Science

SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

New Macquarie Business School research shows CEOs turn to their Chief Technology Officers—not their marketing gurus—when faced with radical innovation decisions.

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ancient settlements has revealed widespread uses…

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth’s magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years.

How did you feel the last time a rejection notice was communicated to you after applying for a job? Did it inspire you to try again, or did it make you feel even more deflated?

Throughout human history, many cultures have developed belief systems that tied nature to the supernatural, fostering practices that preserved and sustained their environments. Forest spirits, river gods, or deities were often seen as guardians of natural domains, and exploiting nature…

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm “messengers,” carrying a storm’s power across entire oceans.

Beneath the shadow of Chile’s Licancabur volcano, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) peers into the coldest and most distant reaches of the universe.

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission’s end on Oct. 2, news reports got a little confused.

Scientists have uncovered a 151-million-year-old midge fossil in Australia that challenges long-held views about insect evolution. Named Telmatomyia talbragarica, the fossil shows freshwater adaptations previously thought to exist only in marine species. This discovery suggests that Chironomidae may have originated…