"The ocean surface is definitely not flat. It is constantly changing as wind, waves and swells produce surface undulations, daily tidal fluctuations raise and lower the average height." ...

We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...

When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...

Method of Mechanical Theorems is a letter from Archimedes to Eratosthenes, the head of the library of Alexandria and a ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

Placebo effects are real, powerful, and deeply human, as I've discussed in my previous article. But a thorny question remains: How can we tell whether a depression treatment is producing genuine ...

Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. Nikki Nolan is a meteorologist for CBS News and ...

The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna ...

The Panini Senior Bowl, featuring some of the nation's top college football seniors, will be played on Jan. 31 in Mobile, Alabama. The game, which is a showcase for players entering the NFL Draft, ...

They’re all around us: sensors and satellites, radars and drones. These tools form vast remote sensing networks that collect data on the climate, the ground, the air, and the water. This information ...