The Space Corps, which would be created within the Air Force, has formidable skeptics, including the defense secretary and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dr. Ratner defied the notion that the brightest in her field do their best work when they are young.
The advice of Dr. Hinohara, who cautioned against early retirement and advocated climbing stairs regularly, helped make Japan the world leader in longevity.
A minute alteration in the planet’s trajectory around the sun would have disastrous results, a scientist estimates.
During their migration between Europe and Africa, hundreds of millions of birds stop in Israel to rest and refuel. Hop aboard a government-sponsored tractor spreading birdseed and corn to keep the birds away from local crop fields.
New research suggests that elephant seals use rhythm to recognize and respond to other members of their species in the wild.
A lunar landing, a museum loan, a theft, a critical error, a legal battle — and now, a sale at auction. What’s next for this bag of moon dust?...
For the last 20 years, academic researchers have gathered at this event to share and debate their studies without being mocked.
Researchers have developed a new breathable, wearable sensor that can monitor vital signals without irritating skin.
A rare opportunity to study the giant squid’s visual brain suggests the deep-sea beasts don’t have the complex body-patterning skills for which their shallow-water relatives are famous.
A time lapse made from a Japanese weather satellite’s images shows the shadow the moon casts on the Earth when it blocks out the sun.
IBM researchers used an exotic material known as a Weyl semimetal to confirm the existence of a gravitational anomaly predicted in equations that describe the universe.
Ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived thousands of years earlier than previously believed, according to newly uncovered archaeological evidence.
Jude Sparks was playing with his brothers in New Mexico when he stumbled over the fossilized tusk of a Stegomastodon, a prehistoric, elephantine creature.
He landed with MacArthur in the Philippines and inspected materials for the space program. Decades later, Gene Fastook is still on the go with the police auxiliary in the Bronx.
Using their own bodies, fire ants build architectural towers to escape floods — and laboratories — that have a sound architectural structure.
Some varieties contain toxins that are poisonous to predators large and small.
In his new book, Mario Livio delves into the fields of psychology and neuroscience, and speaks with people who have extreme curiosity.
Dr. Mirzakhani, a mathematician at Stanford University, was the only woman and only Iranian ever to win what is often described as the Nobel Prize of mathematics.
Two studies focused on the sun’s maximum and minimum periods of activity, yielding new findings about its internal processes and external corona.
New research suggests controlling the animals outside a preserve can affect those living within it, with implications for wildlife management programs elsewhere.
A test of Bible Belt tolerance: Can the town of the Scopes “monkey trial” stomach a new statue of the famed agnostic lawyer Clarence Darrow?...
Step inside a simulation of the interior of the sun as its magnetic field reverses, a process that creates solar storms that can interrupt power grids and satellite communications on Earth.
Age-related changes in sleep patterns may have helped early humans survive by ensuring at least one person was always alert to nighttime threats.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft passed a few thousand miles above the gargantuan storm, revealing intricate patterns of swirling clouds.
In a first, researchers converted a movie into a DNA sequence and inserted it into bacteria. They hope to someday use the technology to record cell behavior.
Researchers documented for the first time that the large mammals learned to feed on juvenile salmon released from hatcheries in southeast Alaska.
The company, Moon Express, is aiming to win the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize competition and become a payload delivery company.
Researchers studied where toddlers focused their eyes when watching a video in order to find the genetic underpinnings of brain development and autism.
New research shows how ants band together to survive floods. Find out why these tiny creatures are surprisingly good architects when they all work together.
With no food other than tomato plants that had been induced to use chemical defenses, scientists found that caterpillars ate each other.
Step out into the salty waters on the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, where small organisms turn the water pink.
A warehouse in Colorado offers evidence of the immense demand for goods made from threatened and endangered animals.
The National Wildlife Property Repository in Colorado houses confiscated items, most of which are part of the global trade of endangered species.
Creating compressed air relies on raising the pressure on the air while decreasing the volume of the container in which it is held.
Join researchers from Nova Southeastern University in 360 degrees as they conduct shark tagging and genetic field work off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Corals that live up to hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface have worked out a special arrangement with algae that’s mutually beneficial for the two.
You’re going to need a long pole, a quiet boat and proper permits, and it helps if the whale is napping.
The molar is from what researchers say is only the fourth individual member of the elusive species of ancient human cousins.
All it takes is a fecal sample and a fee. But you may not learn much about the health of your microbiome.
The discovery could provide new insight into how quarks, the building blocks of protons and neutrons, interact with each other.
A genetic mutation that knocks a centimeter off height and increases the risk for arthritis may have helped early humans in Europe and Asia to survive, a new study shows.
A new genetic analysis finds that ancient Africans walked into Europe 270,000 years ago, much earlier than previously known, and interbred with Neanderthals.
“White nights” and sun that barely sets near the Arctic Circle are an occasion to celebrate for some living things. But a night crawler might want to stay in its burrow.
Fossils of bizarre creatures called Macrauchenia have long baffled scientists, who used DNA to confirm when they diverged from horses, rhinos and tapirs.
Ice is sticky, but only to certain kinds of surfaces when conditions are just right for a shared ice layer to form between the surfaces and link them.
Six people are living in isolation for eight months on a volcano in Hawaii as part of a NASA-funded study to simulate human exploration of Mars. In the fourth episode of this 360-video series, the crew answers audience questions.
One of the best places to view August’s solar eclipse, Carbondale, home to Southern Illinois University, will host scientists and eclipse groupies.
Scientists developed a model to predict the spread of pin-tailed whydahs, and found they could strain native bird species in California, Texas and elsewhere.
Palm cockatoos are the only animals observed to use tools for rhythmic drumming, seemingly to attract mates, prompting speculation about the rise of human music.
A new initiative to beam messages into space may be our best shot yet at learning whether we’re alone in the universe. There’s just one problem: What if we’re not?...
Two people were found to have plague this week. What does the disease look like in the modern world, and why does it keep happening in New Mexico?...