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MAY 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A nuclear material processing facility overseen by the Department of Energy declared emergency May 9, due to the partial ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 16, 2017Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Haber–Bosch process of artificial nitrogen fixation revolutionized the agricultural world, the race ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Technology
The Sun produces more energy than anything else in our Solar System, and it does so through a process dubbed nuclear fus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Predators are always on the prowl for potentially satisfying meals. Their prey, on the other hand, are typically just as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Before something like the Solar System can be born, things in the general neighborhood start out as something known as a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Mankind may know how to farm, but as history shows, ants have been doing it long before humans even walked the Earth; pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
International Space Station astronauts conducted the 200th American spacewalk on Friday to perform repairs and general m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Health & Medicine
Whether it’s an elderly person with heart failure or an astronaut scheduled for a long-duration spaceflight to Mar ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 12, 2017Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Videos
What happens to the rain that doesn't ever reach the ground? This may sound like a trick question, but it's not. Yes, a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
As a part of the Cassini probe’s Grand Finale, it’s tasked with whizzing in between Saturn and its rings and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Videos
The human race is constantly evolving in response to our ever-changing environment. Arguably, with the swift progress of ...MAY 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2017Videos
Across the world, there are flowing bodies of water known as rivers and streams. These bodies of water are often found a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2017Earth & The Environment
The future for the environment is looking even grimmer as news that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided not to renew ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2017Infographics
Crimes of various magnitude happen in towns and cities across the UK every day. Without realizing it, criminals leave cl ...
MAY 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A nuclear material processing facility overseen by the Department of Energy declared emergency May 9, due to the partial
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Haber–Bosch process of artificial nitrogen fixation revolutionized the agricultural world, the race
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Technology
The Sun produces more energy than anything else in our Solar System, and it does so through a process dubbed nuclear fus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Predators are always on the prowl for potentially satisfying meals. Their prey, on the other hand, are typically just as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Before something like the Solar System can be born, things in the general neighborhood start out as something known as a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mankind may know how to farm, but as history shows, ants have been doing it long before humans even walked the Earth; pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
International Space Station astronauts conducted the 200th American spacewalk on Friday to perform repairs and general m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
Whether it’s an elderly person with heart failure or an astronaut scheduled for a long-duration spaceflight to Mar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Encroachment from human development and urbanization has been displacing animals for decades. Bears and coyotes often fa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Videos
What happens to the rain that doesn't ever reach the ground? This may sound like a trick question, but it's not. Yes, a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As a part of the Cassini probe’s Grand Finale, it’s tasked with whizzing in between Saturn and its rings and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Videos
The human race is constantly evolving in response to our ever-changing environment. Arguably, with the swift progress of
...
MAY 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2017
Videos
Across the world, there are flowing bodies of water known as rivers and streams. These bodies of water are often found a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The future for the environment is looking even grimmer as news that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided not to renew
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2017
Infographics
Crimes of various magnitude happen in towns and cities across the UK every day. Without realizing it, criminals leave cl
...