Meet the Kids Who May One Day Settle Mars
The first time America set its cap for another world, there was no room for kids. That other world was the moon, the goal was …
The Horrifying Beauty of Never-Before-Seen Nuclear Test Videos
Nothing captures the murderous folly of human beings quite like a nuclear detonation. It took an enormous amount of work to harness the fission and …
NASA Launches Mission to Intercept Asteroid
Correction appended, Sept. 12 NASA launched its first-ever mission to study an asteroid up close and bring samples back to Earth Thursday, in what they …
Uber Wants Its Drivers to Use Electric Cars
Uber launched a program this week to push hundreds of its drivers to adopt electric vehicles in the next two years, the company’s first such …
Dinosaurs Took Between 3 and 6 Months to Hatch, Study Finds
Non-avian dinosaurs took between three and six months to hatch from their eggs, according to a study that examined the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos. …
Why the Trump Administration Is Targeting This Rare Bird
For half a decade, the sage grouse held the dubious honor of being one of the most fought over birds in the United States as …
See the Martian Lava Fields of Hawaii
Mars has more than one way to kill you—the extreme cold, the lack of water and atmosphere, the incoming streams of solar radiation. Earth—warm and …
Watch Live: Buzz Aldrin Talks About How to Live on Mars
In a featured session at SXSW on Tuesday, Buzz Aldrin will take the stage for a conversation with Jeffrey Kluger, TIME editor-at-large and co-author of …
Scientists Have Discovered the First Dinosaur Brain Fossil
More than a decade ago, an amateur fossil collector found a brown, pebble-sized lump on a beach in Sussex, England. Now scientists have determined that …
There Are More Endangered Animals Than Ever. Here’s What to Know on Endangered Species Day
Scientists have worked urgently to save endangered species since the plight of many of the world’s animals first exploded into the public consciousness in the …