Sonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up
Physicists who record rocket launches and landings are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight. NYT > Science More...
Historic Shipwrecks Come to Light in the Great Lakes
With an underwater drone named Rhody, archaeologists are mapping some of the dozens of sunken vessels in Lake Ontario. NYT > Science More...
Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers
More than half of the National Science Foundation grants terminated since April fund programs that would help students train in science, engineering and math. NYT > Science More...
Humpback Whales May Not See Their Most Dangerous Threats
These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters. NYT > Science More...
How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff
The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story. NYT > Science More...
Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created. NYT > Science More...
Fossil Suggests Feathered Archaeopteryx Probably Flew Like a Chicken
New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the Chicago Archaeopteryx. NYT > Science More...
NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S.
Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. NYT > Science More...
Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system. NYT > Science More...
The Best Way to Drop an Egg
How the shell cracks in an exercise known as the egg drop challenge turned out to be more complicated than science teachers have been telling students for many years. NYT > Science More...