Pumas can help prevent car crashes
When it comes to living near large carnivores, the drawbacks for humans are pretty obvious. Namely, you or your pets could become lunch. As for the benefits of this proximity,…
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Rescued sea turtle named Pancake swims to hot hangout for young turtles
After roughly two weeks back in the open ocean, Pancake the sea turtle is moving right along. The critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was released back into…
Advanced Mini-laboratories Automate Space Station Research
2 Min Read Advanced Mini-laboratories Automate Space Station Research NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson swaps out sample processors in the Advanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP). Credits: NASA The International Space…
Massive, metal-encrusted megalodon teeth litter deep ocean floor
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a little over halfway through a nearly month-long deep sea survey of the South Pacific near the Cook Islands. Its remotely operated…
Watching a banana slug chomp greens with thousands of tiny teeth is oddly soothing
What’s yellow, oblong, and slimy all over? If you’re thinking of a ripe banana, you’re close—but the mystery object is also among Earth’s slowest animals. We’re talking about the banana…
Silver cub spotted on Katmai Bear Cam
Cameras spotted a distinctive brown bear cub (Ursus arctos) on the Katmai National Park bear livestream in Alaska. A cub with white silver fur was seen sitting in the grass…
In 1960, movie theaters tried Smell-O-Vision. It stunk.
A mere six days into the 1960s, American moviegoers queued up for a cinematic leap. They’d watched as silent films transformed into talkies. And today, another cinematic breakthrough was surely…
APOD: August 4, 2026 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
APOD Science APOD APOD: August 4, 2026 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day…
NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay
3 Min Read NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay The Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and…
Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon
5 Min Read Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon During a nighttime simulation run in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Ike…