Most days, we get to joke around and explore the odd corners of history and science. Today’s list is not that. Researchers keep publishing findings that paint a tough picture of what’s happening out ...

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

The court, in a 6-to-3 decision written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ruled that Mr. Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner last year.

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around ...

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...

House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes they say could undermine its mission. One of the US government’s top ...

A union-friendly education law is saddling the Big Apple with billions in additional costs — but Mayor Zohran Mamdani won’t ask Albany to tweak the pricey edict. Hizzoner has been pushing a tax ...

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