Martian devil
Giant whirlwind photographed as it snakes its way across a plain in northern Mars
Scientists studied the length of the shadow cast by this Martian dust devil and determined that the storm stood 12 miles high. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UA
On [...]
Hobbits: Our tiny cousins
Skeletal remains of ancient human relatives found in Indonesia are challenging some long-accepted “truths” about human evolution
Anthropologist Peter Brown examines the Hobbit fossils. Credit: Peter Brown
This story starts with a tooth. [...]
Fluffysaurus
This artist’s drawing shows what the newly discovered feathered dinos — the larger species with yellow on their snouts — might have looked like. Credit: Brian Choo
Fossilized dinosaur feathers recently unearthed in China reveal one of [...]
Big quake, little destruction
Two large earthquakes, with magnitudes of 8.6 and 8.2, struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on April 11. Unlike the magnitude 9.1 quake that struck the region in December 2004, these tremors did not trigger a deadly [...]
Young scientists work together and win
Broadcom MASTERS, Robert Heckman, Justin Barber, Adriana Monzon, Alicia D’Souza, and Valerie Ding, finalists work together on a team challenge. Credit: Broadcom Foundation
Guests checking into the posh Palomar Hotel in Washington, D.C., [...]
The brain looks at the bright side of things
A recent study found that when making predictions, people tend to cling to good news and ignore the bad. Credit: istockphoto
From love and health to money matters, studies show that people tend to look on the bright side of many situations. [...]
Ripples in one of Saturn’s rings
In this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft, the outer part of Saturn’s C Ring is shown at left, the inner part of the planet’s B Ring at right. Red lines indicate “dirty” particles, while the green and turquoise sections contain [...]
NASA Announces Two National Student Science Competitions
NASA is offering students the opportunity to compete in two microgravity challenges: “Dropping In a Microgravity Environment,” or DIME, and “What If No Gravity?” or WING.
DIME is a team competition for high school students [...]
Ozone hits a new low
On the right is a view of the North Pole in the spring of 2011. At left is the same view, in 2010. Blue areas show low levels of ozone in the stratosphere. Credit: NASA
Scientists saw something missing in the skies over the North Pole this [...]
Introducing the 2011 Nobel Prize winners
If you win a Nobel Prize in physics or chemistry, you’ll receive a medallion just like this one, in addition to fame and money. Credit: Registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation
It’s an annual tradition: Every fall, the Nobel Foundation [...]
