Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.

A university faculty member offers practical pedagogical steps to incorporate in the classroom to foster an intellectually humble environment.

In 1958, Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai A. Kozyrev claimed there was an active volcano on the Moon. Dutch American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper begged to differ.

Meteorites that come from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior.

Some species go extinct obviously and fast, but just as often, the process can be hard to detect until it’s too late.

The peach industry represented a new, scientifically driven economy for Georgia, but it also depended on the rhythms and racial stereotypes of cotton farming.

Rapid growth also helped other ancient reptiles flourish in the aftermath of mass extinction.

This research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells in the liquid water ocean hidden beneath Enceladus’s icy crust.

IceCube scientists have detected high-energy tau neutrinos from deep space, suggesting that neutrino transformations occur not only in lab experiments but also over cosmic distances.

David Bohm and Hugh Everett were once ostracized for challenging the dominant thinking in physics. Now, science accepts their ideas, which are said to enrich our understanding of the universe.