‘Sea Hunter’: World’s first unmanned ship stalks subs
A new hunter is lurking in the deep — and it’s made of metal, silicon, and lots and lots of artificial intelligence
NASA: Kepler emergency over, spacecraft now stable
NASA engineers have successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft from emergency mode, the space agency announced Monday.
Archaeologists discover Israel’s oldest glassworks
Archaeologists who uncovered some of the oldest glass kilns in the world at the foot of Mount Carmel in Israel say they’re the “missing link” in the production of Judean glass, which was widely used in the Roman Empire during the fifth century.
World’s tiger count is finally up, but it’s complicated
The latest count of the world’s tigers reveals that conservation groups deserve congratulations, though it’s not entirely clear what for.
Scientists answer odd question about Moby Dick
A multinational team of researchers set out to settle what has oddly been a longstanding dispute in scientific circles: whether, in Moby Dick-esque fashion, sperm whales could use their heads to bash seagoing vessels.
NASA: Saturn probe unaffected by hypothetical Planet Nine
NASA has nixed reports that its Cassini spacecraft is experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn caused by the hypothetical Planet Nine.
Ancient water bird survived attack by short-necked ‘sea monster’
Scientists have found what may be the world’s luckiest Hesperornis — an ancient water bird that escaped the snapping jaws of a plesiosaur about 70 million years ago in prehistoric South Dakota.
NASA races to save planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft
NASA is trying to resuscitate its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, in a state of emergency nearly 75 million miles away.
Surprise! Gigantic black hole found in cosmic backwater
One of the biggest black holes ever found sits in a cosmic backwater, like a towering skyscraper in a small town.
First letter written onboard the Titanic up for sale
The first letter written onboard the Titanic, penned just hours before the ship embarked on its doomed maiden voyage, will be sold at a U.K. auction this month.
SpaceX back in delivery business with futuristic pop-up room’s launch
SpaceX resumed station deliveries for NASA on Friday with the launch of a futuristic pop-up room, the first ever built for astronauts.
Study discovers what creeps us out and why
As Slate puts it: “Creepy is a state of being that’s easy to identify but hard to pin down.”
SpaceX’s Dragon is launching a huge science haul to Space Station
SpaceX will attempt to launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft, carrying a bundle of awesome science experiments, toward the International Space Station.
After their egg is stolen, condors raise foster chick
After a California condor pair’s egg went mysteriously missing in the middle of the night, the duo is back on track, raising a foster chick that biologists surreptitiously slipped into the birds’ mountain nest
Exploding stars leave radioactive clues beneath Earth’s oceans
During the past 10 million years, a series of stars in the Earth’s neighborhood exploded, raining a radioactive form of iron onto our planet that left its signature in the material beneath the world’s oceans.
Isaac Newton and the ‘philosopher’s stone’: Manuscript reveals alchemy recipe
A 17th-century manuscript written by Sir Isaac Newton that was held in a private collection for decades is being placed online, offering a fascinating glimpse into the work of the celebrated physicist.
Saturn is absolutely gorgeous in this photo from NASA’s Cassini probe
Saturn, the jewel of our solar system, reigns supreme in this spectacular new photo from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which also captured the planet’s stunning rings and the tiny moon Dione.
42 tombs and a shrine discovered in Egypt
Forty-two rock-cut tombs and a shrine decorated with a winged sun disc have been found along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt
‘Bone scars’ reveal the varied growth of dinosaur cousins
Focusing on fossils from a dog-sized cousin of the dinosaurs, paleontologists have learned more about the variable growth patterns between individuals of an ancient species.
Archaeologists discover rare incense shovel in Israel
On the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, archaeologists report that they have uncovered a rare decorated bronze incense shovel and bronze jug.
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