Uncategorized

  1. Space

    Is NASA falling out of love with Mars?

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses NASA's rocky relationship with Mars exploration.

    By Nancy Shute
  2. Earth

    A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east

    The wave's round trip to Earth's core set off a fault slip along Japan's plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn't recognized.

    By Katherine Kornei
  3. Paleontology

    A textbook assumption about early land vertebrates may be wrong

    Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.

    By Jay Bennett
  4. Science & Society

    The truth about brain rot, according to science

    Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health.