The SciencesDecember 15, 2015
Astronomers Rename Famous Exoplanets
More than 30 worlds have new names drawn from world mythology, literature and history
History of Science
The SciencesDecember 10, 2015
Astronomers Skeptical Over "Planet X" Claims
Two controversial new studies suggest the discovery of large objects at the outer reaches of the solar system
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The SciencesDecember 9, 2015
Ceres Is Cloudy, with a Chance of Cryovolcanoes
New findings reveal a crater’s vaporous hazes, and hint at the dwarf planet’s possible origin in the outer solar system
The SciencesDecember 7, 2015
Archaeologists Survey Seaplanes Sunk During Pearl Harbor Attack
Better equipment, visibility allow University of Hawaii researchers to map and photograph planes lost during the December 7, 1941 bombing
The SciencesDecember 4, 2015
Advanced Gun Technology, 1915
EnvironmentNovember 30, 2015
The Most Important Number in Climate Change
Just how sensitive is Earth's climate to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide?
The SciencesNovember 27, 2015
"Tin Hats" Return, 1915
TechnologyNovember 20, 2015
"Primitive Warfare" in 1915
EnvironmentNovember 10, 2015
Record Levels of CO2 Herald the Future of Climate Change
Global warming has become a 1-degree Celsius reality, making progress at climate talks in Paris even more imperative
The SciencesNovember 6, 2015
The Phonograph Goes to War, 1915
The SciencesNovember 6, 2015
When Naïve Realism Collides with Postmodernism
A scientific realist defends his faith against Fire in the Mind, a classic work of postmodern science journalism.
The SciencesNovember 2, 2015
Stephen Jay Gould on Marx, Kuhn and Punk Meek
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould was influenced by Marx and Kuhn as well as by Darwin.