All Science
- Explainer: What is the Heartland Institute?
Leaked documents from the Heartland Institute, which seeks to promote global warming skepticism, show an array of unlikely donors.
- Heartland's leaked documents show how climate skepticism spreads
Leaked internal documents from The Heartland Institute show how one organization is working to promote global warming denial.
- Supermassive black holes are cannibals, new research suggests
Astronomers have found black holes and supermassive black holes. But the discovery of a mid-size black hole could support the idea that supermassive black holes grow by eating others.
- Goats apparently have accents, report goat experts
A study of young goats found that the animals' social environment helps shape their calls.
- Why are so many dolphins beaching themselves on Cape Cod?
In the past month, 177 short-beaked common dolphins have beached themselves on Massachusetts's Cape Cod, and, despite rescue efforts, 124 have died.
- How a black hole survived the destruction of its galaxy
The Hubble telescope has spotted the remains of a destroyed galaxy, whose sole remains consist of a black hole and a cloud of gas, which has spawned a cluster of new stars.
- Obama's NASA budget: Mars takes a hit, but space science isn't dead
Two major Mars missions lost out to the James Web Space Telescope in Obama's proposed NASA budget, but there's still money for other ambitious space-science missions.
- Swiss scientists to build 'janitor satellite' to mop up space junk
A team of scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland, have announced a plan to build a satellite that would clear Earth's orbit of space debris.
- World's tiniest chameleon: How did it get so small?
Scientists recently discovered four new species of chameleons in Madagascar. One of them – Brookesia micra – is the smallest chameleon in the world. This species may have evolved through a phenomenon known as island dwarfism.
- Documents reveal Koch-funded group's plot to undermine climate science
Documents leaked from the 'free-market' Heartland Institute reveal payments to prominent climate-change deniers, a plan to create a fossil-fuel-friendly curriculum for Kindergartners, and efforts to 'keep opposing voices' out of the media.
- Scientists unravel mystery of humongous space explosion
Great Eruption of Eta Carinae, a massive star some 7,500 light-years away that suddenly lit up the night sky for a decade beginning in 1838 is one of the most studied objects in the Milky Way. But it continues to puzzle astronomers.
- Tidy Swiss scientists to build 'janitor satellites' to clean up space
Scientists in Laussanne, Switzerland, have announced a project to launch CleanSpace One, a small satellite that would remove debris from Earth's orbit.
- Why there are no more woolly mammoths
Last week, a video allegedly showing a live woolly mammoth stirred frenzied speculation over its authenticity. Even though it was quickly debunked, it captured the popular imagination. What is it about these shaggy elephants that enchants us, and why did they disappear from the earth?
- Hawk-eyed scientists spot world's smallest chameleon
A chameleon that could rest on the head of a match has been discovered by scientists on a island off Madagascar. The scientists also announced the discovery of three more species of tiny chameleons.
- NASA to exchange 'flagship' missions for small-ball projects
NASA is drastically scaling back its Mars exploration initiatives in exchange for smaller, more efficient missions, agency officials say.
- Will 2012 be the year scientists find the 'God Particle'?
Researchers at CERN are cranking up the power on their Large Hadron Collider, in a last-ditch attempt to uncover the Higgs Boson, the so-called God Particle thought to be responsible for giving matter the property of mass. This will be their last chance to find the elusive particle before the particle-smasher is shut down for an upgrade.
- Is NASA giving up on Mars?
NASA's 2013 budget includes deep cuts to its planetary science mission, particularly its efforts to send spacecraft to Mars. Instead, the space agency will focus on human spaceflight and infrared astronomy. Is NASA now heading down the wrong path?
- Will Japan hold a referendum to scrap nuclear power?
A year an earthquake and a tsunami caused the world's worst nuclear disaster in a quarter century, a group of activists in Osaka, Japan, are seeking to hold a referendum that would ban nuclear power for Osaka.
- Why you shouldn't expect a hoverboard any time soon
Researchers at NYU say they have made a breakthrough in understanding how insects manage to remain in one place in the air. But building vehicles that can do the same is a tall order.
- Obama's NASA budget favors a space telescope over Mars exploration
The proposed 2013 federal budget shifts funding away from missions to Mars and emphasizes manned spaceflight and astronomy.