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The proposal is part of a government effort to reduce air pollution, but...
Credit: Tim Graham/Getty ImagesBritain said Wednesday it will outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution, but environmental groups said the...
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European and American space agencies worked with the tech company to capture...
Credit: Google Street ViewAspiring astronauts can now pretend to float on the International Space Station (ISS), thanks to Google. The company worked with astronauts on the orbiting complex to provide...
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The Environmental Working Group compiled testing data for nearly 50,000...
Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty ImagesHow safe is it for you to drink the water that flows from the tap at home or from the water fountain at work or school? The short answer...
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Spending money on time-saving services reduces stress and boosts overall...
Credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty ImagesThe industrialized world is suffering from a time famine. We think that having more money leads to more free time, but the data indicate the...
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One of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever observed briefly released as much...
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterOn June 25, 2016, something went boom in deep space, about nine billion light-years away. Thanks to the quick reflexes of a new generation of telescopes,...
View ArticleCatching One of the Most Feared Terrorists in US History With Forensic...
The Unabomber, one of the most feared terrorists in the United States, was responsible for 23 injuries and 3 deaths between 1978 and 1995. Theodore Kaczynski, the man behind the attacks, was known for...
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Astronomers looking at how intergalactic gas and dust moves across great...
Credit: Kristin Samuelson/Northwestern UniversityWe’re made of star stuff, as Carl Sagan famously put it in his TV series Cosmos. All of the elements that joined together to form our planet and...
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A new animated map illustrates the rapid increase in seismic activity in...
Credit: Seismic Sound Lab/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia UniversityThe dots appear sporadically at first. Then they start bursting forth like popcorn. An animated map posted by the US...
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The dinosaur, Corythoraptor jacobsi, offers researchers insights on why some...
Credit: Zhao ChuangBirds evolved from dinosaurs, but it is often hard to imagine how these animals could be related to one another. Tiny songbirds hardly conjure up mental images of Tyrannosaurus rex....
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Tardigrades are virtually indestructible, and scientists believe alien life...
Credit: Kazuharu Arakawa and Hiroki HigashiyamaTardigrades, also known as water bears, are less than a fraction of an inch in length, yet they are believed to be Earth’s toughest, hardiest animals....
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New research strengthens claims that the Isua Greenstone Belt in southwestern...
Credit: Minik RosingGreenland’s freezing temperatures make it an unlikely candidate for early explorations of life. But a rock from the Isua Greenstone Belt in southwestern Greenland contains the...
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New research pinpoints the a-ha moment when information enters the human...
Credit: Jenni Holma/Getty ImagesOne of the most often-told anecdotes in the history of science relates how the ancient Greek scholar Archemides had a moment of insight while getting into a bathtub....
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Evidence that moderate drinking lowers the chance of getting diabetes doesn’t...
Credit: Hero Images via Getty ImagesEverybody loves a good headline about the proven health benefits of dark chocolate or red wine, but scientific studies extolling the virtues of “sinful” substances...
View ArticleA forensic artist's drawing of the Unabomber — a man hiding behind aviator...
In 1987, a woman in Utah caught a glimpse of one of the most loathed killer’s in US history: the Unabomber. The Unabomber was responsible for 23 injuries and 3 deaths between 1978 and 1995. Eight years...
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The electric carmaker’s first mass-market sedan arrives with high hopes and...
Credit: John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesBefore Tesla, there was nothing sexy about electric vehicles. The original Toyota Prius hybrid generated buzz for its savings at the gas pump, not...
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Making a precise measurement of the sun is difficult, but the August 21...
Credit: NASAA growing number of researchers think that the sun is actually larger than commonly thought. Scientists don't know the sun's size as precisely as the details of the Earth and moon, making...
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A new development in CRISPR technology ignites ethics debates about how much...
Credit: Matthias Kulka/Getty ImagesThe first human embryos in the United States have been edited by the CRISPR-Cas9 system, according to an exclusive report by the MIT Technology Review. The results...
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Flora around the world are sucking up 17 percent more heat-trapping gas than...
Credit: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesTrees, bushes, and other land-based plants are sucking up more carbon dioxide without a commensurate increase in water consumption,...
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The British baby was born with a rare form of mitochondrial disease, but...
Credit: Carl Court/Getty ImagesCharlie Gard, the terminally-ill British baby whose plight drew sympathy from Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump, died on Friday, his mother said. His parents,...
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The fire season is 105 days longer than it was in the 1970s, according to an...
Credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty ImagesThe West is ablaze as the summer wildfire season has gotten off to an intense start. More than 37,000 fires have burned more than 5.2 million acres nationally...
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