Science

SEC will keep $50 million of Ripple fine and refund the rest
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have reached an agreement to ...

‘Shining anus’ volcano in Tonga coughs up cloud of smoke during recent eruption — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Tofua, Ha’apai, Tonga [-19.73996943, -175.072336] What’s in the photo? Smoke coming from a volcanic cone ...

A simple way to boost math progress
American students have been falling behind in math for decades — with test scores that consistently rank in the bottom ...

Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge
The space science community has long prided itself on its ability to inspire and move people of all backgrounds, but ...

A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work
But one of Malle’s graduate students was on the case. Britta Späth. “Our Obsession” In 2003, Späth arrived at the ...

Binance CEO says Trump has been ‘fantastic’ for cryptocurrency
Richard Teng, chief executive officer of Binance Holdings Ltd., at an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Association in Singapore, ...

The 5 senses of spring: How climate change is shaping our seasonal experience
Singing frogs are looking for love. Sweet sap is flowing from the maple trees. Striking migratory birds are returning to ...

Scientists break down cheap plastic using the air — and turn it into something far more valuable
Scientists have developed a new method to break down plastic waste, using moisture from the air. By exposing a common ...

Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments ...

Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
The world has a more detailed map of the seafloor than ever before thanks to observations taken from space. NASA ...