Give the gift of Bill Nye with his virtual reality science kit By Kasandra Brabaw Kids can put on the goggles and be immersed in Bill Nye’s world. VR science kits will be all the rage this holiday season.
Physicists could do the 'impossible': Create and destroy magnetic fields from afar By Stephanie Pappas The ability to cancel and induce magnetic fields from a distance could improve biomedicine.
'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning By Mindy Weisberger Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.
Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? By Donavyn Coffey Can we harness natural and human-made carbon traps to help us slow climate change?
Scientists discover exotic new mineral forged in the furnace of a Russian volcano By Peter Dockrill Volcanoes rank among the most destructive and awe-inspiring phenomena on the planet. But these fiery fissures do much more than just destroy.
Huge eruption of Italian volcano sends ash hundreds of feet into the air By Stephanie Pappas An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent pyroclastic flow down the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16).
Hurricane Iota will slam into Nicaragua as a 'catastrophic' Category 5 By Nicoletta Lanese The massive storm is the strongest ever observed this late in the season.
Triassic period ended with 'lost' mass extinction and a million-year rain storm, study claims By Brandon Specktor The Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE) ushered in 1 million years of rain and killed as many as 33% of all marine life, a new study suggests.
Primeval Greenland lake found buried beneath a mile-thick slab of ice By Stephanie Pappas Scientists have discovered an ancient lake below Greenland's ice that formed when the region was much warmer and ice-free.
2020 Atlantic hurricane season shatters record By Rafi Letzter Tropical storm Theta cements the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season's status as a record-breaker. And there's still time to run up the score.
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with an Antarctic penguin refuge By Brandon Specktor Iceberg A68a, the world's largest iceberg, is floating directly toward a wildlife hotspot in the South Atlantic ocean.
US officially becomes only nation to leave the Paris Climate Agreement By Nicoletta Lanese Now that a yearlong waiting period has ended, the U.S. will formally exit the Agreement.
Drones are flying straight into volcanoes, for life-saving science By Clare Watson Researchers have designed specially-adapted drones to fly straight into volcanoes and help gather data from an active volcano in Papua New Guinea.
Daylight saving time 2020: When we change our clocks and why By Jeanna Bryner Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about daylight saving time (often misspelled as "savings"), including times, dates, its history and more.
How to watch rare Halloween 'blue moon' tonight By Rafi Letzter If anyone's trying to wake some dark spirits, tonight's the night. A "blue moon" and "beaver moon" will rise over All Hallow's Eve.
Coral 'tower' taller than the Empire State Building discovered off Australian coast By Brandon Specktor Scientists have discovered a free-standing reef near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which stands taller than the Empire State Building.
Powerful earthquake strikes off Turkey's coast, killing at least 14 By Yasemin Saplakoglu The earthquake caused the collapse of nearly 20 buildings in the city of Izmir. Search and rescue efforts are underway beneath the rubble.
Rare full moon on Halloween will be seen across the US for the first time in 76 years By Mindy Weisberger Don't miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn't been seen across the US since 1944.
Arctic sea ice goes through 'historic' loss in 2020 By Rafi Letzter Arctic sea ice has been in decline for a while now, but 2020 is turning out to be the second-worst year ever — with implications for the whole planet.
