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Before it showed us distant reaches of the universe, the Hubble telescope...
Watch VideoRELATED LINKS25 years of the Hubble telescope in 25 stunning photos Looks like there’s a party in deep space and Hubble’s got the photos Hubble’s new high-definition pic shows Pillars of...
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How maps packed with data help scientists fight malaria
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSOvertreating Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa New Vaccine Aims to Take Major Bite out of Malaria’s Toll in Africa Texting to Track Malaria Supplies JUDY...
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New species of Costa Rican glass frog bears resemblance to Kermit
A real-life Kermit the Frog was discovered in Costa Rica >> http://t.co/qO2f4ZTKUY pic.twitter.com/twPZMmqhCo — Discovery (@Discovery) April 21, 2015 A new glass frog species that bears an...
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Why the Nepal earthquake may have been inevitable
A local villager walks carrying a child amid debris following Saturday’s earthquake, at Paslang village in Gorkha, Nepal. Geologists say another earthquake in the region is inevitable. Photo by Athit...
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NASA Probe Ends Mercury Mission With A Bang
This image shows planet Mercury’s Shakespeare basin, where the MESSENGER spacecraft collided on Thursday after its 11-year mission. Image by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics...
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It’s not easy to sever a human spine. Here’s why
Illustration of a human neck. Getty Images Baltimore City’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby at a press conference today said that Freddie Gray “suffered a severe and critical neck injury” as a result of...
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Using humor to protect ‘ugly’ animals, because they can’t all be as cute as...
The male hooded seal inflates its nasal cavity which appears like a big red bladder at the top of its head. It’s used as an acoustic device to ward off hostile species. Photo by Doug Allan/naturepl.com...
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Mission to Mars may warp astronaut brains
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover captured this mosaic of the dusty Martian landscape, with its tracks visible to the right. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. One day,...
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Genius and autism may share genetic link, study finds
Four-year-old Italian child prodigy Gigino Solana, who possesses an amazing memory and a working knowledge of the sciences is seen here in a photograph from Feb. 6, 1956. Child prodigies and their...
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Some large herbivores may be at risk of extinction, study finds
An armed ranger talks on his radio in front of a white rhinoceros at the Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation Park near Marondera, east of the capital Harare. A new study found that roughly 60 percent...
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Scientists find large water system beneath Antarctica’s dry valleys
Blood Falls, the unique red-hued liquid emerging from below the surface of Antarctica’s dry valleys is connected to brines beneath, according to recently published findings. Credit: Jill Mikucki, 2014...
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Fiery eruptions on Earth and in space caught on camera
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio In our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to...
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Computer scientists prove 80s pop music is boring
Computer analysis says new wavers like Duran Duran (pictured here), arena rockers like Van Halen and dance pop stars like Madonna marked a period of low diversity in popular music. Photo by Michael...
View ArticleAstronaut Chris Hadfield describes his first trip into space
Astronaut Chris Hadfield describes blasting off into space for the first time. Video by Business Insider. In a sit down interview with Business Insider, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield describes the...
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How smart is today’s artificial intelligence?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSTeaching computers how to play Atari better than humans Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way Carnegie Mellon...
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NASA’s Curiosity captures blue sunset on the Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity rover captures a Martian sunset. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a blue sunset on the Red Planet. The sight was poetic enough to...
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Why we’re teaching computers to diagnose cancer
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSHow smart is today’s artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence program teaches itself to play Atari games — and it can beat your high score Human...
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Smithsonian’s mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites
Migrant bird or summer freeloader? Wild black-crowned night-heron have invaded the Smithsonian National Zoo for more than 100 years — and scientists are just beginning to unravel where they are the...
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Is gender identity biologically hard-wired?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSHere’s what most people get wrong about the transgender community The quiet revolution behind the word ‘transgender’ Oxford English Dictionary could soon...
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See the strange creatures NOAA found at the bottom of the sea
Each year, the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer maps an area of the seafloor the size of West Virginia. When compared to the total Atlantic Ocean, which spans 41 million square miles, West Virginia’s not so...
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