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Early humans wiped out big animals in Australia
A new study suggests that humans, not climate change, were the primary cause of extinction of the huge and astonishing creatures that roamed Australia 45,000 years ago.
January 25, 2017
New Earth images from GOES-16
The satellite's 1st images since its launch a few months ago. GOES-16 provides 4 times the image resolution - 4 times more detail - than earlier GOES satellites. Weather forecasters are excited!
January 23, 2017
$40 billion a day for solar super-storms
The probability of another event like the 1859 Carrington event is - at any given time - low. But many believe it's "almost inevitable" one will occur, eventually. A new study explores the risks.
January 20, 2017
Why do fatty foods taste so good?
Why do we like fatty foods so much? Fat gives foods some special qualities we like. Plus, the close tie between fat, flavor, fullness, and happiness might be an evolutionary adaptation.
January 20, 2017
Space sounds film competition, 2017
Both young and established filmmakers are invited to use real sound recorded in space in a new competition launched by Queen Mary University of London. Details here.
January 19, 2017
Pluto team live on Facebook January 19
The New Horizons team will be discussing the historic Pluto encounter and the spacecraft's next target in the Kuiper Belt - live on Facebook - beginning at at 4 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC).
January 18, 2017
Watch soap bubbles freeze
A photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota captured this mesmerizing footage of soap bubbles freezing. It looks like time-lapse but it's actually in real time!
January 18, 2017
Forensic science looks at human evolution
The reach of forensic science’s is being extended back from crime scenes into prehistory to help unlock the mysteries of human evolution.
January 14, 2017
Watch 2017’s 2nd spacewalk Friday
ISS astronauts will work on a complex upgrade to the station’s power system during the January 13, 2017 spacewalk. Spacewalk begins around 7 a.m. EST (1200 UTC) and is expected to last about 6 hours.
January 13, 2017
NASA begins new astronaut sleep study
A new NASA study is investigating how different light intensities and spectra can be used to help regulate astronauts' patterns of alertness and sleep.
January 10, 2017
