Science

For decades, an oddly shaped log buried beneath Zambia’s Kalambo Falls hovered on the brink of an archaeological mystery. When archaeologist J. Desmond Clark discovered it in the 1950s, the wood had tapered ends and a deliberate-looking notch cut into its surface, suggesting that someone had shaped it rather than leaving it to the river. … Read more

At some point in Earth’s distant past, nearly 4 billion years ago, our planet’s first life forms somehow coalesced from primordial chemistry. Not much remains of the first organisms that inhabited Earth. Time and geology have changed everything that remains almost unrecognizable. But in some rare ancient stone formations around the world, you can find … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Just a week after a magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck Oakland’s Hayward Fault, new research highlights a danger on the San Andreas Fault. Researchers at San Jose State University found that the fault is slipping faster than previously thought. RELATED: 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered near Oakland Zoo shakes Bay Area, felt as … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – Just a week after a magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck Oakland’s Hayward Fault, new research highlights a danger on the San Andreas Fault. Researchers at San Jose State University found that the fault is slipping faster than previously thought. “This work is that it is an index of which landform preserves previous earthquakes … Read more

China’s lunar exploration program is preparing an ambitious robotic mission, composed of an orbiter, a lander, a rover, a chute and a wide range of international experiments, including a payload backed by the United States. In April this year, the Chang’e-7 hardware was transported to the Wenchang launch site, ahead of a launch on August … Read more

Mars has two small moons that lack a confirmed origin story for how they came to orbit the red planet, but new research may explain some of the mysteries surrounding the outermost satellite Deimos. Deimos, named after the son of the Greek god Ares, which means dread in ancient Greek, is a small, lumpy potato-shaped … Read more

For many in the New England region of the United States, the lobster roll is synonymous with summer. Loaded on a toasted bun, the sweet meat chunks are served hot and drenched in butter, or chilled and smeared with celery-herb mayonnaise. The only thing more debated than the recipe is the price: the once humble … Read more

While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using recorded speeds of whale calls above the speed limit for sound traveling in seawater. Spiesberger, of the University of Pennsylvania, initially thought something was wrong with his program. After all, if the software wasn’t to blame, it would mean … Read more

Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will still rendezvous with the telescope, but will no longer take it to a higher orbit. NASA The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year, after NASA aborted the mission intended to take it back to a higher orbit. NASA has announced … Read more

The Montreal Protocol produced a result that can be measured in the atmosphere. Almost all controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer have been phased out and in the coming decades the ozone layer is expected to return to its 1980 condition. Low Earth orbit is now creating a different source of reactive material. Short-lived … Read more