Years ago, scientists noted something odd: Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect nearly the same amount of sunlight back into space. The reason why this symmetry is odd is because the ...

A microscopic image shows soil (brown) that has been blended with polyester fibers (white). Credit: Ingraffia et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-421-2022 ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today. A yearly analysis of climate change’s progress and effects ...

Two new studies investigate the possible origins of organic molecules detected in plumes erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, pictured here in an artist’s impression. Enceladus’s ...

A judge has ordered the government halt reductions in force (RIFs) of federal employees issued because of the government shutdown. Credit: Hillel Steinberg, Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0 Research & ...

Hurricane Melissa is bearing down on Jamaica, with many areas likely to see over 500 mm of rainfall. The impacts could be extremely significant. Hurricane Melissa has strengthened substantially over ...

The Trump administration announced today that the 1.5-million acre coastal plains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will open for drilling. Here, caribou graze on the plain, with the Brooks Range ...

Some excellent before and after imagery is now available showing the evolution of the Matai’an landslide dam. The active GIS/spatial analysis community in Taiwan has produced some fascinating analysis ...

New research suggests that as Earth traveled through space over billions of years, its movements in and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (seen here from the top of Cerro Armazones, Chile) may ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. Today, NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

A NASA-led carbon observation satellite allows researchers to scan the atmosphere over cities like New York to measure carbon emissions. Credit: Dietmar Rabich/Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 Because ...