Typhoon Koinu tracked towards China’s resort island of Hainan on Sunday night after skirting Hong Kong,…
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Economics prize closes out 2023 Nobel season
The economics prize closes the prestigious Nobel awards season on Monday, with specialists on credit, the…
Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings
An international team of scientists have discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago…
Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and 'prosocial'
A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child’s tendency…
Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe
Los Angeles was once the best place in the world to see the universe. …
Discovery of invisible nutrient discharge on Great Barrier Reef raises concerns
Scientists using natural tracers off Queensland’s coast have discovered the source of previously unquantified nitrogen and…
Study quantifies satellite brightness, challenges ground-based astronomy
The ability to have access to the Internet or use a mobile phone anywhere in the…
It's time to start worrying about space junk around the moon, too
It’s getting crowded up there. An increase in military, commercial and scientific launches, coupled with a…
Humans got to America 7,000 years earlier than thought, new research confirms
When and how humans first settled in the Americas is a subject of considerable controversy. In…
Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand's mysterious slow earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a…