The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It typically swings as the Earth rotates, knocking down pegs, until it suddenly stopped this month. The Houston Museum of Natural ...

It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria. By Carl Zimmer Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alexus Ables is a long way from home. The California girl grew up in Palmdale, but she always had dreams of going to college in the Deep South. “I have always been attracted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many 'mysterious' natural phenomena have been unraveled by science, there remain a few that sit stubbornly outside our ...

STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led ...

The natural world is on the brink as habitats and species buckle under human pressures. Indigenous communities could help us to rediscover a healthier relationship with nature. 4:59 The Inuit have ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia will decrease its hours and eliminate several staff positions this week, the museum president said. Starting this week, the museum ...

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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is reducing its operating hours, citing low visitation rates that have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, federal funding cuts to museums and an ...

LOVELL — Falling 100 feet down into a dark cave is (almost) never a good thing. It is easy to imagine: a mountain lion sprinting after an antelope at 45 mph, both animals cresting a low rise. The ...

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Rendering for OMSI's Nancy Stueber Natural Sciences Hall (Courtesy of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) Science says fall is for winding down and spring is for, well, springing back. The Oregon ...