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Earth is the third planet from the sun and the only astronomcial object known to harbor life, and the only planet to sustain liquid water on the surface.
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AUG 30, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature sheds light on a recent development in seismology: scientists are now able to use machi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 29, 2018Space & Astronomy
Sending missions to Mars isn’t as easy as it may seem at first glance. The solar system is continuously shifting a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2018Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, opinions vary from one person to the next concerning how to go about it. But a new ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2018Space & Astronomy
Immediately following New Horizons’ historic Pluto fly-by in 2015, NASA began planning the spacecraft’s next ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new bill which would require 100% of California’s electricity to come from carbon-free sources by 2045 was voted ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 29, 2018Neuroscience
Going to space is a dream for many. Astronauts are viewed almost as superheroes, but the dangers of space travel cannot ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Mount Everest, which sports a height of approximately 29,000 feet, is the tallest mountain on Earth. But if you were to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in the solar system, and planetary scientists have been debating about how it formed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The classification of organisms into groups, taxonomy, has taken an important step forward.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
While exploring the depths of the universe, astronomers from Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2018Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2018Videos
Our planet hosts some very special microbes that live in some crazy places; they are called extremophiles.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture and habitat loss have put huge pressures on bee populations. Those aren't the only problems bees are facing.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen a red tide? If you live in Florida near the coast, it’s unlikely that you’ve been able to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters uses the San Gabriel Valley Basin in California as a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
These baby pandas are only 18 days old and the fact that they're both alive right now is likely only due to t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 23, 2018Microbiology
Researchers suggest that we take time to learn more about the synthetic chemicals we're releasing into the environment.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Parts of our world already have to deal with periods of drought, and it may only get worse.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
There are so many asteroids in the solar system that it’s challenging to keep track of them. In fact, many asteroi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
Just this week, NASA announced a significant milestone regarding the space agency’s InSight mission. The spacecraf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature sheds light on a recent development in seismology: scientists are now able to use machi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 29, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Sending missions to Mars isn’t as easy as it may seem at first glance. The solar system is continuously shifting a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, opinions vary from one person to the next concerning how to go about it. But a new
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Immediately following New Horizons’ historic Pluto fly-by in 2015, NASA began planning the spacecraft’s next
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new bill which would require 100% of California’s electricity to come from carbon-free sources by 2045 was voted
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 29, 2018
Neuroscience
Going to space is a dream for many. Astronauts are viewed almost as superheroes, but the dangers of space travel cannot
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Mount Everest, which sports a height of approximately 29,000 feet, is the tallest mountain on Earth. But if you were to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is the largest-known planet in the solar system, and planetary scientists have been debating about how it formed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The classification of organisms into groups, taxonomy, has taken an important step forward.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While exploring the depths of the universe, astronomers from Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2018
Videos
Our planet hosts some very special microbes that live in some crazy places; they are called extremophiles.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture and habitat loss have put huge pressures on bee populations. Those aren't the only problems bees are facing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen a red tide? If you live in Florida near the coast, it’s unlikely that you’ve been able to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters uses the San Gabriel Valley Basin in California as a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
These baby pandas are only 18 days old and the fact that they're both alive right now is likely only due to t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 23, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers suggest that we take time to learn more about the synthetic chemicals we're releasing into the environment.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Parts of our world already have to deal with periods of drought, and it may only get worse.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
There are so many asteroids in the solar system that it’s challenging to keep track of them. In fact, many asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Just this week, NASA announced a significant milestone regarding the space agency’s InSight mission. The spacecraf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan