Category: Science

Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world’s attention is elsewhere.

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar

The vital commercial artery depends on a supply of fresh water to move ships between the two oceans. Drought conditions that were once rare could

Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed during a spacewalk in January 2017.

If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the second law of thermodynamics: Heat flows spontaneously from hotter bodies to colder

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute. (Image credit:

Astrophysicist David McComas is leading a new NASA mission to the point between Earth and the sun, where scientists hope to study the boundary of

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm, genes from skin cells, and the

These are the best fitness trackers for swimming you can buy in every category, from best overall to best for customization.

The Alen BreatheSmart 35i easily lives up to its name, offering superb air-cleaning performance and some of the best smart features on the market.

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

Dame Jane Goodall, the world’s preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.

The Bering Land Bridge likely didn’t emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This narrows the window of when humans

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North America.