In today’s political and pop media culture, serious discussions surrounding climate change have mostly devolved into a maddening cacophony. While CO2 emissions continue to concentrate in our atmosphere and warm our planet, pundits squabble and politicians dither. All the while, the [...]

Melody Green, a seventh-grade student and Hello Kitty aficionado, built a rocket and launched it into Earth’s stratosphere last month. Green set out to complete an experiment on the effects air pressure and temperature have on altitude; she used a [...]

Nearly one year ago today, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton announced that they would delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until further environmental impact studies could be reviewed (read: until after the election). With inauguration day just [...]

Few things give one the perspective that staring into the cosmos can. These star trails were captured with long-exposure on their journey through the night’s sky. Get starry eyed with more images of alien galaxies here. Photograph by Jack Fusco

Not exactly a new video, or story for that matter, but definitely always worth a watch. In 1977 the Voyager 1 space probe was launched, and it has been up there in the cosmos for the last 33 years. It’s [...]

The exploration for new sustainable energy sources is in a way an effort to regain harmony with our natural world. If this is the case, it only makes sense to look at the organic mysteries that have been under our [...]

When the question was posed, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson replies with a brilliant existential perspective on our place among the stars. If one were to [...]

The 4th annual Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City aims to showcase compelling and creative films while maintaining scientific integrity. This year’s festival will take place October 14-21, and will have screenings at locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, [...]