As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming
Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it ...
What is the roundest animal?
It's fairly uncommon to find a spherical creature, although they're more common in the sea than on land. So which one is...
Science word of the day: Neuroplasticity
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Second half of summer to bring chances for rain but heatwave threat persists
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Diamonds and 'cab to orbit': The rocket aiming to transform India's space ambitions
Image source, Skyroot AerospaceImage caption, Vikram-1 is set to take off from the Indian Space Research Organisation&#x...
What this desert city can teach the world about tackling heat deaths
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Remembering 'Ulysses 31', the '80s cartoon that transported 'The Odyssey' to outer space
So much more than the earwormiest theme song in the galaxy.
These 'metallic' dunes on Mars look like sci-fi. What are they really?
New images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter have captured strange-looking waves on the Red Planet.
The Perseid meteor shower starts this week. Here's why you should look up now
The Perseid meteor shower begins on July 17 alongside two others, making "shooting stars" likely any night this month an...
'Aliens' at 40: Here are 26 reasons why James Cameron's sequel is still the greatest sci-fi action movie of all time
Sorry, "Predator", but four decades later, this is still the sub-genre's high watermark
The Latest Texas Floods Tested Warning Systems. This Time, They Passed.
A lack of sirens and flood forecasting systems made the state’s Hill Country vulnerable to deadly floods last summer. Th...
Rudolph Marcus, Who Illuminated Electrochemical Processes, Dies at 102
He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, respi...