Science

Last Saturday Rosetta completed its final orbit and began its direct descent to the comet’s surface. It should impact on Friday in a re ...

First, Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the Autumnal equinox, which is this Thursday at 10:21am. Next stops? Halloween, th ...

Come with us as we step inside a time capsule of life on earth — the natural history museum. On this specia ...

The story of how one YouTube educator is reshaping natural history. This piece is a part of our s ...

Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...

Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...

Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...

In a business district east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, between a pizza shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, is an easy-to-miss storefront m ...

It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...

A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums.

This Friday’s full moon is both the Harvest Moon and a penumbral eclipse. Penumbral means that the moon passes through the outer sh ...

In Philadelphia, and across the nation, owning a business remains something of a boys club. A first-of-its-kind survey from the ...

It turns out those lazy dog days of summer aren’t so lazy after all! Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the rotations and re ...

Atlantic science writer Ed Yong can’t look at an eleph ...

This week: Scientists have discovered another solar system member. Niku, a chunk of ice 124 miles in diameter, has been discovered out b ...