Science Archive
Archives for September 2014


Some incredible before/after pictures from NASA’s Earth Observatory.


How India just reached Mars on a shoestring


A new study suggests it’s better than we thought.


You really shouldn’t listen with the volume all the way up. Here’s why.


The SpaceX Dragon and Boeing CST-100 will being ferrying astronauts to the space station in 2017.


Reminder: we’re still not taking the proper precautions to deal with the threat of asteroids.


The 18,000-foot mountain could tell us a lot about Mars’ history — and whether it was ever home to life.


Earth looks awesome in this space livestream.


Missing half her neurons didn’t stop this woman from living a normal life.


Here’s why Congress is discussing a law about asteroid mining


Aerial views from NASA’s Earth Observatory.


The comics giant’s Multiversity — a comic eight years in the making, that’s as much superhero action as it is quantum theory — is, according to critics, easily one of the best stories to come out of comics in the past year.


One biologist’s story of how genetic testing broke his family apart.


The real science about how advertisers might mess with your mind.


Pick your space object and send it to your target of choice.