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Space: The final business frontier
Mashable space reporter Miriam Kramer joins this week's episode of Biz Please to talk about the harsh realities and wild dreams of the space business.
Climate votes at Exxon, Chevron signal growing demand to change business as usual
Shareholders voted in unusually high numbers in favor of climate action at Exxon and Chevron on Wednesday.
Storm chaser records insanely close-range video of powerful Kansas tornado
Storm chaser Reed Timmer took an unusually terrifying close-up video of a large tornado near Dodge City, Kansas on Tuesday.
Oil giants Exxon and Chevron face major climate change tests
Oil companies face mounting public pressure to consider the risks that climate change poses to their business model.
Giant, tiny and scary: The top 10 species of 2016
It's a varied roster of discoveries, so let's get right to it, in no specifically ranked order.
By DISCOVERY NEWS
Extreme solar flares shot out by a young sun may have incubated life on Earth
A new study suggests that the most extreme solar flares may have helped life on Earth develop.
Mars is the brightest it has been in a decade: Here's how to see it this weekend
Here's how to see Mars from your own backyard this weekend. No telescope required.
Ancient mega tsunamis on Mars are newest clues to past life
These killer waves might have been triggered by giant meteor impacts.
By Charles Q. Choi
Edible six-pack rings let you have your beer and help the environment, too
A Florida brewery is shunning plastic rings entirely, replacing them with a biodegradable version made from natural brewing byproducts.
India records its hottest temperature ever: 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit
India recorded its hottest temperature on record on May 19, at an astonishing 51 degrees Celsius.
New close-up photo of Mars shows the red planet in a whole new light
A new photo of Mars shows ice caps, clouds on the red planet.
Greenpeace stunt prompts closure of British Museum
The protest coincides with the opening of a new exhibit sponsored by the oil company BP.
Star-forming gas cloud lights up in new telescope photo
A cloud of gas in another galaxy glows brightly in this new European Southern Observatory photo.
The ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa may be just right for life
Life may be lurking within Europa's subsurface ocean.
Earth has now seen an unprecedented 12 straight months of record-shattering warmth
Global temperature statistics for 2016 so far read like an almanac of a looming climate calamity.
With Paris Agreement pledge, Trump shows why 2016 is the most important climate election yet
Donald Trump wants to renegotiate the Paris Agreement on climate change. He may find that's a poor business decision.
Thanks to push away from coal, power plant emissions fall to lowest level since 1993
Falling carbon emissions from the electric power sector could help states meet their climate goals.
By Bobby Magill
Vietnam 'blocks' Facebook over the weekend due to protests over dead fish
Angry protests over millions of dead fish washing up on shores had been organised on Facebook.
By Victoria Ho
How dying stars could turn frozen worlds into habitable planets
Once-frozen planets can become habitable when their parent stars expand into massive red giants.
By Calla Cofield
Stephen Hawking teaches you how to think like a genius in his new TV series
With a new science series on PBS, Stephen Hawking teaches Americans how to think like geniuses.
Extremely bright fireball in northern U.S. and Canada captured on video
Look at that fireball go.
Watch weather observers battle 100-plus-mph winds on Mount Washington
This video shows weather observers battling 100 mile-per-hour winds on Mount Washington.
The Space Station just made its 100,000th orbit around Earth
That's about 2.6 billion miles.
World-leading Australian climate scientist reportedly sacked while at sea
"At the end of the day, it means Australia will lose out."
By Ariel Bogle
