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 »Science Policy & Funding
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
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 »Science Policy & Funding
A climate model with reversed rotation of Earth helps climatologists and oceanographers understand why our planet is the way it is and reveals how different it could have been.Read More »
