Science

45 years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off into space

By Ariel Min

Forty-five years ago today, the historic liftoff of Apollo 11 was broadcast around the country as America sent the first humans to the moon.

Scans of preserved mammoth babies thaw details into ancient animals' development

By Justin Scuiletti

First of their kind scans of preserved infant woolly mammoths have made insight into the early stages of development for the 40,000 year-old prehistoric animals less fuzzy.

How math is growing more strawberries in California

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Growing strawberries takes water, sunshine, soil...and math. Mathematicians are helping farmers in the Parajo Valley grow more berries using less water with the power of numbers.

Russian physicist brothers plan to resurrect Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

The 20th century visionary competed with Thomas Edison and had a long list of inventions to his name: the Tesla coil, alternating current electricity, an electric motor, radio, X-rays and envisioning of the first smartphone technology in 1901.

Walk this way: Scientists recreate 410 million-year-old spider crawl

By Justin Scuiletti

Fossil records have allowed scientists to unlock a 410 million-year-old secret: the way an ancient arachnid crawled around.

Student science journalists tackle concussions, climate change and teaching physics

By Matt Ehrichs

We asked young journalists in our Student Reporting Labs to find out how science affected their communities. They found fellow student athletes coping with the pain of multiple concussions, inspirational physics teachers who launch eggs with lighter fluid and citizen…

Scientific journal Nature retracts controversial stem cell papers

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Last week, the scientific journal Nature retracted two papers which claimed that skin cells could be turned into stem cells.

Neuroscientists protest Human Brain Project

By Ariel Min

More than 100 leading neuroscientists protested European commission-funded Human Brain Project in an open letter Monday, criticizing that the $1.6 billion project to stimulate human brain will waste money and harm neuroscience.