February 26, 2019, 6:05am Life
The migration of blacktip sharks to South Florida is a well-documented pulse of wintertime energy as schools of the streamlined predators prowl their way south to warmer climes. Read story
February 26, 2019, 6:05am Life
A science writer by day and stand-up comedian by night, Kasha Patel has pinpointed some shared constants in her seemingly disparate occupations. Read story
February 26, 2019, 6:05am Life
A diminutive nugget of a moon has been discovered lurking in the inner orbit of Neptune. Read story
February 26, 2019, 6:00am Life
Researchers from the University of Maryland say they have created a fabric that responds to its wearer, regulating the amount of heat that passes through the material. Read story
February 24, 2019, 6:05am Nation & World
It was a crowded primary field and Tony Evers, running for governor, was eager to win the support of officials gathered at a Wisconsin state Democratic party meeting, so the candidate did all the usual things: He read the room, he shook hands, he networked. Read story
February 24, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
It’s been a long, long time since U.S. Navy Musician Second Class Francis E. “Ham” Dick was last home. Read story
February 24, 2019, 6:02am Life
Jules Verne’s space dreams began with a gun. A big one. In his 1865 sci-fi novel “From the Earth to the Moon,” Verne spins a yarn about the Baltimore Gun Club, a weapons society that built a massive cannon — the Columbiad space gun — which would launch three people,… Read story
February 23, 2019, 8:04pm Nation & World
Earthquake early warnings can come as false alarms — but it’s better to be safer than sorry, researchers concluded in a new study. Read story
February 19, 2019, 6:05am Life
By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, scientists reported recently. And while the shift in color will be all but imperceptible to the human eye, it could hint at the profound changes in store for… Read story
February 18, 2019, 5:16pm Nation & World
A scientist who raised early alarms about climate change and popularized the term “global warming” has died. Wallace Smith Broecker was 87. Read story
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