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Trader Joe’s Agrees to Fix Its Fridges for the Environment
The retailer just agreed to a pricey settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency
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Every Sperm Whale Alive Today May Have Descended From the Same Female
An 80,000-year-old “Eve” was the mother of all modern sperm whales—literally
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What Brexit Would Mean for U.K.’s Arts, Sciences and Other Sectors
Exiting the European Union could have far ranging consequences for industries throughout the United Kingdom
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What Happens in the Brain When Music Causes Chills?
The brains of people who get chills when the right song comes on are wired differently than others
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The Contentious History of the Cherry Tomato
The salad topper has a long and fraught history
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Meet Three of Earth’s Tiny Celestial Buddies
A handful of quasi-satellites, mini-moons and Trojan asteroids tag along with Earth as it whizzes around the sun
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Watch a Horde of Giant Crabs Amass Off of the Australian Coast
Hundreds. Of thousands. Of crabs.
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India Gives Go-Ahead for Farmers to Cull “Vermin”
The cull will include a range of animals deemed troublesome to people—including rhesus monkeys and wild boar in some places
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Check Out NASA’s Retro Mars Recruitment Posters
Farmers, teachers, surveyors and engineers will all be needed in the envisaged Mars settlement
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Scientists Spot Tiny Asteroid Tagging Along Behind The Earth
It’s our very own “quasi-moon”
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A New Hitch in the Plan for Building a Space Elevator
Carbon nanotubes may not be as strong as scientists once thought
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New Agreement Will Help Protect the Amazon Basin
Earth’s largest tropical rainforest just got a slew of new allies
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Beneath that fluffy exterior lies a shrewd understanding of how the world works
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New Footage Shows Rapid Breakdown of Shipwreck ‘Andrea Doria’
Researchers visited the remains of the Italian luxury liner in a submersible to figure out how quickly wrecks deteriorate
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Gravitational Waves Strike Twice
Scientists announce the second detection of gravitational waves
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This Jupiter-Sized Planet Is the Largest Found Orbiting Two Suns
Any orbiting moons could be habitable—but scientists have yet to spot them
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Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Surpass Long-Feared Milestone
Say goodbye to 400 ppm—and hello to Earth’s new atmospheric reality
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Spy Two Supernovae in June’s Night Sky
After millions of years, their light is finally bright enough to see from Earth
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Herring Spawn in Hudson River Tributary for the First Time in 85 Years
River herring are spawning in Wynants Kill tributary after one of the many dams along the Hudson was removed
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