Category: 9. Sci/Tech

For more than two decades, Earth has slowly been growing darker. Using 24 years of data from NASA’s Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES), researchers have learned that this encroaching darkness is because Earth is reflecting less…

Once considered Earth’s last frontiers, the Arctic and Antarctic regions tested human limits like no other. The Endurance expedition of 1915 remains one of history’s greatest survival stories, an enduring testament to resilience and the will…

The misfortune of the British naval ship HMS Endurance resulted in one of the most famous…

We have entered cold and flu season, and two new variants of COVID are doing the rounds: Nimbus and Stratus. While they each have a few tricky mutations that allow them to spread more quickly and easily than some earlier variants, there is no…

We have officially passed the autumnal equinox — meaning that for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, the nights are now longer than the days. While it may require saying a temporary adieu to balmy summer evenings, it does offer…

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine have been revealed.

Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E…

“In their rush to move quickly, they are adding to the long-term collision hazard,” McKnight said.

The deputy head of China’s national space agency, Bian Zhigang, addressed the International Astronautical Congress on Monday. He was asked…