There are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn pass | Fossil fuels
When Christiaan van Woudenberg moved to Erie, Colorado, in 2007, he never imagined he would become an anti-fracking…
Almost everyone assumes Venus is our nearest neighbour, but averaged across its orbit the planet closest to Earth is actually Mercury
Most people would say Venus is Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour. Averaged across its orbit, though, the planet that…
Researchers make moiré 2D materials without stacking, twisting
Cornell researchers have developed a new way to create moiré patterns – atomic-scale structures that can give materials…
UH astronomy alumnus honored as outstanding young scientist
Reading time: < 1 minuteGagandeep Anand A University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) alumnus has been recognized…
Arabica Coffee Tumbles on Brazil Harvest Pressures
Coffee in a cup on a background of coffee beans by Zadorozhnyi Viktor via Shutterstock July arabica coffee…
Almost all the gold on Earth — every wedding ring, every coin, every gram in every bank vault — was forged in the collision of dead stars billions of years ago, in events so violent that a single one can produce hundreds of Earth-masses of gold, and the heavy elements were then scattered across the galaxy before our sun was even born
On 17 August 2017, two neutron stars in a galaxy called NGC 4993, about 130 million light-years from…
Fluorescent spider and armored cricket among incredible discoveries in Angola
Summary An expedition to a remote plateau in Angola has discovered dozens of species potentially new to science.…
NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base
A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for…
Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories
Democrats said Tuesday they intend to fight the Trump administration’s plan to eradicate a deep-ocean observation system critical…
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs did not just leave a crater, it turned the sky into a weapon, and the worst damage may have come after the impact itself was already over
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid roughly 10 to 12 kilometres across struck a shallow, sulfur-rich carbonate…
Meet Calmaria Incredibilis: The two-headed snake from China that fooled scientists for years until DNA proved it!
Snakes are interesting and scary creatures. While they have a revered image in various cultures across the world,…
Zombie sea cucumbers
It began as a fortuitous observation in a seawater tank. A small piece of sea cucumber left behind…