household cleaning with scented products—producing air pollution akin to smog.
Built off historic weather records, the new images show the surprisingly small break in the clouds that made the landings possible.
A team at NASA and Caltech wants to launch a giant, flower-shaped “starshade” to better view distant planets by literally eclipsing their parent stars.
Researchers used test mussels to confirm that shipwrecked TNT has leaked toxic and carcinogenic chemicals into the North Sea.
Archaeologists uncovered ancient Roman inscriptions worshipping a previously unknown goddess, inside a cave that might have had religious significance since the Stone Age.
NASA scientists studied how five Earth microbes might fare on the Moon, including one that already survives outside the International Space Station.
A U.S. government lab has recreated the truly alien conditions that melt diamonds deep inside ice giant planets—and the technique could triple the energy gains for some fusion reactors.
A new study has broken down all the ways that the old distinctions between the “Homo” in “Homo sapiens” and several closely related ancient primate categories are falling apart.
Archaeologists have identified the shattered remains of a 14th-century man whose 160 bone fractures appear to be the first documented crushing from a trebuchet launch.
A new analysis of fossilized bones from crocodiles’ archosaur ancestors suggest they reverted back to cold-blood to become better silent predators.
Tropical stingray attacks have doubled at some beaches along California coasts, with lifeguards reporting thousands of new cases.
