All Science Notebook
Katherine Johnson: Remembering a brilliant mathematician, role modelKatherine Johnson blazed a trail into STEM for women and minorities through a three-decades long career at NASA.
Climate change gets personal. Can one individual make a difference?While COP25 delegates negotiate international rules for the Paris climate agreement, we explore the role of the individual in climate action.
New York Harbor: a no-go zone or an aquatic world?
A fond farewell to ‘the little rover that could’NASA's Opportunity rover has provided scientists with 15 years worth of data. But more than that, “Oppy became a beloved and uniting symbol of human tenacity, curiosity, endeavour.”
A cosmic shift in our perspectiveThis year marked two big anniversaries for American space exploration and changed how we see ourselves.
Finally, women see some science recognitionThe 2018 Nobel Prize will forever stand as a historic marker in the evolution of scientific recognition.
Why science reporters were thrown for a loop this weekThe breach of a popular online service for science journalists calls attention to news embargoes.
NASA spacecraft on way to asteroid to bring back samplesThe 4 billion-mile mission, ending in 2023, could help us learn about the origins of the solar system and protect the planet from future collisions with space rocks.
First LookTurtle shells might not have evolved for protection, say scientistsThanks in part to a fossil discovered by an eight-year-old, scientists have new insights into the mystery of why turtle shells evolved.
K2 mission confirms 104 new alien planetsConfirmed exoplanets are still pouring in from Kepler data, even after the 2013 malfunction that led to the rebooted mission, K2. The spacecraft has now added over a hundred more confirmed exoplanets to its impressive exoplanet hunting resume.
First LookHow NASA's Pluto mission 'revolutionized' planetary scienceNASA's mission to Pluto shattered any misconceptions that scientists or the public might have had about the complexity of dwarf planets.
First LookNettie Stevens, biology pioneer: A role model for female scientists?Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Nettie Stevens, the biologist who discovered that sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes, at a time when women are seeing their greatest scientific success in biology.
South Pole rescue flight of 2 sick workers leaves AntarcticaThere have only been three emergency evacuations at the Amundsen-Scott station since 1999, and rescuers on this occasion had to brave the pitch dark and extreme cold of Antarctic winter.
First LookAstronomers spot infant exoplanet: What can it teach us?Researchers say K2-33b, the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected, could offer valuable insights into how planets are formed.
First LookStrawberry moon: Rare astronomical coincidence promises an extra bright solsticeThis year's solstice will be the brightest in decades, thanks to unusual timing of a Strawberry Moon.
First LookWill Bezos's Blue Origin be the first company to send tourists to space?Blue Origin launched and landed its unmanned New Shepard for the fourth time, but SpaceX promises to venture farther into space at a cheaper price.
First LookWhy ancient butter keeps turning up in Irish bogs'Bog butter' may have had semi-religious significance during the time in which it was buried.
First LookAstronomers discover colossal, real-life 'Tatooine'It's unlikely to contain life, but the Jupiter-sized planet is the largest real-life version of Tatooine, the fictional world that boasts two suns from 'Star Wars.'
First LookPeriodic table to add four manmade elements. What should we call them?The periodic table of elements is to be graced by four new members, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has just announced their proposed names.
First LookTechnology transfer: NASA opens vault of space-age patentsThe space agency has released more than 50 previously patented technologies that could be adopted by innovators to spur America's economy.
