A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home, and scientists found clues about the origins of life |
A small piece of space history arrived through the roof of a New Jersey house.…
Category: Science
Japan is building a system to beam wireless electricity from space directly to Earth: Inside the OHISAMA mission that could change how we power our homes |
Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), a technology Japan is currently pioneering to ensure a sustainable future,…
In Massachusetts, sheep came to a solar farm looking for shade and ended up mowing the grass beneath the panels, turning clean energy land into a grazing site |
Across Massachusetts, an unusual partnership is bringing renewable energy and traditional farming together on the…
Scientists studied 30 Sierra Nevada ponds that can swing 20°C in a day. Shrinking snowpack may make them smaller, warmer and more nutrient-rich
Sierra Nevada pond during low- and high-snowfall years, showing how snow levels change the landscape.…
Japan’s abandoned rice fields are being restored into year-round wetlands to replenish groundwater and bring back frogs, dragonflies and endangered aquatic wildlife
A restored wetland area surrounded by our Natural Water Sanctuary. (Picture source: Suntory) For years,…
Chicago-sized iceberg A-84 breaks away from Antarctica: Scientists warn melting ice could raise sea level and threaten coastal cities from New York to Mumbai |
Image Credit: Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute. In January 2025, a massive event occurred at the…
Scientists find two tiny frogs living together in a misty Peruvian forest above 3,000 metres |
Deep inside the mountains of Peru, scientists have discovered two tiny frog species that were…
Dutch cities are replacing solid concrete surfaces with grass-filled paving blocks that absorb rainwater and help keep urban areas cooler |
Cities in the Netherlands are experimenting with a greener approach to urban surfaces by using…
Scientists discovered a plastic-eating fungus in the Amazon rainforest that survives without oxygen and could one day help tackle landfill waste worldwide |
Deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, scientists discovered a fungus with an extraordinary ability that…
Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |
For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a…