Follow
Earth
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.
-
DEC 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Anyone who follows Elon Musk knows that he often takes to Twitter to summarize his plans for SpaceX, Tesla, and his othe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists succeeded in creating bacteria that carry two additional nucleotide bases in their genetic code.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
Volcanoes in New England?! Not quite. A new study published in the journal Geology from Rutgers University researchers s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 30, 2017Videos
Whenever you look up at the sky at night, you'll see a bevy of stars from distant stellar systems. On the other hand, yo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Technology
The new design entails the use of an array of smaller, drifting U-shaped screens that will be equipped with sea anchors ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The gamma-ray emission cascades caused by lightning strikes. Credit: Kyoto University/Teruaki Enoto Lightning and radiat ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 29, 2017Videos
Space junk continues to be a significant problem. The more we launch, the more garbage we leave in outer space to orbit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2017Technology
The astronauts aboard the ISS and people on Earth are sharing their unique perspectives of each other this week.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Modern discoveries indicate that many dinosaurs might have been feathered like birds rather than scaly as popular Hollyw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2017Videos
From time to time, astronauts get asked to perform spacewalks in which they exit the safety of the International Space S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
The UK is anticipating a step forward for the environment. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced last week in his budget s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
If monitoring the Earth from above is on your to-do list, then two of the best ways to go about it are with drones or sa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2017Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Balinese and many tourists all have their eyes toward the sky, watching the ash that has been spewing from Mount Agu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 24, 2017Technology
The Zera™ Food Recycler is a kitchen device that can turn food scraps into fertilizer within 24 hours.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 23, 2017Technology
This project pioneers a new wind energy storage system that relies on both the turbines and a pumped-storage hydro power ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from University of Pennsylvania researchers explains the geophysics behind how rivers resist erosion. Publis ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 22, 2017Videos
In the middle of October, news sites lit up with the headline that astronomers found the first-known interstellar space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2017Videos
From time to time, explosions take place on the surface of the Sun, creating what are called coronal mass ejections (CME ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you went to Mars and took a closer look at some of the planet’s steepest slopes, then you would probably come a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
Breaking news from Nebraska on Monday regarding a vote in favor of the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline brings cont ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Anyone who follows Elon Musk knows that he often takes to Twitter to summarize his plans for SpaceX, Tesla, and his othe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists succeeded in creating bacteria that carry two additional nucleotide bases in their genetic code.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Volcanoes in New England?! Not quite. A new study published in the journal Geology from Rutgers University researchers s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Whenever you look up at the sky at night, you'll see a bevy of stars from distant stellar systems. On the other hand, yo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Technology
The new design entails the use of an array of smaller, drifting U-shaped screens that will be equipped with sea anchors
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The gamma-ray emission cascades caused by lightning strikes. Credit: Kyoto University/Teruaki Enoto Lightning and radiat
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 29, 2017
Videos
Space junk continues to be a significant problem. The more we launch, the more garbage we leave in outer space to orbit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2017
Technology
The astronauts aboard the ISS and people on Earth are sharing their unique perspectives of each other this week.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern discoveries indicate that many dinosaurs might have been feathered like birds rather than scaly as popular Hollyw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2017
Videos
From time to time, astronauts get asked to perform spacewalks in which they exit the safety of the International Space S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The UK is anticipating a step forward for the environment. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced last week in his budget s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If monitoring the Earth from above is on your to-do list, then two of the best ways to go about it are with drones or sa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Balinese and many tourists all have their eyes toward the sky, watching the ash that has been spewing from Mount Agu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 24, 2017
Technology
The Zera™ Food Recycler is a kitchen device that can turn food scraps into fertilizer within 24 hours.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 23, 2017
Technology
This project pioneers a new wind energy storage system that relies on both the turbines and a pumped-storage hydro power
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from University of Pennsylvania researchers explains the geophysics behind how rivers resist erosion. Publis
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 22, 2017
Videos
In the middle of October, news sites lit up with the headline that astronomers found the first-known interstellar space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2017
Videos
From time to time, explosions take place on the surface of the Sun, creating what are called coronal mass ejections (CME
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you went to Mars and took a closer look at some of the planet’s steepest slopes, then you would probably come a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Breaking news from Nebraska on Monday regarding a vote in favor of the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline brings cont
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan