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Murder of Environmental Activists Reaches All-Time High
At least 185 environmental activists were murdered in 2015, according to a new report
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Editing of Human Genes May Begin by Year’s End in the U.S.
The first-ever trial of CRISPR in the U.S. will test if it’s safe to edit T cells in cancer patients
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New Evidence Strengthens the Case for Pluto’s Underground Ocean
Features on the dwarf planet’s smooth surface suggest that not all is frozen on that tiny, distant world
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Land Around the Infamous San Andreas Fault Is on the Move
Scientists mapped how California rises and falls around its most famous fault
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The Event that Wiped out Dinosaurs Also Nearly Did in the Mammals
New estimates suggest a measly seven percent of mammals survived the extinction
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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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