Studying the star, called SDSS J0715-7334, could give astronomers insights into how the universe's first stars were formed ...

Google “Ralph Guzzi,” and it isn’t until page four that any summary of the lifelong trumpeter’s accomplishments appears.

PBS KIDS movies offer fun & engaging educational experiences with various interests. Here's what's available and the life lessons they teach.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full history of a galaxy outside the Milky Way using chemical clues. By analyzing oxygen across NGC 1365 and comparing it with simulations, they ...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to defund PBS and NPR. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington, D.C., pertains to President Donald Trump's ...

In “There’s No Judicial Climate Science Scandal” (Letters, March 21), Jessica Wentz states that a chapter she co-wrote on climate change is “rooted in settled science.” But science is never settled.

Below, Matt Kaplan shares five key insights from his new book, I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right. Science often suppresses bold, unconventional, or ...

Henry David Thoreau’s timing was one of his gifts: Living and writing during his nation’s adolescence, he was something of an adolescent himself. In “Walden,” he found constant wonder in the obvious; ...

What is a super eruption and how did they create the geology of Yellowstone? Where is the world's largest, most explosive, and most unusual volcano? It's Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Masterpiece on PBS is placing a massive bet on their new period drama The Forsytes. The home of Downton Abbey and All Creatures Great and Small has already given the ...

Lizzie Hershberger grew up in an Amish community in Minnesota. She is a survivor of sexual abuse and rape, and she left the community, eventually writing the memoir, Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime ...

“In 1969 the California Board of Education issued new guidelines for the biology curriculum of the state’s public schools. The guidelines included a statement that the Book of Genesis presents a ...