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China Approves Massive National Park to Protect Its Last Big Cats
The 5,600-square-mile reserve along the Russian border will safeguard rare Amur leopards and Siberian Tigers
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Scientists Successfully Grow Potatoes in Mars-Like Soils
Can potatoes grow on the red planet? The International Potato Center is on the case
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What Killed Northern Australia’s Mangroves?
Last year’s massive die-off was the largest ever observed
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Why Did This Australian Lake Turn Bright Pink?
Hot weather, scant rainfall and high salt levels have created a perfect storm for pinkness
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NASA Spots India’s Long-Lost Lunar Orbiter
Chandrayaan-1 had been missing for eight years
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Is Winter Storm Stella a “Weather Bomb”?
The storm battering the northeastern U.S. is expected to undergo “bombogenesis.” Just what does that mean?
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Scientists Spot Hundreds of Humpback Whales Feeding in Massive Groups
The normally solitary creatures gathered off the southwestern coast of South Africa, puzzling researchers
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Take a Virtual Trip to the International Space Station
New VR simulation turns you into an orbiting astronaut
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The Bizarre Beliefs of Astronomer Percival Lowell
Lowell’s theories were treated with skepticism even in his own lifetime
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Are Fast Radio Bursts from Alien Spacecraft? It’s Unlikely, but Possible
A new paper raises the (distant) possibility that the unusual high-energy bursts from the cosmos are from intergalactic ships
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Dogs Use Deception to Get Treats, Study Shows
When a human partner withheld tasty snacks, the dogs got sneaky
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One of Saturn’s Moons is Making Astronomers Hungry
New images of the tiny moon are drawing comparisons to a ravioli, empanadas, walnuts, hamburgers…nom, nom, nom
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Ancient Brain Training Technique Can Boost Memory
Participants who practiced the Memory Palace method for 40 days showed changes in brain activity and improved memory months later
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Bumblebees May Smell Each Other’s Footprints to Keep Track of Flowers
In a new study, bumblebees were able to discriminate the foot odor left behind by their nestmates, strange bees and themselves
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Why (Part of) the International Space Station Will Soon Be the Coldest Place in the Universe
An icebox-like lab will help scientists get a grip on a phenomenon that’s hard to spot on Earth
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Next-Gen Lightning Tracker Photographs Storms From Space in Stunning Detail
Part of the GOES-16 weather satellite, the geosynchronous imager promises to improve storm detection and reveal the secrets of thunderbolts
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See the First Video of One of the World’s Rarest Whales
The 46 second clip of several True’s beaked whales was taken by students and teachers on a field trip in the Azore Islands in 2013
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Failure at One of These 15,000 American Dams Would Be Fatal
A quiet crisis is afoot as the nation’s infrastructure ages
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WHO Warns That Pollution Is Killing Millions of Children
New reports say that one in four deaths of young people under the age of five can be attributed to the environment
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Here Are All The Discoveries That Had To Happen Before Two Scientists Could Find DNA’s Structure
Watson and Crick weren’t the only ones working on the problems of humanity’s genes, by a long shot
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