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Flying in a pair WB-57F jets at an altitude of over 50,000 feet, researchers...
Credit: NASA/Faroe Islands/SwRIA group of scientists is taking to the skies to chase the shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21from the unique vantage point of two retrofitted...
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The $4.5 billion Wind Catcher Energy Connection will supply enough...
Credit: MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA new wind farm that could become the largest in the US will be taking shape across the blustery plains of the Oklahoma Panhandle over the next...
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New research concludes Earth’s climate is unusual in its ability to produce...
Credit: M. KORNMESSER/AFP/Getty ImagesScientists dealt a blow Monday to the quest for organisms inhabiting worlds besides Earth, saying our planet was unusual in its ability to host liquid water — the...
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A pair of utilities announced that they were pulling the plug on construction...
Credit: Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty ImagesSouth Carolina utilities have pulled the plug on two overbudget, behind-schedule nuclear reactors under construction there, dealing a fresh blow to the...
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The agency is considering how to conduct science experiments on the Deep...
Credit: Lockheed MartinWe've all had that feeling of leaving the house and wondering if we left the stove on or forgot to lock the door. In space, an anxious astronaut might worry that an unoccupied...
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The brutal tactics of gangs like MS-13 might sound like something out of...
Credit: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is calling on law enforcement and immigration officials to eradicate the violent gang Mara Salvatrucha, widely known as MS-13, which is...
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Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of today’s flowers from the...
The first flower to appear along the path of plant evolution, during the time of the dinosaurs, was a hermaphrodite with petal-like organs arranged in concentric circles, researchers said Monday. The...
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Combining multiple climate engineering strategies at the same time could...
Credit: Koji Kitagawa/Getty ImagesEven to advocates of geoengineering the idea of deliberately altering the environment to avoid the worst effects of climate change is laden with risks. Such meddling...
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The company’s batteries will store electricity generated by the Revolution...
Credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty ImagesTesla and wind farm developer Deepwater Wind are planning to team up to create the largest project in the world that combines an offshore wind farm with large-scale...
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A recent study shows that cytokines are elevated in patients with severe...
Credit: ThinkstockAlmost everyone feels sleepy in the morning without their first cup of coffee. But there’s a big difference between “I need caffeine” fatigue and “can’t get out of bed for six...
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An additional 150 million people globally may be at risk of protein...
Credit: VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesRising carbon dioxide levels from global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat, leaving vulnerable populations at...
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The discovery could help scientists better understand how the sun formed 4.6...
Credit: NASAFor several years, solar scientists have been able to detect a certain kind of seismic wave — called pressure waves or p-waves — traveling across the surface of the Sun. However, they also...
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A new study reveals just how far people may be willing to go to protect their...
Credit: Richard Wareham Fotografie/Getty ImagesIt's a puzzler, all right: Would you rather amputate your dominant hand or have a swastika tattooed prominently on your face? This sample question is...
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The find is so rare researchers are opting to forgo any invasive techniques...
Credit: Dr. Nadja L. PinheiroWhen Marcelo Rodrigues Nogueira, a postdoctoral researcher in biology at the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro first saw the bat twins, he was "completely...
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The industrial manufacturing giant Siemens is planning for the reality of...
Credit: 3quarksSpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to put a million people on Mars in the next century. They'll be ferried to the Red Planet on a fleet of spaceships that can each carry 100 or more...
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Individuals with psychopathic tendencies learn to lie more quickly than those...
Credit: Dima Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty ImagesIndividuals with psychopathic traits are highly skilled at learning to lie when measured against others who do not exhibit psychopathic tendencies, according...
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The fossilized Borealopelta markmitchelli, nodosaur for short, is so well...
Credit: Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyOn March 21, 2011, mining machine operator Shawn Funk at the Suncor Millennium Mine in Alberta, Canada, spotted some unusual rock formations that he...
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New insights on the role of color in animals could lead to innovation in...
Credit: Murat Oner Tas/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesAn international team of 27 scientists has just declared that we are on the threshold of a new era of color science that could have far-reaching...
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The planet, WASP-121b, is a gas giant that lies about 880 light-years from...
Credit: Engine House VFX, At-Bristol Science Centre, University of ExeterA huge, superhot alien planethas a stratrosphere, like Earth does, a new study suggests. "This result is exciting because it...
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A team of researchers from MIT and Google have teamed up to design a method...
Credit: MIT/GoogleSmartphone makers like Apple and Samsung know very well that one of the main things people use their phones for these days is snapping pictures. Recent polls suggest 60 percent of...
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