Government scientists blocked from the biggest meeting in their field
Hundreds of U.S. Geological Survey scientists were missing from the biggest conference in their field this month.
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Your house is a gigantic bug habitat, and there’s nothing you can do about it
Michelle Trautwein hates to break it to you, but your home belongs to the bugs.
“The strangest supernova we’ve ever see”: This “zombie star” kept exploding — and surviving
A supernova signals a star's death throes. Having exhausted its fuel for nuclear fusion, the star collapses, producing a gigantic explosion of matter and energy that can be seen from...
Humans didn’t outsmart the Neanderthals. We just outlasted them.
By the standards of the Paleolithic age, members of Homo neanderthalensis were the height of sophistication. These ancient hominins ranged across Europe and parts of Asia for more than 300,000...
Scientists detect gravitational waves from a new kind of nova, sparking a new era in astronomy
Some 130 million years ago, in a galaxy far away, the smoldering cores of two collapsed stars smashed into each other. The resulting explosion sent a burst of gamma rays...
Cassini was the mission of a lifetime for this NASA scientist. Now she must say goodbye.
There's no turning back now. Spilker's life's work is officially doomed.
It rains solid diamonds on Uranus and Neptune
Consider this your daily reminder that the solar system is even more awesomely bonkers than you realized: On Uranus and Neptune, scientists forecast rain storms of solid diamonds.
Doggy glasses, doomsday omens and other eclipse myths debunked
On Aug. 21, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun, throwing a wide swath of the United States into darkness.
Shark Week is a sham. But sharks are still super cool.
Yeah, we know, "Shark Week" is pretty disappointing.
Museum uses micro explosions to save fine art from bird poop
Science, Labor and Art had been living outdoors for more than a decade. They endured autumn rains and winter winds. In the springtime, pollen clung to their bodies and clothes....