50 Years Ago

In the 1970s, NASA’s Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury. Only one other probe has made the journey and another one is on its way. Read More

Science News celebrates 100 years

In its first century of service, the organization published accurate, objective journalism in its Science News magazine, advised government agencies, cultivated the nation’s top science talent ... Read More

New Species of Electric Eel Is the Most Shocking Yet

For more than 250 years, scientists have known ... catfish than other families of eels. Native to the fresh waters of South America and Mexico, the gymnotiformes are mostly nocturnal and use weak ... Read More

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April 16 (UPI) -- Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona ... The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced it will work to create time standards ... Read More

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April 19, 2024 • When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance ... Read More

Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going

Billy Barr first began recording snow and weather data more than 50 years ago as a freshly minted Rutgers University environmental science graduate ... So-called citizen scientists have long ... Read More

Colorado man's 50-year snowfall tracking in Rockies garners praise from scientists

Barr's data has continually helped scientists who work ... snow and weather data more than 50 years ago as a freshly minted Rutgers University environmental science graduate in Gothic, Colorado ... Read More

Scientists Show Eel Breeding Grounds For The First Time

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. One of nature’s most mystifying questions has been where European ... Read More

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38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed ... Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make ... Read More

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With every new particle accelerator built for research, scientists have an opportunity ... a long-term drying trend over the past 7,800 years. This discovery, based on the analysis of a stalagmite ... Read More

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Jan. 30, 2024 — Researchers have developed artificial muscles that are lighter, safer and more robust than their predecessors. The newly developed actuators have a novel type of shell structure ... Read More

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In recent years, material scientists have thus been ... Last September, the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, discovered JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was ... Read More