Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution
Some gene variants became consistently more or less frequent over time in ancient human populations — a sign…
Christine Fréchette became Quebec’s newest premier today. Here’s how she got here
It has been just four years since Christine Fréchette took office with the Coalition Avenir Québec. On Wednesday…
Scientists Found Literal Ink From Ballpoint Pens in Martian Meteorites
Stuff from Mars often makes headlines for a variety of reasons, but here’s something that you’ve probably never…
Scientists Figured Out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding, But the Answer Is Troubling – VICE
Scientists Figured Out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding, But the Answer Is Troubling VICEInternational Collaboration Helps Pinpoint Universe’s…
Farmer Spots A Large Dirt Mound — Then Meets The ‘Beautiful’ Animal Who Made It
On an otherwise flat stretch of road through farmland in Brazil, a large mound of red dirt had…
Sonoma Water faces potential lawsuit over massive January sewage spill into Russian River
A Sebastopol environmental watchdog group has threatened to sue Sonoma Water and the small sewer district it operates…
NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
Having demonstrated that it has the operational capability to transport humans safely to the moon and back, the…
First baby elephant born at the National Zoo in over two decades making public debut
First baby elephant born at the National Zoo in over two decades making public debut Updated: 11:42 AM…
‘Human evolution didn’t slow down; we were just missing the signal’: Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldness
Over the past 10,000 years, natural selection has contributed to the evolution of nearly 500 genes in the…
Environmental groups urge California to track methane from reservoirs
Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry,…
‘Something’s missing’: Most thorough-ever study of the cosmos proves we still can’t explain how the universe is expanding
There’s a central crisis in cosmology: Different measurements yield different values for the expansion rate of the universe.…
Photographer Reflects on Epic Career Capturing Great White Sharks on ’60 Minutes’
Wildlife photographer Chris Fallows, known for his striking images of great white sharks in False Bay, spoke with…