As the daughter of firefighters in Southern California, Gabby Kitch grew up with a strong sense of how public service can help preserve and protect the world — with water. In her career she just opted ...

Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki ...

For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.

Chad Hanna receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015. This ...

And so, one team of scientists are now running with the theory that it could be a sign of a wormhole linking our universe with a parallel one. Led by Dr Qi Lai of the University of Chinese Academy of ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

Learn more about black holes and what causes them to ring. A massive new study adds evidence to theories by Einstein, Hawking ...

Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are but a ...

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...

During the TACCSTER 2025 poster session, Texas researchers highlight the methods, results, and insights of their work, ...

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A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has raised about $1.4 million of its $40-million target to protect California coastal sea ...