The primary thesis of nearly all of Breitbart News climate coverage in 2017 was that a new blog post has documented “proof” that all of global warming is a fraud. In a July 2017 article, that site ...

Science came out of the lab and touched people’s lives in some awe-inspiring and alarming ways in 2017. Science enthusiasts gathered to celebrate a total solar eclipse, but also to march on behalf of ...

Missions to Jupiter and Saturn made big headlines this year, offering closeup views of the two gas giants. 2017 had plenty of other updates from exciting missions of years past. In the months before ...

As 2017 draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at some of the great short science videos of 2017. Through wonderful graphics, animation, filming, scriptwriting, and editing, these videos ...

In 2017, current events made escaping into a sci-fi story all the more appetizing, and there were lots of great choices. Below are our 13 favorite sci-fi books from 2017. They include stories about ...

Throughout 2017, extreme weather events reached epic proportions: In January, the Arctic and Australia suffered serious heat waves that melted ice caps and cut power to 40,000 homes. By February, ...

A new study from social psychologists suggests people of all political backgrounds can be motivated to participate in science denial. In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been ...

Are major natural disasters on an uptick in 2017 compared to prior years? Government data suggests yes. For the first nine months of 2017, the United States has endured 15 disasters that each cost $1 ...

Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within scholarly research. Each spring faculty ...

2017 was a busy year for science. From the bottom of the world to the bottom of the sea, new discoveries popped up all over the place. Researchers got new tools, doctors got new medicines, and tables ...

In the stew of false information and conspiracy theories that swirls online, perhaps no idea is as flummoxing as the belief in a flat Earth. Flat-earthers believe that the Earth is a flat disc ringed ...

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