Are Very Small Nuclear Reactors the Future of Electricity Production? New, very small nuclear reactors are changing the way people think about the com...
The Great Backyard Bird Count Makes Everyone a Scientist The Great Backyard Bird Count begins today. About 385,000 people from 192 countries take part...
Stone Age Tool Discovery Raises Questions about Who Used Them Scientists have discovered some of the oldest stone tools ever found at a research site ...
UN Chief: Rising Seas a Death Sentence for Some Nations The United Nations chief is warning that, since 1900, sea levels around the world have risen a...
Space Scientists Find Surprises Around Quaoar Quaoar is a minor planet orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. It is named after a god of creation in Native Am...
Scientists Discover 12 New Moons Orbiting Jupiter Astronomers have discovered 12 additional moons orbiting Jupiter. That means Jupiter now has a total...
Group Says Many US Plants, Animals at Risk An environmental group says 40 percent of animals and 34 percent of plants in the United States are at risk...