Larry Page
iDigBio is revealing new research opportunities in long-hidden museum collections
Portrait of Matt Disney sitting in a lab with his chin resting on his clasped hands.
In June 2000, when President Bill Clinton announced that the initial sequencing of the human genome had been completed, it...
Feature image of Perseverence Rover landing on Mars' surface. Artist rendering by NASA/JPL.
Williams, a University of Florida geology professor, recently joined her second Mars mission: After serving on the Curiosity rover team since 2009, she’s now a participating scientist on the Perseverance rover, which touched down on the red planet on Feb. 18.
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Dive into Explore's archives from the fall of 2011 to the magazine's beginnings in the spring of 1996
Seen from a distance, four students examine striations in red volcanic rock on the edge of a crater strewn with boulders. They wear sun hats to protect from the glare and heat. One points at the rock patterns, which are crumbled and eroded.
The drone wouldn’t fly. The wheelchair-accessible van spun its tires, digging into the dusty gravel. And the men with shotguns...
Kevin Folta
Horticultural scientist Kevin Folta is decoding plants’ responses to light across the spectrum
A symphony orchestra is comprised of the strings, the woodwinds, the brass and percussion. Without one, you lose the depth of sound. Without them all, you lose the genius of Beethoven or Mozart.