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Fossil footprints are oldest found in Americas
Fossil footprints discovered in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, are the oldest known in the Americas. These footprints date back 23,000 years.
September 29, 2021
Bible story of Sodom revisited. Was it a meteor strike?
The Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah describes ancient cities destroyed for their wickedness. New research suggests a meteor impact instead.
September 22, 2021
What is time, and why does it move forward?
What is time, and why does it move forward? Cosmologist Thomas Kitching of University College London explains how the arrow of time points to the future.
September 19, 2021
Sex in space: Time to talk about it?
Sex in space has been a taboo subject for decades. But, these authors point out, it'll be necessary for the survival of the human race.
September 17, 2021
NASA drought research: Glimpsing the future
New NASA drought research is showing how the U.S. Southwest might change in the future, under different scenarios of adaptation and mitigation.
September 12, 2021
Reptiles as pets: dispelling the myths
Increasingly, people oppose owning reptiles as pets, believing they pose a danger to public health or are too cold to love. Why do reptiles get a bad rap?
September 1, 2021
Hurricane Ida: 4 essential reads about New Orleans hurricane risk, and more
Hurricane Ida hit the Louisiana coast with 150 mph (240 km/h) winds on August 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans on nearly the same path. What does climate change have to do with these powerful storms?
August 31, 2021
Does outer space end, or does it go on forever?
Can you travel to outer space and never stop? Science can tell us a lot. But some things we don’t know yet, like whether space just goes on forever.
August 31, 2021
Can we recreate dinosaurs from their DNA?
Can we recreate dinosaurs from their DNA? Maybe we could, if dinosaur DNA still existed. But DNA breaks down after some 7 million years.
August 29, 2021
Unexpected Perseid outburst floods cameras, wows viewers
Unexpected Perseid outburst on August 14, 2021. Automatic all-sky cameras caught it, and observers in Wyoming, USA and Ontario, Canada made visual observations.
August 22, 2021
