Tornadoes in the South, floods in the Midwest, crazy heat in Alaska. What’s going on with the extreme weather this year?
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
So, we’ve seen the first-ever photo of a black hole. What happens now?
Is the adventure over? No, far from it: “The researchers who captured the first-ever images of a black hole don’t plan to rest on their laurels.”
Life in outer space: NASA studies health changes between astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly
Space travelers in moviesmay zip around the universe with no ill effects, but in reality we have no idea how humans will react to being in outer space for years on end.
New human species discovered in a cave in the Philippines
A tiny, long-lost cousin of our own human species was discovered, scientists announced.
‘We have seen what we thought was unseeable’: First photo of a black hole revealed
Astronomers releasedthe first picture of a black hole. What we see in the image is gas and dust circling the hole, far enough away to be safe.
Dogs can sniff out lung cancer with 97% accuracy through their super-sensitive noses
Here’s another reason to love dogs. Using their super-sensitive noses, dogs were able to sniff out lung cancer in samples of humanblood with 97% accuracy.
Good-bye glaciers: 390 billion tons of snow and ice melts each year as globe warms
Thanks to global warming, our planet’s glaciers continue to melt away, losing up to 390 billion tons of ice and snow per year, a new study suggests.
The first photo of a black hole is coming Wednesday. What are we going to see and what will we learn?
Astronomers will supposedly release the first-ever photo of a black hole on Wednesday. What’s all the fuss about, and what will we learn from it?
End of the world? This distant dead planet could be a preview of Earth’s final fate
In a new study released Thursday, scientists said they’d discovered one of the first small planet fragments in orbit arounda dead white dwarf star.
Earth’s carbon dioxide levels highest in 3 million years, study says
Carbon dioxide – the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming – has reached levels in our atmosphere not seen in 3 million years, scientists announced.