Science
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Leonid Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch It Peak
Thursday night into Friday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch…
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Hemp-Fed Cows Get Buzzed, Study Finds, but Will Humans Who Drink Their Milk?
Do cows that consume cannabis act goofy, get the munchies and spend more time lolling about with their stoned buddies?…
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New Europa Pictures Beamed Home by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
Europa, the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter, is still everything it’s cracked up to be. Juno, a NASA spacecraft that has…
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NASA May Let Billionaire Astronaut and SpaceX Lift Hubble Telescope
If you’ve got a telescope in danger of falling out of orbit, who are you going to call? The United…
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NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day
LAUREL, Md. — It’s the plot point for more than one Hollywood blockbuster: A rogue asteroid is hurtling toward Earth,…
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NASA Is About to Crash Into an Asteroid. Here’s How to Watch.
An asteroid minding its own business not too far from Earth is about to get knocked about by a visitor…
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3 Chimpanzees Kidnapped for Ransom From Congo Sanctuary
Two weeks ago, Roxane Chantereau, the co-founder of the JACK Primate Rehabilitation Center in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, awoke…
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Shy Raccoons Are Better Learners Than Bold Ones, Study Finds
Residents of almost any city in North America know how frustratingly clever raccoons can be. They break into garages, pilfer…