Science

Scientists urge moratorium after Chinese ‘edit’ human embryos
Global scientists on Thursday renewed calls to halt controversial research to genetically edit human embryos after a Chinese team published details of...
Defying the odds, Hubble telescope still going strong after 25 years
NASA on Thursday marked the silver anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with fireworks, of a celestial kind, conveyed by the orbiting observatory...
Custom-made humans? Scientists edit embryo genomes for the first time
Chinese scientists have edited the genomes of human embryos - the first time this procedure has been carried out. Their announcement confirms widespread...
Quiz from space: U.S. astronaut launches Twitter geography test
American astronaut Scott Kelly has launched a geography quiz on Twitter and will post a picture from the International Space Station each week so fans...
No place like home: NASA celebrates planet’s beauty on Earth Day
NASA is marking Earth Day with the release of incredible new images and video of planet Earth captured from the International Space Station (ISS).
Endangered no more? agency proposes lifting status for humpback whales
Hawaii’s federal government on Monday proposed removing most of the world’s humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the massive...
Offspring of cold war crocs going to Cuba on conservation mission
Cuba’s efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of reptiles that former leader...
Fish take cross-Pacific trip in boat wrecked by 2011 tsunami
Scientists say 21 yellowtail jacks and one Asian striped knifejaw have been quarantined in the U.S.
Rising ‘ides’: Mar 2015 on record as hottest month since 1880
There’s been a new record in the planet’s temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday.
NASA electric rover goes for a spin
Driving NASA’s Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV) looks out of this world - and the leading space agency says this might one day be a possibility. A...
Snap, crackle, pop - study reveals secret behind knuckle-cracking
Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes...
In focus: Blurry Pluto to become clear with NASA flyby
The best picture we have of Pluto is a blurry, pixelated blob, but that’s about to change when a NASA spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the...
Gray Whale makes record swim from Russia to Mexico - and back
The western gray whale now holds the record as the mammal with the longest known migration, researchers say.
Scientists unveil detailed map of universe’s dark matter
In a first, cosmologists have generated an enormous map of the distribution of dark matter in our universe, tracing the invisible substance by monitoring...
It matters: Scientists unveil detailed map of universe’s dark matter
In a first, cosmologists have generated an enormous map of the distribution of dark matter in our universe, tracing the invisible substance by monitoring...
ISSpresso: Space station getting gourmet Italian espresso maker
The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level: Aboard the SpaceX supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from...
High on caffeine? Space station gets Italian espresso maker
The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level: Aboard the SpaceX supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from...
Caffeine High: Space station getting Italian espresso maker
The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level: Aboard the SpaceX supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from...
Mysterious fairy circles in Namib desert share skin cell characteristics
Dotting the arid grasslands of Namibia, fairy circles have long baffled scientists as to how these round grassy patches form and why they disappear for...
Oldest Neanderthal DNA found in Italian skeleton
The calcite-encrusted skeleton of an ancient human, still embedded in rock deep inside a cave in Italy, has yielded the oldest Neanderthal DNA ever found.
Scientists recover oldest Neanderthal DNA from Italian skeleton
The calcite-encrusted skeleton of an ancient human, still embedded in rock deep inside a cave in Italy, has yielded the oldest Neanderthal DNA ever found.
‘Freak weather event’ sends Antarctic temperatures soaring
A remarkable heat wave warmed Antarctica’s northernmost peninsula to slightly above 17ºC  in March – a record high for the normally...
Cern’s Large Hadron Collider restarts with sights set on dark matter
It’s a great day for particle physics fans: After a two-year hiatus, researchers and engineers have restarted the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Shortest ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse of the century thrills skywatchers
The moon passed into the Earth’s shadow before early Saturday, turning most of the lunar surface a deep, blood-red color in a total lunar eclipse...
'Blood Moon' dazzles skywatchers during lunar eclipse
The Moon was tinged with red for a short lunar eclipse seen by stargazers in parts of the Pacific Rim earlier today.
Playing a sorry tuna: Only one bluefin remains after mass deaths in aquarium
Experts have been left baffled after nearly 160 fish mysteriously died in an aquarium at a Japanese sea life park in the last four months. Just one...
'Impossible' feat: Scientists track migration with tiny bird backpacks
Scientists have documented the “near impossible” migration of a 12 g songbird from the forests of New England and eastern Canada to Caribbean...
'Impossible' feat: Scientists track warbler migration with tiny bird backpacks
Scientists have documented the “near impossible” migration of a 12 gram songbird from the forests of New England and eastern Canada to Caribbean...
Solar plane lands in China in round-the-world bid
The Solar Impulse (Si2), the solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, landed in China on Monday, completing...
Plane sailing: Round-the-world solar aircraft touches down in China
The Solar Impulse (Si2), the solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, left landed in China Monday, completing...

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