Let's hear it for the trailblazers.This week, the winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, medicine, chemistry and literature were announced, as well as the Nobel Peace Prize.The research, discoveries and contributions of these individuals cannot be understated -- they…
At five o'clock in the morning, the esteemed 86-year-old astrophysicist Jim Peebles was woken suddenly by the telephone ringing."In previous experience, the only phone calls at that time of night are bad news," he said. This one was great news."The…
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) acknowledged Friday that access to a "safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a basic human right for the first time.Despite criticism from some countries, including the United States and United Kingdom, ahead…
Swimming deep in the Pacific Ocean, a group of little-known killer whales that eat large sea mammals including grey whale calves has been found, researchers say.In a recently-published catalog, researchers from the University of British Columbia examined 13 years of…
Capt. Kirk cracks Anderson Cooper up with his real-life trip to the final frontier, a "Hamilton" star sends a history teacher a message, and surveillance videos across Colorado capture an "event of a lifetime" on camera. These are the must-watch…
The Draconid meteor shower is expected to peak on Friday, October 8, and last through October 10, bringing with it a drizzle of meteors for dedicated stargazers.The Draconids are notoriously "sleepy" showers, only producing five meteors per hour most years,…
When its Chang'e-5 mission landed on the moon in December 2020, China became only the third country to collect lunar rocks and soil.The mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, brought back the first fresh lunar samples…
Images captured by the Perseverance rover have allowed scientists to peer back in time at what Mars was like billions of years ago.Jezero Crater, the rover's exploration site on Mars, was a quiet lake 3.7 billion years ago. A small…
Turkey became the last G20 nation to ratify the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, almost six years after initially signing it, but at the same time, lawmakers protested a key detail -- the country's classification as a developed nation.Turkish environment…
The United Arab Emirates is setting a course for Venus and the main asteroid belt. The new interplanetary mission, announced by the UAE Space Agency on Tuesday, will launch in 2028.The spacecraft will go on a five-year expedition, orbiting Venus…
A businessman in Atlanta changed his passwords because he thought his phone had been hacked.A Long Island woman who sells vintage items on Instagram lost revenue when she was forced to cancel a sale event. And a graduate student in…
After nearly half a century, the mystery of Manu is finally solved.In 1973, scientist Robin Foster discovered a plant with bright orange fruit shaped like paper lanterns inside Peru's Manu National Park.It's now been classified as Aenigmanu alvareziae, or Mystery…
Before the advent of Covid-19 vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had outbreaks, Jen Christensen reports.But by February, when seniors were being vaccinated in greater numbers,…
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, two scientists honored for creating "an ingenious tool for building molecules" that has helped develop new drugs and make chemistry greener.The pair were announced as…
During much-anticipated testimony Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen repeatedly pointed outside of the country for examples of how the social network could be used to dangerous ends -- so much so that lawmakers…
Microscopic tardigrades have thrived on Earth for more than 500 million years, and may well outlive humans, but the tiny creatures don't leave behind many fossils.Hiding in plain sight, the third-ever tardigrade fossil on record has been found suspended within…
On this sizzling exoplanet hundreds of light-years from Earth, droplets of iron rain fall from the sky at night.Now, researchers have also detected sodium and ionized calcium in the planet's atmosphere, based on observations from the Gemini North Telescope, which…
A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch.The DART mission, or NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space…
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, whose groundbreaking work over the past 60 years predicted climate change and decoded complex physical systems.Manabe, 90, and Hasselmann, 89, were jointly honored…
Everyone needs a break.My technology-cluttered surroundings were replaced recently with mountain trails and a lake where sunlight scattered like diamonds.Standing at the base of two converging waterfalls, the fine spray of mist on my face, I was reminded that natural…
