“The ‘little spacecraft that could’ is making a lot of big discoveries,” says Alan Stern
The Moab Giants museum in eastern Utah makes a roaring debut
It wasn't too long ago that the idea of "endangered animals" didn't even exist.
Genes may change a snail’s “personality” and the thickness of its skin (or rather, its shell)
Like sommeliers of poop, the pint-sized marsupials can smell what species left it behind and what that creature last had for dinner
The idea is to create a drug that mimics the molecular changes exercise causes in the body. But it's no small challenge
It's more than just an insane amount of courage that gets people on the tightwire
Some people are skipping the doctor's office and using the internet to order and interpret their own DNA tests
From the original film rolls that the astronauts took into space, a work-a-day routine emerges of Apollo mission voyages
The salt cedar is often seen as an un-killable invader. But are humans the real reason this unwanted plant is thriving?
Genes from a 4,500-year-old skeleton from Ethiopia show how migrations shaped modern populations
Before the National Park Service, Yellowstone was guarded by the cavalry. Without them, we might not have national parks today
The first marine sanctuaries approved by NOAA in 15 years are home to a plethora of shipwrecks
In the high Arctic, hotter summer weather may be taxing insect metabolism
Watch Tom Davey test his hypothesis with a state-of-the-art wave pool
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving old, iconic trees is cloning them in hopes of preserving them for the future
Motion-sensor studies showing how chimpanzees walk upright could help scientists better understand the evolution of bipedalism
The electric eel generates electric shocks of up to 1,000 volts, 80 times the electric voltage of a car battery. Watch a caiman learn this the hard way
Scientists with the ANSMET program will endure six weeks near the South Pole during an annual field trip to find meteorites
But Smithsonian scientists are probing the flat-tail horned lizard's DNA to save the rare species
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