by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Science
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – There is a lot of evidence from orbiting satellites and surface rovers indicating that liquid water was present long ago on the surface of Mars in the form of ponds, lakes and rivers. But the idea that Mars once had...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Science
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Glorianna Davenport looks out at hundreds of acres of protected wetlands that were once her family’s cranberry farms. In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels. It’s hard to believe...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Science
Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light on a remarkable survival story.The fossil, found in South Africa, belongs to a tightly curled embryo of a...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Science
By Evan GarciaHOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby said they were as impressed as the public by the stunning...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science
Record-breaking heat is expected to take hold across states from the Plains to the Northeast this week, causing temperatures to soar to unseasonable highs.The early heat wave comes less than a month after oppressive heat choked much of the western United States. Now,...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science
Now that the four astronauts who flew around the moon are safely home, NASA is investigating how its spacecraft fared during the final minutes of the Artemis II mission.The Orion capsule’s heat shield — the protective layer at the bottom engineered to prevent it from...