NASA's Heavy Lift Rocket Is Running Into Problems

Short on budget, the Space Launch System reportedly doesn't have a game plan.

We Narrowly Missed A New Ice Age, And Now We Wont See One For A Very Long Time

An ice age is not going to happen any time soon. Our current breakneck emissions of greenhouse gases have ensured that.

2015 Unambiguously The Hottest Year On Record

The international community has set a goal of limiting warming to no more than 2 C above pre-industrial levels; the Earth is now approximately half way to that limit.

Have Scientists Detected Gravitational Waves For The First Time?

Rumors are swirling that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has observed gravitational waves predicted over 100 years ago.

Cognitive-stimulation Experiment Suggests New Tools For Healthy Brain Aging

Neuroscientists have developed cognitive-stimulation exercises and tested them in a month-long experiment with healthy aging adults.