Seismic data captured the sound of awe during a solar eclipse
From the hush of people coming to a standstill to the reverberations of fans, seismic data can capture the ebbs and flows of human activity.
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Like soap operas, 75 feet up: How bald eagle nest cams hook online communities
Across the country, some 50 bald eagle nests fitted with cameras broadcast up-close views of raptor family life. Every spring, as eggs hatch and eaglets
Could this conference be a ‘turning point’ for the world’s use of fossil fuels?
Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways
Lawsuits accuse State Farm of secretly working to cut insurance payouts
Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage. The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs
‘He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor’: The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
In this excerpt from “The Story of Birds”, author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came
The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought
Recent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that’s true, then the universe could end much sooner than we
Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual
Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.
First-of-its-kind map of the mouse nose reveals surprises about the sense of smell
A new map shows how smell receptors in the mouse nose are precisely organized into tight bands based on type.
1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian’s Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain
Archaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian’s Wall in
Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe’ Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.
Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe’ Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the
Science in Space
Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science
Scientists see Trump’s firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of
The MAHA movement is mad about the weedkiller glyphosate and Trump’s EPA
The coalition focused on making Americans healthier is frustrated with the Trump administration’s stance on environmental toxins and most recently, its support of the company
Millions of homes in the U.S. are uninsured. NPR wants to hear your story
Millions of homes in the U.S. are uninsured, partly because insurance costs have soared in recent years. NPR wants to hear about the coverage decisions