A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial life on the Red Planet continues to puzzle scientists.

News is publishing Q&A's with local Chief Science Officers - students in grades 6-12 who serve as STEM ambassadors and ...

Black poop, or melena, can happen when there is bleeding in the upper digestive tract, such as the stomach or esophagus. As the blood moves through the intestines, it turns dark, making stool appear ...

Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new avenue for space exploration by detecting space-time distortions caused by ...

White T-shirts get a lot of attention, but let’s not forget their equally versatile counterpart: the exceedingly wearable, deceptively simple black T-shirt. It’s a staple you can wear to work ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

假如给你个黑洞，你打算怎么利用它？今天教你7个高效利用黑洞的方法！保存下来，或许有天用的到（比如写科幻小说^^）。 1、黑洞戴森球 戴森球（Dyson ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the ...

Daylight savings originated in the United States during World War I to save energy for the war effort. But a recent study by ...