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Why does metal stick together in space?

If you push two metal plates together on Earth, nothing happens. In space, they can fuse into one. Here's why.

The blueprint for building a fairer world without breaking the planet

A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainabilit…

Lone star ticks are covering much of the U.S. Here's what you need to know

It's a tick that hunts you down and transmits a potentially dangerous allergy to red meat. The New Yorker writer Burk…

NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

Bringing Signals to NASA

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

A whopping 14 million species of insects — or more — may roam Earth

New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.

The blueprint for building a fairer world without breaking the planet

A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainabilit…

Quiz of the Week: Have you been following this week's news?

It's been a busy week of big stories and headlines. Have you been keeping up with the news over the last seven days?…

“Absolutely huge” 400-year-old black coral stuns scientists in New Zealand

Scientists just discovered how queen bees are really made

Osteopenia is silently weakening bones in millions of people

Hymn to Nungal: A Praise Song for the Sumerian Goddess of Prisons

The Hymn to Nungal (circa 1894-1595 BCE) is a Sumerian poem praising Nungal, the goddess of prisons and rehabilitatio…

Scientists discover ancient brain cells that help block distractions

NASA’s Lucy finds a wobbling peanut-shaped asteroid with signs of ancient water

After 70 years of excavation, ancient Sardis becomes a UNESCO World Heritage site

Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago

Early Humans May Have Used Fire 1.8 Million Years Ago, Nearly Doubling the Age of the Oldest Known Evidence for the Feat

Too Hot for Art? Some Paris Museums and Landmarks Close or Reduce Hours Amid a Record Heat Wave in Europe

Hawaii is turning ocean plastic and fishing nets into roads

Venezuela’s Powerful Earthquakes Were a Rare ‘Seismic Doublet’

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being…

Why Venezuela’s Second Earthquake Was So Damaging to Buildings

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures co…

A coastal Philippine farm offers a blueprint for farming with wetlands

PITOGO, Philippines — The Glinoga Integrated Farm in Quezon province sits among brackish fishponds, some active, othe…

Venezuela’s deadly twin earthquakes show how one fault can set off another in seconds

Two huge earthquakes hit Venezuela almost back to back and left buildings in ruins.

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby

Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosai…

Shaping the Emerald City

The hills and basins of Seattle, Washington, have been sculpted by glaciers and modified by humans. The post Shaping…

Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever

NASA's Artemis III mission is shaping up to be NASA's most complex mission in history, coordinating the launch and re…

Twice in a row: SpaceX rocket aborts launch at last second again (video)

SpaceX suffered its second last-second abort in a row this morning (July 20), this time during an attempted Falcon 9…

'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again

Stranger Things changed the face of streaming, but it also had a significant impact on piquing the younger audience's…

3 ways to feel happier, according to science

Try talking to a stranger. The post 3 ways to feel happier, according to science appeared first on Popular Science .