Dinosaur extinction by meteor might have caused birth of sea volcanoes
If you ever wondered how the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and three-quarters of life on Earth managed to do so, there is...
NASA honors Apollo 1 crew fallen 50 years ago
Hundreds of people gathered along with Kennedy Space Center workers to pay tribute to NASA’s Apollo 1 crew and other astronauts fallen in the...
China clones monkeys for the first time ever
Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Neuroscience created two macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using Somatic Cell Nuclear...
Pence chooses to go to the moon again
At the first meeting of the reinstated National Space Council (NSC) on Thursday, Vice-President Mike Pence said the United States will send astronauts to...
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Votes from Space – 250 Miles above...
On Thursday, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins voted from space – about 250 miles above our planet Earth – secure inside the International Space Station (ISS) in...
Fossil footprints suggest humans used to hunt giant sloths
A newly discovered fossil shows that about 11,000 years ago, giant 7-feet tall (2.1 meters) sloths roamed the earth while being stalked by ancient...
Who issued the Gag order on USDA and EPA scientists?
Sharon Drumm, chief of staff of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, sent out an email on Monday telling all employees to halt the release...
Climate Change and Deforestation Killing World’s Oldest Trees and Stunting Younger...
A study published in the journal Science reveals that a combination of climate change and deforestation is destroying ancient trees, and stunting younger ones....
Scientists unveil a $500 billion plan to refreeze the Arctic
A group of scientists from Arizona State University has devised a solution to put a stop to Arctic ice melting: refreeze it using wind-powered...
CIS discovers 63 new quasars from 13 billion years ago
A Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS) team of scientists announced today they had discovered 63 new quasars from 13 billion years ago. The Astrophysical...