In the late 1950s, the US Air Force quietly assembled top scientists, including a young Carl Sagan, to study a nuclear detonation on the Moon as a Cold War show of strength. The plan never happened, ...

I don’t know whether my life would have turned out differently if I had more access to science at an early age. Nevertheless, ...

U.S. officials reveal evidence of a covert 2020 nuclear test by China at Lop Nor, allegedly hidden using 'decoupling' to evade seismic detection.

Cellulose, the main strengthening component of wood, is the most abundant polymer on Earth, and is the basis of papermaking.

Last year, an explosion at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh killed two U.S. Steel workers and injured 11 ...

A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reveals that companies have proposed at least 65 carbon capture ...

President Donald Trump’s push to expand natural gas infrastructure faces local opposition in Brookfield,. Residents are campaigning against a $272 million expansion of the Iroquois ...

A ceremony in Titusville, Florida, honored the 17 astronauts lost in NASA's Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia tragedies. The Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after its January 1986 launch, ...