Bridenstine, the first politician to lead the agency, is urged to run NASA in a nonpartisan manner and to support its science missions.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Scanning for traces of faraway worlds, TESS will make observations over an area hundreds of times larger than that observed by its predecessor, the Kepler Space Telescope.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
From chemical puns and censorship to the spectrum of awesome and a touch of magic, signs at this year’s events showcased the science marchers’ creativity and passion…and a bit of humor.Read More »Ocean Sciences
High-volume fluid injection can cumulatively increase underground pore pressure and induce earthquakes in regions unexpectedly far from injection wells, recent Kansas studies show.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Protestors in the U.S. capital echoed pleas from last year, calling for greater appreciation of and support for science, less political interference, and increased diversity in scientific pursuits.Read More »
Childhood recreational experiences help explain gender disparity and other differences in undergraduate students' spatial abilities, researchers found.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
In occupied Norway during World War II, the German navy deployed thick chemical fog to protect a precious battleship. The effects are still detectable in trees.Read More »
