MSNBC: Science

Thursday th 2nd of January 2014

Bloomin’ mystery: Rare blue petunias reveal origin of color - 14:00

Tuesday th 31st of December 2013

Mexico City dig turns up unusual Aztec offering: a dog's skull - 20:00

Mars One clears 1,058 applicants for next step toward one-way Mars trip - 20:00

Beyonce, we have a problem: NASA criticizes Challenger song sample - 19:00

Hubble spots hints of clouds in exoplanets' atmospheres - 17:30

Scientist shares secret formula for long-lasting bubbly: Keep it on ice - 17:00

Astronauts help ring in the New Year at New York's Times Square - 14:30

Bat sex? Doomsday bosons? Help us pick the year's weirdest science - 14:30

Why so blue? Biblical dye was made from snails - 12:30

By Ra! Romans used ancient Egypt obelisk as a sundial - 12:30

Mega-moon, meteor showers: 11 must-watch events to light up 2014 sky - 10:30

Florida's mangrove forests expand north with climate change - 09:30

Alien or YouTubian? Intricate crop circle appears in California - 01:30

Monday th 30th of December 2013

Alice in Scienceland! Caterpillar puffs nicotine to ward off spiders - 18:00

How icebreakers work — and sometimes don't work - 16:30

Beyonce criticized for sampling audio from shuttle Challenger disaster - 15:30

Political divide over evolution is growing, new Pew survey shows - 13:31

What lies beneath: Tiny organisms thrive below Earth's surface - 11:30

Saturday th 28th of December 2013

UFO or meteor? ‘Fire ball’ lights up Iowa sky - 21:30

Friday th 27th of December 2013

Vintage find: 1,000-year-old vineyards discovered in Spain - 21:01

Out of this world: Astronaut captures majestic view during Christmas Eve spacewalk - 20:01

Year in science: Old bones yield new revelations about kings and genes - 20:01

3-D printed livers offerglimpse into the future of biomedical research - 19:00

New eruption may be brewing at El Hierro volcano in Canary Islands - 18:00

Sharks with frickin' tweets set off alerts for swimmers — but how much good will they do? - 16:00

Let it snow: How the white stuff comes down for days on end in the  Arctic - 15:30

Russian spacewalkers install cameras to watch Earth from orbit - 13:00

Thursday th 26th of December 2013

'We just can't get through': Explorer ship stuck in Antarctic ice and battered by blizzards - 21:00

An alien planet may lurk around nearby failed stars - 20:30

Year in space: Meteor flashes, comet fizzles — and rovers are on a roll - 19:30

'Big plans': Russia looks to revive ailing space program - 18:30

'Harry Potter' cloaks: Quest for invisibility not all fantasy - 17:00

Whoops! Earth's oldest 'diamonds' actually polishing grit - 14:30

Cocoa frogs, walking sharks among coolest species identified in 2013 - 12:30

'Meteor smoke' clouds gather early over South Pole - 12:30

Wednesday th 25th of December 2013

Holiday calendar: A Christmas portrait of the planet - 05:30

Tuesday th 24th of December 2013

Holiday calendar: Santa never had a view like this! - 15:30

Christmas Eve spacewalkers aim to finish crucial space station repairs - 07:00

Monday th 23rd of December 2013

Queen pardons computing giant Alan Turing, 59 years after his suicide - 21:50

'Earthrise' gets a makeover, 45 years after Apollo 8 - 19:50

Spacewalkers gear up for Christmas Eve wrapup on repairs - 17:50

'We close with good night, good luck': Apollo 8 astronaut marks 1968 broadcast to Earth - 16:20

Joy to the world! Cassini probe delivers holiday goodies from Saturn - 15:20

Hand-drawn spiders? Egypt cave art poses web of riddles - 12:50

Sunday th 22nd of December 2013

Water causes a fresh problem for space station's spacewalkers  - 21:30

Holiday calendar: Alien-looking clouds swirl on Earth - 18:30

Photographer captures snowflakes in stunning detail - 05:00

Saturday th 21st of December 2013

Holiday calendar: A scientific slant on winter's start - 15:00

Snorkel-equipped spacewalkers start critical repair job on space station - 07:30

Friday th 20th of December 2013

Holiday calendar: Christmas tree? No, it's Iceland - 21:30