Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by ...

Proteus Marine Renewables has deployed the AR1100 tidal turbine in Japan, which became the country's first ever ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...

"If you take the first step, others will follow." Scientist pours his life savings into project many thought was impossible: ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Audio produced by ...

The remains of a long-lost WWII warship have been identified after more than 80 years when it was attacked and sunk by Nazis in 1944. The ship was carrying 270 men and 100 were killed in battle.

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that the structure of vortices generated around a swimmer's feet changes with increasing speed during underwater undulatory swimming. Specifically, ...