ROME — Scientists on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history of the Earth’s atmosphere in an Antarctic vault for future generations…
Read more As global warming melts glaciers, a novel sanctuary in Antarctica is opening to preserve ice samplesGreenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many…
Read more Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth miningHave you ever watched as a child stares into an aquarium with awe? Whether it’s the song “Baby Beluga” or the movie Finding Nemo, kids love all things…
Read more 34 Ocean Activities, Experiments, and Crafts for Kids To Dive IntoLONDON — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in…
Read more Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thoughtWASHINGTON — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas…
Read more All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study showsScience can be a heavy topic. Whether you’re learning or teaching, all that deep thinking can sometimes give you a brain cramp! Thank goodness science can be pretty…
Read more 125 Cheesy Science Jokes for the ClassroomIn the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6…
Read more PHOTOS: 66 million-year-old dinosaur ‘mummy’ skin was actually a perfect clay maskScientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were…
Read more Dinosaurs thriving in North America before mass-extinction asteroid strike: StudyCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday.…
Read more New NASA Mars rover findings provide strong hints of potential signs of ancient lifeABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic — Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now…
Read more Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty worldABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic — Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now…
Read more Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty worldThis story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. For more than 10 years, Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues have been studying the ocean…
Read more The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean FloorNASA is working with students at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Meyers, Florida. They are using technology to work with future scientists to analyze water quality.”We are…
Read more College students team up with NASA for innovative water quality researchJune 2023 did not seem like an exceptional month at the time. It was the warmest June in the instrumental temperature record, but monthly records haven’t exactly been…
Read more Each of the Past 12 Months Broke Temperature RecordsFriday morning at around 10:30 local time, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake popped three miles below Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Though nowhere near the magnitude of the West Coast’s…
Read more Why the East Coast Earthquake Covered So Much GroundEvery day is chock-full of new discoveries when you are a kindergartner! These hands-on kindergarten science experiments and activities take advantage of kids’ boundless curiosity. They’ll learn about…
Read more 40 Fun Kindergarten Science Activities for Budding ScientistsAny kid who’s ever seen The Lion King certainly already knows a bit about food chains and food webs (“It’s the CIIIIRRRR-CLE … the circle of LIFE!”). It’s a…
Read more 25 Fun Food Web and Food Chain ActivitiesJAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, causing panic and sending people into the streets, but there were no…
Read more Strong quake shakes main Indonesia island; no tsunami alertKAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Rivers of glowing lava oozing from the world’s largest volcano could swallow the main highway linking the east and west coasts of Hawaii’s Big Island…
Read more Hawaii volcano’s lava oozes toward key Big Island highwayKAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Waves of orange, glowing lava and ash blasted and billowed from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials…
Read more Lava from Hawaii volcano lights night sky amid warnings
