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| Here's how the periodic table gets new elements Apr 14 2020 9:00 AM Today's scientists keep adding to the periodic table. But an element has to earn its spot. READ MORE  |
| Cold War nuclear test residue offers a clue to whale sharks' ages Apr 14 2020 6:00 AM One unexpected legacy of the Cold War: Chemical traces of atomic bomb tests are helping scientists figure out whale shark ages. READ MORE |
| 'Oumuamua might be a shard of a broken planet Apr 13 2020 11:00 AM A new origin story for the solar system's first known interstellar visitor suggests it may have been part of a world that got shredded by its star. READ MORE |
| To cook a perfect steak, use math Apr 13 2020 8:00 AM As a steak cooks in an oven, movement of liquid within the meat causes it to become extra juicy in the center in a way that can be predicted by mathematics. READ MORE |
| Seabirds may find food at sea by flying in a massive, kilometers-wide arc Apr 13 2020 6:00 AM Radar shows that seabird groups can fly together in giant "rake" formations. If they are cooperating to find food, it's on a scale not yet seen in the birds. READ MORE |
| 50 years ago, American waterways were getting more protections Apr 11 2020 7:00 AM A 1970 bill that became the Clean Water Act helped to double the number of U.S. waterbodies clean enough for swimming and fishing. In January, the U.S. administration changed how waters were defined, effectively removing those protections for half the country's wetlands. READ MORE |
| Why African-Americans may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19 Apr 10 2020 3:20 PM African-Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19 than white Americans, data show. Experts blame long-standing health disparities. READ MORE |
| Meet Sophia Upshaw, a volunteer in a coronavirus vaccine trial Apr 10 2020 9:27 AM In Seattle and Atlanta, scientists have started testing the safety of a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19. READ MORE |
| How materials science has changed humankind - for better and worse Apr 10 2020 8:00 AM As people began wielding new materials, the technologies fundamentally changed humankind, the new book 'The Alchemy of Us' argues. READ MORE |
| A year after the first black hole image, the EHT has been stymied by the coronavirus Apr 10 2020 6:00 AM With this year's observing run canceled due to the coronavirus, the Event Horizon Telescope team is analyzing data from 2017 and 2018. READ MORE |
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