Large-scale melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible and happening at a rapid rate, and now a new international ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Houston Museum of Natural Science's Herzstein Foucault Pendulum has stopped after decades, and museum visitors are wondering why.

The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It typically swings as the Earth rotates, knocking down pegs, until it suddenly stopped this month. The Houston Museum of Natural ...

T he last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science ...

Degree options will give students broader opportunities to tailor their academic experiences and prepare for evolving careers in science, research and technology Beginning fall semester 2026, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily writes about what’s in your glass and why it matters. If you’ve been to a wine bar in the past few years, chances are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many 'mysterious' natural phenomena have been unraveled by science, there remain a few that sit stubbornly outside our ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a ...

Scientists have developed an ultra-thin, paper-like LED that emits a warm, sunlike glow, promising to revolutionize how we light up our homes, devices, and workplaces. By engineering a balance of red, ...

Dr. Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester. A few years ago, on a flight, I was seated next to a man in his mid-20s. He looked at the astrobiology textbook I was reading ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia will decrease its hours and eliminate several staff positions this week, the museum president said. Starting this week, the museum ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Starting this week, Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences will cut back its ...