How frequently did Viking women fight in battle?
The Vikings are famous for being warriors, but how frequently did Viking women take part in battles?
Countryside managers prepare for climate change
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The North Pennines National Landscape aimed to mitigate climate change related ...
Hundreds of seagrass shoots found in estuary
Image source, Cornwall Wildlife TrustImage caption, Seagrass is often described as the sea's equivalent of a woodla...
Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Affect Her Work
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected ever...
NASA Is Seeking Its Next Class of Astronauts
The new space travelers will most likely be trained for missions to the moon and space stations in low-Earth orbit. Appl...
The Maya used so much red paint that they poisoned their water with mercury, mud sediments reveal
Researchers found extreme levels of mercury in sediment cores in Mexico — and it’s all because the Maya loved red pain...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 235 — Robots in Dark and Scary Places
On Episode 235 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Rod Pyle are joined by Dr. Jim Green to talk about the past, prese...
Tectonic forces near Japan helped fuel the formation of the Grand Canyon
A double subduction zone off the coast of Japan caused rifting halfway around the world to accelerate, fueling the forma...
On this day in space! Nov. 7, 1992: NASA launches Mars Global Surveyor, its 1st Mars mission in 20 years at the time, to map the Red Planet like never before
On Nov. 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission, the first Mars mission in 20 years. Here's why it matte...
Women often get cold more easily than men — a mouse study offers hints why
A new study points to testosterone and proteins in the skin as reasons why males and females experience temperatures dif...
Send your name to Saturn's moon Titan with NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission
NASA is asking the public to send their names to Titan for an ambitious mission that will see a flying craft explore the...
Star Wars is experiencing a golden age of video games
The movies might be struggling to recapture the magic, but Star Wars video games are strong with the Force.