From high above the Pacific, Solar Impulse 2 pilot spreads Earth Day message
Speaking from the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 as it makes its journey over the Pacific, pilot Bertrand Piccard told FoxNews.com that the solar-powered plane proves the immense potential of clean technology.
Solar Impulse 2 takes off from Hawaii, continues epic solar-powered journey
Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Hawaii on the ninth leg of its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world.
The pink moon? More like mini-moon
Stargazers who step outside tonight will likely get to see the fabled “pink moon” of April, but unfortunately, unless viewed through tinted glasses, it won’t be pink.
Solar Impulse 2 set to resume epic solar-powered journey around the world
Solar Impulse 2 will resume its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world Thursday when it takes off from Hawaii on a 62-hour flight to California.
North America’s 1st monkey crossed a sea to get there
Researchers have discovered evidence that monkeys arrived in North America 18 million years earlier than previously believed, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature.
Scientists explain astronauts’ feeling of awe
Scientists have analyzed the statements that astronauts have made when they see Earth from above, and landed on a common, powerful theme: a sense of awe and transcendence.
This is the world’s oldest message in a bottle
It’s official: A year after retired German postal worker Marianne Winkler discovered a message in a bottle on the German island of Amrun, Guinness World Records has confirmed it’s the world’s oldest at 108 years, four months, and 18 days.
India wants its ‘unlucky’ diamond back
It’s not often that a solicitor general’s comments make international waves, but Indian Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar has managed to achieve such a feat.
March set even more global temperature records, NOAA reports
The month of March broke temperature records, making it the eleventh month in a row to do so, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association reported Tuesday, with North America having the warmest March ever since records began in 1910.
British officials unlikely to name new polar vessel Boaty McBoatface
British officials said Monday the name Boaty McBoatface will not be the name of the country’s newest polar research vessel.
NASA releases cool images of dwarf planet Ceres
New NASA images reveal the bright craters on dwarf planet Ceres in stunning detail.
Shackled skeletons could be ancient Greek rebels
A trove of shackled skeletons unearthed in a mass grave near Athens may have once belonged to the followers of a tyrant who sought to overthrow the leader of ancient Greece
Titanic artifacts reveal gruesome discovery of tragic ship’s last lifeboat
Photos and a handwritten note detailing the grisly discovery of Titanic’s last lifeboat will be auctioned in the U.K. later this week.
Scientists explain Freddie Mercury’s incredible singing voice
An in-depth scientific analysis has studied the distinctive singing voice of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury.
New study ‘changes our understanding’ of fate of the dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were already past their prime when a huge asteroid finished them off 66 million years ago, according to Universities of Reading and Bristol researchers who say their work “changes our understanding of the fate of these mighty creatures.”
India says Britain can keep its cursed jewel
For decades, Indians have demanded that Britain return a 105.6-carat diamond that they say was taken from them when they were under colonial rule.
Silvery hairs turn ants into walking mirrors
One ant species in the Sahara Desert is covered by a silvery sheen of body hair that acts as a wearable sun shield for the creatures, a new study finds
Historians say they’ve found Leonardo da Vinci’s living relatives
After four decades of searching, two Italian historians revealed 35 people likely to be living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci, the BBC reports.
Grand Roman villa discovered in the UK
Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have unearthed the opulent home of a Roman-era ‘Kardashian’ family.
‘BEAM’ aboard: Experimental inflatable room attached to Space Station
The International Space Station gained a brand new room on Saturday, but it will be another month before it grows large enough for the astronauts to enter.
Boaty McBoatface tops poll of name for polar research vessel
Boaty McBoatface has topped an online poll to name the U.K.’s newest polar research vessel, beating entries that honored scientists and explorers.
Scientists have revealed the monarch butterfly’s secret to not getting lost
Monarch butterflies “are not just pretty animals.
Bed bugs are getting tougher ‘skin,’ scientists warn
Using high-tech scanning equipment, scientists in Australia have discovered that in the battle between bed bugs and humans, some of the insects wield thicker exoskeletons, making them more resistant to insecticide.
Strange giant sphere in Bosnia sparks debate
In a Bosnian wood, the discovery of a strange giant sphere has sparked debate after a researcher claimed that it could be evidence of an ancient civilization.
