Category: 7. Science

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

The goal of the French duo is to better understand the impact on world sea levels of any…

A new study suggests that certain spider web decorations help a spider figure out where prey has hit the web. The effect shows up as a small time advantage and, more importantly, as vibrations reaching more sensing points.

The work centers on the…

Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide is already manifesting itself in impacts beyond heat waves, melting ice, and rising seas. It…

Bowhead whales can live past 200 years, yet they rarely show the wear and tear we expect from such long lives.

A new study tracks that staying power to a protein that helps fix dangerous breaks in DNA, offering a fresh way to think about healthy…

There is a certain beauty in an empty glass jar. So unbroken and well-manufactured, it is a symbol of potential.

Taking the last sips from a bottle of wine or finishing off a jar of pasta sauce invokes, in some, the urge to clean and repurpose the…

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a leap forward in telescope technology since Hubble was launched in…

Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet’s off-world laboratory since it was first inserted into orbit in 2000, NOVA presents a two-part exploration of the venerable International Space Station with “Operation Space Station” on Nov. 5, 2025…

Humans weren’t just along for the ride in prehistoric Europe – they were already changing the world around them.

Long before farming or permanent villages, small groups of hunter-gatherers were shaping the land. We are only just beginning to…

NEW YORK — The moon will look slightly bigger and brighter Wednesday night during the closest supermoon of the year.

The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle, so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. A so-called…