Category: Science and Environment
What’s driving up your expenses? Many Americans say climate change.
For decades, American politicians have been slow to take on climate change and curb carbon dioxide emissions, under the assumption that doing so might pass along costs to their voters. Ironically,...
Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83
At the mouth of the Carmel River, a teacher set up a spotting scope and let a boy look through it. The birds were the first thing he saw. The habit of looking came next. He saw that the world could...
PhysCOS Activities at AAS 248, 14–15 June 2026 – NASA Science
Dear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) community members- If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Summer Meeting (AAS 248) in Pasadena CA,...
Why summer flies by as an adult—but lasted forever when you were 10
It's not just nostalgia that made summer break feel so long. Image: tdub303 / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and...
The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery
The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery Medical procedures used to be a scream-filled endurance test...
NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure – NASA
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June...
Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That’s how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments
NASA astronaut and backup crew member for Artemis 3, Bob Hines.
(Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) HOUSTON — Ever had a mysterious meeting with management show up on your...
Alaska’s glaciers have a startling response to rising temperatures
A single degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
The study also demonstrates that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can automatically and consistently monitor glaciers and their snowlines...