Lucky couple find precious lump of smelly whale vomit
Good fortune has never smelled so bad.
Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos turned down a $200 million trip around the Moon
Russia offered to fly Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos beyond the moon for a mere $200 million, but the billionaire entrepreneur said no.
Supersonic plane sends shock waves rippling across the Sun
A supersonic plane recently zoomed past the sun, and its light-bending shock waves were captured in a stunning new image
Teeth in Israeli desert spur discovery of new rodent species
Using ancient teeth found in an Israeli desert, scientists have identified a new species of rodent that lived millions of years ago.
Rare collection of Shakespeare plays turns up in Scottish mansion
William Shakespeare’s First Folio —the Bard of Avon’s first collected edition of 38 plays, published in 1623, shortly after his death —is among the world’s rarest and most valued books
Mexican experts find early burial in 1st colonial cathedral
Archaeologists have found a massive stone slab covering the tomb of one of the first Catholic priests in Mexico following the 1521 Spanish conquest, a grave sunk into the floor of what appears to be an Aztec temple.
Drone looking for Loch Ness Monster makes weird find
Well that must have been weird: A marine robot scouring Loch Ness in Scotland detected something at the bottom of the lake, something that looked exactly the Loch Ness Monster.
Scientists ask Obama to protect right whales from sonic threat
Concerned about the fate of the imperiled North Atlantic right whale, a group of over two dozen scientists have written an open letter to President Obama asking him to stop the possible use of seismic surveys in the Atlantic between Delaware and Florida.
Sextant used in rescue of Titanic survivors up for sale
A sextant used in the rescue of Titanic survivors will be sold at auction in the U.K. later this month.
17-year cicadas set to invade the Northeast
Next month, as temperatures warm, billions of cicadas will begin to emerge from the ground as their internal clocks hit the 17-year mark.
2015 was a big year for Canadian UFO sightings, report says
Canada experienced a very high number of reported UFO sightings in 2015, according to an annual survey released by Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Ufology Research.
Red crabs swarm like insects in incredible underwater video
A strange cloud of disturbed silt in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panama unexpectedly led marine biologists to an incredible sight: thousands of red crabs close to the sea bottom that were “swarming like insects.”
1917 glass plate offers oldest evidence of exoplanetary system
Scientists have found the oldest-known manmade evidence of an exoplanetary system— and it’s been sitting in a basement for almost a century on a piece of glass.
Last flight-qualified space shuttle external tank sets sail for California
NASA’s last-existing, built-for-flight space shuttle external tank was launched Tuesday on a 40-day sea voyage from New Orleans to Los Angeles, 35 years to the day after the first such tank fueled the maiden flight of the iconic winged spacecraft.
Octopus busts out of aquarium in incredible way
At New Zealand’s National Aquarium, workers thought Inky the octopus had settled in nicely after he was brought in by a fisherman who found him in a lobster pot in 2014.
1917 glass plate offers oldest evidence of exoplanetary system
Scientists have found the oldest-known manmade evidence of an exoplanetary system— and it’s been sitting in a basement for almost a century on a piece of glass.
Caught on camera: a leopard kills a deer in India
Dramatic photographs released by the Wildlife Conservation Society show the final moment of a Sambar deer’s life following a leopard’s devastating attack.
What might the putative ‘Planet Nine’ look like?
Astronomers are trying to take the measure of Planet Nine before the hypothesized world has even been discovered.
Why Neanderthals likely fathered few kids with modern humans
Humans today often carry around a small chunk of DNA from Neanderthals, suggesting we interbred with our closest known extinct relatives at some point in our history.
Stephen Hawking joins bid to seek life with tiny spacecraft
An Internet investor has enlisted famed physicist Stephen Hawking and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help him with a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space.
Civil war-era wreck tentatively identified as blockade runner Agnes E. Fry
Experts have tentatively identified a shipwreck discovered off Oak Island, N.C. in February as the Civil War blockade runner Agnes E. Fry.
Biblical clue: Were key texts written earlier than previously thought?
Archaeologists and mathematicians in Israel have unearthed evidence that could suggest key biblical texts were composed earlier than previously thought.
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