Science Jan 27 Underwater microphones capture the distinct sounds of iceberg births At the ocean’s edge, slabs of ice break off of glaciers and tumble into the water as icebergs. But these iceberg births are poorly understood. Scientists don’t know how the ice will break or how much the glacier will lose.
Science Jan 27 Kepler finds galaxy’s oldest solar system The Kepler Space Telescope found the oldest solar system in the galaxy. While digging through backlogged data from the Kepler telescope, scientists found Kepler-444, an 11.2 billion year-old star in the Milky Way orbited by at least five Earth-sized planets.
Nation Jan 26 Fracking brine leak in North Dakota reaches Missouri River, prompts state Democrats to call for more regulation A pipeline leak near Williston, North Dakota, that began January 6 has spilled 3 million gallons of brine -- a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing. The leak has reached the Missouri River, the Associated Press reported on Friday.
Science Jan 21 President calls climate change the ‘greatest threat to future generations’ in State of the Union Calling climate change the "greatest threat to future generations" in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Obama called out climate change deniers.
Science Jan 20 Obama calls climate change our greatest threat In President Barack Obama’s seventh state of the union address, he once again raised the issue of global climate change. As his second term nears its end, Obama has little time left to leave his legacy on energy and climate…
Science Jan 19 Mystery radio bursts from space recorded live for the first time, but leaves few answers On May 14, 2014, scientists at Swinburne University in Australia caught a huge high-energy burst of radio waves on CSIRO’s Parkes Radio Telescope in eastern Australia. Called a “fast radio burst”, the signal lasted a few milliseconds, but it gave…
Science Jan 16 In the Alaskan tundra, scientists dig up dirt on future climate change For thousands of years, Arctic grasses and plants have taken carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When the plants die, they are frozen in the tundra soil, making a vault of trapped carbon. As the planet warms, the vault is opening,…
Science Jan 15 How science sprung from the depths of the disposable baby diaper Microscopes can see cells at a nanometer resolution, but they're still limited. Then one day MIT scientists had an idea: what if they made the samples themselves bigger? It turns out the answer was inside disposable diapers.
Science Jan 14 Politics delayed Al Gore’s favorite satellite for 10 years, but in two weeks, it’ll fly The Triana satellite was the brainchild of Al Gore and promised to revolutionize climate science and inspire generations. But after political controversy and poor timing, the satellite spent more than a decade in storage. Now scientists have dusted it off…
Nation Jan 12 ‘Close but no cigar’ for SpaceX rocket bumpy landing On Saturday, SpaceX's fifth resupply capsule successfully docked at the ISS. But part of the mission was a flop.