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Satellites and refuse litter low Earth orbit.

Navy Wants to Thwart Space Debris By Releasing More Space Debris

Mining operations near Longyan, Fujian Province, China.

High-Tech’s Crucial Rare Earth Elements Are Already Running Low

‘World’s Rarest Toad’ Not Extinct After All

A solar farm at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

New Solar Cell Targets the 40% of Sun’s Energy That Others Miss

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Lego Meth Lab Makes It Almost Seem OK

One day, the sun will set for good on Lanai, Hawaii.

Does Larry Ellison Know His $600 Million Island Is Sinking?

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How Easter Island Statues ‘Walked’ To Their Stations

How to Make a Sweet Ride From Only Wood and Glue

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Pirate Vampire Dug Up in Bulgaria

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The Arc of History is Long, But it Bends Toward Asian Economic Dominance

Wind turbines in Pennsylvania

Scientists Save Bats and Birds from Wind Turbine Slaughter

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What’s the Difference Between Clinically Dead, Figuratively Dead and Just Plain Dead?

Simulation of a detection of the Higgs boson in the CMS experiment

Finally, For Real, We (May Have) Found the God Particle

Microoptics of the AWARE2 camera

Gigapixel Camera Takes 11-Foot Wide Photos in 0.01 Seconds

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Yankees Fans Actually Do Keep Their Enemies Closer — In Their Minds, At Least

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Want to Be Healthy? Manage Your Microbes Like a Wildlife Park

50 Years of Longline Fishermen Throwing Out the Endangered Half of Their Catch

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Nothing Unhealthy About McDonalds, Says Head Chef

Beautiful Infographic Charts Ugly Reality of Species Loss

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On the Solstice, People in the Tropics Cast No Shadow

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