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This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

After discarding their teeth, the ancestors of today’s filter-feeding whales may have fed by suction before evolving baleen.

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

Martian samples from the Jerezo creater could help refine our estimates of the ages of geologic features on planetary surfaces.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

The loss follows a record-high 41.7 million acres in 2016, adding additional strain on climate change mitigation efforts and undermining recent attempts in rainforest conservation.

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a growing assault of plastic.

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

Custom Organs, Printed to Order

Replacing a failing kidney or scarred heart may soon require little more than a slurry of cells and a 3D printer.

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Ever wonder what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Dive in for a 360° adventure.

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Across America, people watched the solar eclipse. Catch up on what happened here.

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

After a quiet start, August and September quickly became filled with violent storms. What drove the change?

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

By analyzing the hi-hat in a hit single, physicists demonstrate a uniquely human way of keeping a beat.

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

Studying human embryos after 14 days of development could be illuminating, but ethical questions abound.

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

The venerable International Cloud Atlas receives its first update since 1987.

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Ever wonder what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Dive in for a 360° adventure.

This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum

After discarding their teeth, the ancestors of today’s filter-feeding whales may have fed by suction before evolving baleen.

In 2020, the Latest Mars Rover Will Land on Jezero Crater

Martian samples from the Jerezo creater could help refine our estimates of the ages of geologic features on planetary surfaces.

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Across America, people watched the solar eclipse. Catch up on what happened here.

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

After a quiet start, August and September quickly became filled with violent storms. What drove the change?

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

The loss follows a record-high 41.7 million acres in 2016, adding additional strain on climate change mitigation efforts and undermining recent attempts in rainforest conservation.

A Human-Like Menstrual Cycle Has Been Discovered in the Spiny Mouse

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a growing assault of plastic.

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

By analyzing the hi-hat in a hit single, physicists demonstrate a uniquely human way of keeping a beat.

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

Studying human embryos after 14 days of development could be illuminating, but ethical questions abound.

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

The venerable International Cloud Atlas receives its first update since 1987.

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A diamond containing a deep-Earth mineral not previously seen outside of the lab is leading scientists to believe there might be an ocean of ancient water miles beneath our feet.

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

Curiosity Rover to Hibernate During Solar Storm

Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars Vanished Atmosphere

Crazy Ants Infiltrate the South

Continuous 7.0 Earthquake Has Rocked New Zealand Since January

Conifers Have Enormous Genomes

Concerns Over Plan to Save Dead Sea

Computers making inroads in field of mathematics

Comb Jelly Genetics May Redraw Tree of Life

Collateral Damage: Somali Pirates Create Scientific "Data Hole"

Coal Development Threatens Great Barrier Reef

Secrets of Cloud Formation, Revealed in the Amazon

CERN Details Precursor to Anti-Gravity Experiments

Cars Driving Change in Cliff Swallows

Building a New Society in Space

BRAIN Initiative Launches

The Boring and Exciting World of Biometrics

Fingerprints, iris scans, facial recognition—like it or not, they're the future of identification.

Basic Computer Logic Built By Splitting Viral Gene

Australia Wasn't Found By Accident, Study Suggests

Why Can't We Prevent An Asteroid Strike?

Asteroid strikes are rare yet stupendously destructive—something they have in common with terrorist attacks and nuclear power plant accidents—but, they are missing something that makes preparing for those disasters an easy sell—personal experience.

Meet Fermilab's New Director

What Does Music Look Like?

A Get-Smart Pill, With Side Effects

The drug is classified as an HDAC inhibitor, a kind of chemical that effectively “rewrites” the way the genes express themselves in proteins.

Flower's False Pollen Lures Unwitting Bees To Do Its Bidding

A Fuming Glacier National Park Faces Long-Term Consequences

Embers from the Howe Ridge Fire could affect the landscape even after its last plume of smoke is distinguished.

A Drug-Delivering DNA Nanobot Computer, Built Inside a Cockroach

Diamond Traps Rare Mineral, Brings to the Surface Tantalizing Clues from the Deep

A diamond containing a deep-Earth mineral not previously seen outside of the lab is leading scientists to believe there might be an ocean of ancient water miles beneath our feet.

Still Digging for Opportunity, Ten Years Later

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a growing assault of plastic.

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

Earth's Core May Be as Hot as the Sun

Gene Discovery Could Improve Diabetes Treatment

Collateral Damage: Somali Pirates Create Scientific "Data Hole"

Coal Development Threatens Great Barrier Reef

Secrets of Cloud Formation, Revealed in the Amazon

CERN Details Precursor to Anti-Gravity Experiments

Australia Wasn't Found By Accident, Study Suggests

Another Approach to Efficient Solar Power

How to Follow News About H7N9, the New Bird Flu

How Many Times Should You Chew Your Food?

Help Track the Cicada "Swarmageddon"

Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars Vanished Atmosphere

BRAIN Initiative Launches

Why Can't We Prevent An Asteroid Strike?

Asteroid strikes are rare yet stupendously destructive—something they have in common with terrorist attacks and nuclear power plant accidents—but, they are missing something that makes preparing for those disasters an easy sell—personal experience.

Meet Fermilab's New Director

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a growing assault of plastic.

