The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

Albert Einstein is arguably the most influential scientist of the 20th century. His general theory of relativity changed our understanding of space and time, becoming one of the two pillars of ...

1905 is referred to as the “miracle year” by physicists. In that one year, Albert Einstein published four papers that laid the foundations of modern physics. One of the major breakthroughs ...

Courtesy of Christopher Paetkau A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual ...

CLEVELAND — There’s a new baby at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo after the birth of a female sloth bear cub late last year -- and now you can help pick her name. The zoo announced a naming ...

March 14 is also Albert Einstein’s birthday. The human who is perhaps more associated with intellectual genius than anyone else in history was born in Germany on March 14, 1879. A little over 40 ...

The Met Office says the UK is highly likely to see a polar vortex collapse in March - the weather phenomenon responsible for 2018’s ‘Beast from the East’. A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...

If gravity arises from entropy, scientists could unite Einstein's general relativity with the quantum realm while shedding light on dark matter and dark energy. A new recipe for gravity could help ...

Polar bear mom and cub on sea ice, off the coast of Svalbard, Norway. Credit: Kt Miller / Polar Bears International Remote cameras were deployed in the Arctic mountains across nearly a decade; ...

There’s also an 80% chance that a polar vortex could collapse later this month, forecasters said, bringing wintry conditions. Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Chris Bulmer said ...

And Saturday’s baby makes three. The bald eagle chick seen on the Friends of Big Bear Valley live camera pecking away at its egg shell emerged Saturday morning, March 8, giving celebrity parents ...

Thousands of people have been tuning in to watch the 24/7 eagle nest cam in Big Bear, California, where bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow introduced three baby eaglets to the world. NBC News ...