Science

Inspired Stories 08/26/19, 20:10

Earth Alliance, a new environmental organization backed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $5 million to help preserve the Amazon rainforest, which has been experiencing devastating wildfires this month. The organization is reportedly working with local ...

U.S. 08/20/19, 23:43

"America is leading in space once again,” said Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at the sixth meeting of the National Space Council. Pence quoted President Donald J. Trump saying, “It is America's destiny ...

U.S. 08/17/19, 09:44

NASA picked Alabama's "Rocket City" on Friday, Aug. 16, to lead development of the next moon lander for astronauts. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville beat out Johnson Space Center in Houston, which managed the ...

U.S. 07/18/19, 17:46

U.S. senators gathered on Wednesday, July 17, in Washington to consider obstacles, as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Chief Jim Bridenstine spelled out some of the challenges facing its Artemis moon program. Bridenstine started ...

U.S. 07/16/19, 21:53

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on Tuesday, July 16, unveiled astronaut Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Armstrong’s spacesuit is back on display after 13 years ...

Europe 07/02/19, 18:47

Conservationists at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are attempting to harness plant energy to oversee remote ecosystems. They are working on a project that could enable a plant “to take a selfie.”  A maidenhair fern ...

Inspired Stories 07/01/19, 22:09

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that its next mission is to send a drone called Dragonfly to explore Saturn's largest moon Titan. NASA scientists are saying that Titan is a suitable choice to ...

Australia & Oceania 06/26/19, 18:30

A self-driving shuttle bus service has taken to the roads on a route around a university district in South Australia as a part of a five-year trial. South Australia is the one of the first to ...

U.S. 06/25/19, 07:52

SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes. It was the third ...

U.S. 06/18/19, 21:09

As rivals such as China and Russia continue space exploration and development, including development of military capabilities in space, it has become imperative for the United States to stay ahead of the world. A significant ...

U.S. 06/13/19, 14:33

Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government's agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last ...

Tech 06/13/19, 01:30

Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Mark Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his ...

News 06/12/19, 23:55

Three satellites for the Canadian Space Agency's Earth-monitoring Radarsat program were launched into orbit from California on Wednesday, June 12, aboard a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket lifted off from fog-shrouded Vandenberg Air Force ...

America 06/11/19, 13:45

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, June 10, that Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics by 2021 in an attempt to curb plastic pollution. “I'm very happy to announce that as early as ...

News 06/07/19, 15:19

From bags to bottles, every year about 13 million tons of plastic flows into our oceans, according to a U.N. report published in 2018. If the situation continues, our oceans could contain more plastic than ...

Space 05/31/19, 16:42

A group of international astronomers said they have spotted a “Forbidden” planet closely orbiting a star. The newly discovered world is three-times the size of Earth and 920 light-years away from our planet. This exoplanet was ...

Enviroment 05/30/19, 15:47

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is slashing the size of a body that oversees environmental policy, effectively reducing the role of non-governmental organizations.The decree issued Wednesday cuts the size of the National Council of the Environment ...