2025-01-09

This Is What The Los Angeles Wildfires Look Like From Space

The scope of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires comes into focus through smoke-filled satellite imagery from NASA, NOAA and ESA. [...]

2025-01-09

The best graphing calculators of 2025

We selected the best graphing calculators featuring options like rechargeable batteries, color displays, and more for your math and science classes. [...]

2025-01-09

Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition

German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of "percolation problem." [...]

2025-01-09

These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in labs to produce better materials for performing reconstructive surgeries an [...]

2025-01-09

Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the awful Palisades wildfire

"I think we’ve got more questions than answers at this point." [...]

2025-01-08

NASA will decide how to bring soil samples back from Mars in 2026

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The [...]

2025-01-08

NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration

"We want to have the quickest, cheapest way to get these 30 samples back." [...]

2025-01-08

China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears

Data shows a completely normal respiratory illness season, WHO says. [...]

2025-01-08

California’s Wildfires Show No Signs of Slowing Down

As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world. [...]