The curious minds at What If examine the varying lengths of day-night cycles across our solar system, from the 176-day ...

The Moon looks unchanged every night, but it is slowly moving farther away from Earth. Scientists say ocean tides, gravity and Earth's rotation are behind this quiet journey. Here's why it happens, ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the ...

Dave Kendall, the creator of seminal MTV alternative rock music video show 120 Minutes, has died. The news came from fellow ...

The Viking I and II missions at the nation’s bicentennial were among the most successful missions in the annals of space ...

The Milwaukee Brewers acquired right-handed pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. and left-hander Colton Gordon from the Houston Astros ...

Astronomers have spent years searching for a possible hidden giant planet far beyond Neptune. Unusual orbits among distant Kuiper Belt objects have fueled the Planet Nine theory, but recent ...

For Twin Cities baseball fans, a trip to the ballpark can cost anywhere from about $10 to several hundred (or thousand) ...

Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute found that rotating waves of brain activity help restore focus after distractions. In animal tests, these rotations predicted performance: full rotations meant ...

A bite-sized show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening in today's economy. It's a quick hit of insight into money, work, and ...

July 15, 2026 • China’s turbocharged growth may have made it rich, but now it has to deal with rich country problems.