October 4, 2018, 5:06am Life
Earthquakes are as fascinating as they are earth-shattering, but how much do you and your kids really know about them? Read story
October 3, 2018, 9:49am Nation & World
Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a best-selling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. One expert called their discoveries “revolutionary.” Read story
October 2, 2018, 10:04pm Nation & World
Scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for revolutionizing the use of lasers in research, finding ways to make them deliver more powerful flashes of light and even to act like tiny tweezers. Read story
October 2, 2018, 9:58pm Nation & World
A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto. Read story
September 28, 2018, 5:27am Life
Some people rolled their eyes when a Nordic pet food company earlier this year announced it was offering paid “pawternity” leave to new pet parent employees. Now a Minnesota firm has hopped on the slow-moving bandwagon with its own policy. Read story
September 27, 2018, 5:30pm Nation & World
Harvey, Irma, Maria. These three monster hurricanes, all of which struck U.S. shores at Category 4, likely attained such strength due to Atlantic ocean waters which were abnormally warm, says a new study published in the journal Science Thursday. Read story
September 27, 2018, 9:48am Life
Space station astronauts have received a special delivery from a Japanese capsule named White Stork. Read story
September 26, 2018, 7:53pm Life
The head of the United Nations blamed lack of leadership Wednesday for the world’s failure to take tough decisions needed to stop global warming, warning that a key goal of the Paris climate accord is at risk. Read story
September 26, 2018, 6:04am Life
Tim Taylor, a founding partner of Ipsento Coffee, lifts a mug of coffee to his nose. “Smells like a wet brown paper bag,” he says. Read story
September 25, 2018, 3:15pm Nation & World
Hurricane Florence was the nation’s second rainiest storm in 70 years, a top rainfall meteorologist calculated. Read story
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