A new study suggests that as many as 92 percent of the Earth-like planets that could be created in the universe have not been born yet.NASA and ESA via The…
Volunteer in the Peace Corps helps discover lizard unknown to science
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez talks with Bernalillo Public Schools Superintendent Allan Tapia about the importance of online access for students after a news conference at W.D. Carroll Elementary in…
The study, published in the journal Science, puts a twist on the consensus explanation of the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Scientists have long been confident…
Animal scientist says dealing with behavior beats brute force
New figures show that Americans are tossing more than twice as much trash as governments had expected. The new figures also suggest that Americans may not be recycling as much…
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have identified a new species of dinosaur that they have named Ugrunaaluk Kuupikensis, or “ancient grazer.” The scientists had thought the dinosaur fossils were from…
School working with businesses, government to solve vexing problems
Study shows there are 3 trillion of them on the planet now
But here’s the bad news: It’s not the first ancient virus that scientists have found frozen; it’s the fourth found since 2003. And you can be sure it won’t be…
Mountain Middle School students test their math and science skills in the real world
Study suggests ‘sixth mass extinction’ is happening
Researchers presented their findings at the recent International Astronomical Union XXIX General Assembly. The survey, which is part of the Galaxy and Mass Assembly project, used several powerful telescopes to…
The Jupiter-like exoplanet 51 Eri b was discovered by astronomers using a new system called the Gemini Planet Imager.Danielle Futselaar and Franck Marchis/SETI Institute The planet 51 Eri b, which…
Oddball sea creature shares some of the same mating, social habits as humans
The finding does not change the broad outlines of what scientists believe: that the Americas were settled by people who crossed a now-submerged land bridge from Siberia to North America…
Evidence supports theory that comets are cosmic labs
Paleontologists believe the remains of a new species of dinosaur called Wendiceratops pinhornensis can help them understand how the Triceratops’ horn evolved in a relatively short timespan. The new species…
But Aanya’s carefree attitude dissolved into paranoia a few months ago shortly after her mother bought Amazon’s Echo, a digital assistant that can be set up in a home or…
Nevada experiment shows promising results
Lawyers, judges could lose jobs to computer code
Nevertheless, the environmental movement has still been able to rally enough support to win key victories on climate issues despite a Congress that’s indifferent at best and hostile at worst,…
