December 6, 2018, 6:03am Life
The universe shines with the light of some billion trillion stars. A team of astrophysicists recently used a satellite to sum up all these stars’ light, measured in particles called photons. Let there be numbers: By their estimate, over the history of the universe, stars have emitted 4 times 10-to-the-84th-power… Read story
December 6, 2018, 6:02am Life
With rapid efficiency, a mysterious parasite is seeking out and killing a giant species of clam found only in the Mediterranean Sea. Unless scientists can find a way of stopping it soon, they say the mollusk could go extinct. Read story
December 3, 2018, 10:32am Politics
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders Monday to take the threat of global warming seriously and to act boldly to avert a catastrophic rise in temperatures before the end of the century. Read story
December 3, 2018, 10:14am Nation & World
After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. Read story
December 3, 2018, 6:02am Clark County Health
Dr. Scott Rushing takes off his shoes and sits down at the console before beginning surgery. Read story
November 29, 2018, 6:02am Life
What dictates how leopards get their spots? What can forensics teach us about the Vikings? Could gold help researchers edit genetic damage out of the DNA of mice? How can society use science to reduce gun violence? Read story
November 29, 2018, 6:00am Life
A mysterious “translucent egg case” found off an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico has been identified by NOAA explorers as something few scientists had seen. Read story
November 28, 2018, 10:12pm Northwest
The Northwest is already seeing the effects of climate change, according to a new national climate assessment. The 1,600-page report outlines dire consequences across the country as global temperatures continue sto rise. In the Northwest, the changes threaten much of what our region holds dear — from ski seasons to… Read story
November 27, 2018, 8:45am Science & Technology
President Donald Trump has rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration, but economists said the warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is pretty much on the money. Read story
November 26, 2018, 1:21pm Life
A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile (482 million-kilometer) journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. Read story
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