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Advertising and marketing aboard the space station is currently prohibited,...
Credit: NASAIn the not-too-distant future, NASA astronauts might conduct their video interviews from the International Space Station (ISS) while wearing Nike-supplied T-shirts, with a giant Toyota...
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Over 9 billion tons of plastic have been produced since the 1950s, and about...
Credit: Caroline Seidel/AFP/Getty ImagesTiny pieces of plastics are turning up in the feces of seals that feed on whole fish, demonstrating how seaborne contamination can move up the food chain,...
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In a series of new studies, scientists detail the complexities of the...
Credit: NASA/SWRI/JPL/ASI/INAF/IAPSEver since the invention of the telescope over 400 years ago, humans have observed the tapestry of Jupiter’s swirling, colorful cloud bands and storms. But...
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A CDC study found an acceleration in the number of hospital visits due to...
Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe US opioid epidemic is accelerating, with hospital emergency room visits for overdoses from drugs like heroin, fentanyl, and prescription painkillers up 30 percent...
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Triton passed in front of a star, a process called occultation, which...
Credit: NASA/JPLThe European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft helped track Neptune's largest moon Triton as it passed in front of a distant star, allowing astronomers to study the moon's atmosphere in...
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MIT researchers found that fake news was shared on Twitter faster and...
Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAfter Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas last August, a photo of a shark swimming up a flooded freeway in Houston went viral on Twitter. Shocking, yes....
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New research reveals the biological origins of synesthesia — the mysterious...
Credit: MirageC via Getty ImagesThe condition known as synesthesia is one of the most mysterious phenomena in all of neuroscience. The term refers to a perceptual glitch in which different senses seem...
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The first nuclear genome for an extinct moa species begins a new chapter in...
Credit: Illustration by Joseph Smit; Paul K via Flickr Many mysteries have surrounded the nine species of extinct moa from New Zealand, but the fate of the big birds is a scientific no-brainer....
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US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lamented this week the number of birds...
Credit: Arterra/UIG via Getty ImagesRyan Zinke wants you to think of the birds. The Trump administration’s interior secretary pointed out the downside of the boom in wind power this week, noting that...
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Injections of a single compound preserved hearing in mice and rats exposed to...
Credit: Heath Korvola via Getty ImagesHearing loss is the most widespread sensory disorder in the world, affecting an estimated 360 million people on the planet, yet there isn’t a single FDA-approved...
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A Canadian analysis found that where a person lived was more significant of a...
Credit: Acilo via Getty ImagesExposure to air pollution doesn’t just lead to illnesses like asthma and lung ailments, it can also alter the way genes are expressed in our bodies, according to a new...
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The Toba eruption in Indonesia 74,000 years ago was so massive that its...
Credit: pixabayDuring a volcanic winter, ash as well as sulfuric acid, combine with water to obscure the sun and increase the reflection of solar radiation. The result is that summer never arrives,...
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MIT's Collective Debate asks users to argue with an AI bot designed to...
Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesIn these anxious, early years of the 21st century, artificial intelligence is being actively deployed to address a wide range of issues and challenges: automated...
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The Late Jurassic dino-bird could fly short distances and in bursts, similar...
Credit: De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty ImagesUntil the end of the 20th century, Archaeopteryx was thought of as the world's first bird. In more recent years, that distinction has...
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The process critical to all complex life on Earth dates to around 3.8 billion...
Credit: Jeja via Getty ImagesOur understanding of early life on Earth often seems as murky as the primordial soup from which the first organic compounds are theorized to have originated. It is clear,...
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The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, which could be...
Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesDecades of weather reports show a strong link between the polar blasts that have plunged the eastern United States in a deep freeze several times in the past few...
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A new type of hybrid solar cell can charge even on drizzly days, collecting...
Credit: Ian Lishman via Getty ImagesSolar energy holds great promise as a renewable source of electricity, but solar panels have one Achilles heel — clouds. Now a team of Chinese researchers has...
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Hawking's wit and genius earned him accolades in academia and in popular...
Credit: Chris Williamson/Getty ImagesBritish physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, died Wednesday aged 76....
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An investigation of primate sleep patterns finds that humans are apparent...
Credit: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty ImagesAnthropologist David Samson has spent nearly 2,000 hours watching orangutans sleep in order to better understand the behavior among primates, including...
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Using a model for exoplanets of various sizes and orbiting different types of...
Credit: Education Images/UIG via Getty ImagesScientists recently created a simulation of an exoplanet atmosphere, with an eye toward gaining a better understanding of how hazes form in...
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