A Fuming Glacier National Park Faces Long-Term Consequences

Embers from the Howe Ridge Fire could affect the landscape even after its last plume of smoke is distinguished.

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Ever wonder what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Dive in for a 360° adventure.

We Lost a Florida's Worth of Tropical Forests in 2017

The loss follows a record-high 41.7 million acres in 2016, adding additional strain on climate change mitigation efforts and undermining recent attempts in rainforest conservation.

A Human-Like Menstrual Cycle Has Been Discovered in the Spiny Mouse

800 Trillion Plastic Microbeads Go Down Drains Every Day

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a growing assault of plastic.

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

7 Species of Whale Have Been Found Mourning Their Dead

47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change

40 Million Years Before the Asteroid Hit, Dinosaurs Were Already On the Decline

3D Woven Synthetic Cartilage Could Help Your Knees Replace Themselves

3D Printed Pills Could Bring Bespoke Drugs to a Hospital Near You

3D Chemistry Leads to Potential Malaria Breakthrough

3,000-Year-Old Dung Adds Fresh Fuel to King Solomon Debate

Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Across America, people watched the solar eclipse. Catch up on what happened here.

Why Was 2017’s Hurricane Season So Intense?

After a quiet start, August and September quickly became filled with violent storms. What drove the change?

2016: Earth's Warmest Year on Record Since 1880

$20 Million Xprize Wants to Eliminate Waste Carbon Dioxide

1980s Soviet Mind Game Might Help Treat PTSD

1980s Pop Song Reveals Fractal Rhythms of the Human Mind

By analyzing the hi-hat in a hit single, physicists demonstrate a uniquely human way of keeping a beat.

Should We Study Human Embryos Beyond 14 Days?

Studying human embryos after 14 days of development could be illuminating, but ethical questions abound.

12 New Types Added to Cloud Atlas, First in 30 Years

The venerable International Cloud Atlas receives its first update since 1987.

11,676 Tree Species Found in the Amazon

A Virus Could Restore Natural Hearing in Deaf People

Some genes can transform certain ear cells into the hair cells that, when vibrated, generate the electrical activity that awakens your brain to the world of sound. It's possible that these genes can be injected into viruses to restore hearing.

A Venus "Glory," a Diamond Messenger, and a Tiger Scat Sample: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Unique Perfume-Cloud of Bacteria Follows You Wherever You Go

Every time you interact with someone, you come into contact with the thousands of tiny microbes that inhabit his or her bacterial universe.

A Trash Bin Marks the True Location of the Greenwich Meridian, 334 Feet to the East

A String of Supernovae May Have Caused Earth’s Recent Ice Ages

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Quantum Computer Has Been Hooked Up to the Cloud For the First Time

IBM launched a cloud-based computing platform that allows anyone with an internet connection to run actual quantum experiments.

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

The similar orbits of the two icy bodies are reviving speculation that there may be a big, unseen planet lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system.

Prosthetic Legs, Deadly Black Holes, and 250-dB Blasts: NOVA Next Week in Review

A Giant Peat Bog, A Horned Oryx, and A Deep Brain Stimulation Accident: NOVA Next Week in Review

Babies Are Born to Count

Australia Wasn't Found By Accident, Study Suggests

Why Can't We Prevent An Asteroid Strike?

Asteroid strikes are rare yet stupendously destructive—something they have in common with terrorist attacks and nuclear power plant accidents—but, they are missing something that makes preparing for those disasters an easy sell—personal experience.

How Engineers Use Ground Freezing to Build Bigger, Safer, and Deeper

Artificial ground freezing is enabling engineers to complete ever more daring projects.

Are Wormholes Everywhere?

Recent research suggests that wormholes actually describe microscopic channels between particles all around us.

Meet Fermilab's New Director

What Does Music Look Like?

Anxiety May Be Passed Down to Later Generations

Plenty of studies show that anxiety is heritable, meaning that trauma felt by a parent can create a biological imprint in offspring.

Another Approach to Efficient Solar Power

For More Accurate Forecasts, Follow the Fish

Discover how animals are deepening our understanding of the oceans and sharpening the accuracy of weather forecasts.

Ancient Microcontinent Discovered in Indian Ocean

Ancient Martian Freshwater Lake May Have Supported Life

Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life

76% of All Plastic Ever Made Has Already Been Discarded

360° Dive into a Black Hole

Ever wonder what it would be like to fall into a black hole? Dive in for a 360° adventure.

A Step Closer to Artificial Intelligence with CAPTCHA-Solving Tech

Entangled Light Microscope Could Sharpen Focus for Biology Researchers

A Quantum Computer Has Been Hooked Up to the Cloud For the First Time

IBM launched a cloud-based computing platform that allows anyone with an internet connection to run actual quantum experiments.

A Powerful, 100x Smaller Particle Collider Could Be On The Horizon

A Planet Blue, Where Raining Glass Lends Its Hue

New Icy Body Hints at Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto

The similar orbits of the two icy bodies are reviving speculation that there may be a big, unseen planet lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system.

Flammable Ice An Energy Coup for Japan

Fact Sheet on Methane Hydrates

Mapping the Microbiome

Did Voyager 1 Leave the Solar System or Not?