By Leah Crane The rocks that came together to form Earth might have carried more water than we thoughtMARK GARLICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Our planet may have been born wet. When and how Earth got its water is an open question in planetary science. Now an analysis of meteorites from the inner solar system…
By Leah Crane The night sky is clearest from a hill in AntarcticaAntarctica / Alamy The best place in the world from which to look at the night sky is on top of a hill of ice in Antarctica called Dome A. The hill is one of the coldest locations on Earth. The telescope images…
By Adam Vaughan Plastic pollution in Naples, ItalySalvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images Plastic pollution is ubiquitous and growing, but knowing the best way to stop it has largely been a guessing game so far. Now, a study has found that if the world undertook every feasible action to cut plastic pollution, we would still only…
By Alice Klein Empty stands at a football match warm-up in Jeonju, South Korea, on 8 May 2020UNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images Lockdowns to contain the coronavirus led to drastic reductions in the vibrations of Earth’s surface, as people significantly curtailed their activity. Seismologists measure vibrations from earthquakes that travel through Earth’s surface. Their instruments…
Space 10 July 2020 By Jonathan O’Callaghan The young Earth and moonMARK GARLICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The sun is thought to have once been far fainter than it is today, which should have left Earth frozen as a global snowball. That it wasn’t, a discrepancy known as the faint young sun paradox, has long…
3 min read THE 2026 MILAN-CORTINA Games begin on February 6, and athletes from around the world will convene in Italy to compete for gold and glory. The U.S. Bobsled team knows a thing or two about representing their home country. Some of its members aren’t just talented athletes—they’re also active duty soldiers. The Army
He was a surgical oncologist at a hospital in a Southern city, a 78-year-old whose colleagues had begun noticing troubling behavior in the operating room. During procedures, he seemed “hesitant, not sure of how to go on to the next step without being prompted” by assistants, said Mark Katlic, director of the Aging Surgeon Program
3 min read Huckberry's annual winter sale is here and runs through midnight, 2/8. Save up to 50% on jackets, pants, and layering options. The annual winter sale is one of Huckberry's biggest, and probably the last big savings event for a while. HUCKBERRY ONLY HAS a few major sales a year, but when they