对全世界的华人来说，月亮是一个重要的文化符号。从小听着有关月亮的诗句、神话长大，我们很容易认为“皓月当空”是理所当然的事。 不过，自从人类在月球上放置了激光反射镜后，科学家终于确定，月球其实正在以每年3.78厘米的速度远离我们，和指甲生长的速度差不多 ...

The Sun has unleashed two eruptions that could disturb Earth's magnetic field and bring auroras to parts of the world. Here's ...

Florida’s new plan for teaching science in public schools lacks depth, skirts around the important topics of climate change and evolution and would be a “disservice” to the state’s students, dozens ...

The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found. By Raymond Zhong It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some ...

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Science has solved extraordinary problems, yet some long-standing questions remain unsettled even with modern tools and technology.

You’re probably used to the month of February having an extra day every four years, during the leap year. Timekeepers added that extra leap day because Earth completes one orbit around the Sun in ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) tells Kaitlan Collins that he stands by calling his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth the “biggest regret” ...

The idea that Earth is flat has been disproven by centuries of observation and modern measurement, yet some people still ...

A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed ...

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In the October 1, 2026 issue of Nature, a paper attributing the primary cause of the decadal millisecond fluctuations in the ...