MSNBC: Science

Friday th 1st of November 2013

Superstorm Sandy exposes New Jersey mistake: Developing marshland - 14:30

Observers perplexed by Comet ISON's erratic performance - 13:00

Watch for Sunday's strange solar eclipse on East Coast — and online - 12:30

'Smart glasses' could help the blind navigate in unfamiliar territory - 12:30

Volcanoes in Maine -- yes, Maine -- among Earth's biggest - 12:00

Finned monster chomped heads off ancient amphibians - 11:00

Thursday th 31st of October 2013

Viking graves yield grisly find: Beheaded sacrificed slaves - 18:00

How a dog wags its tail may say a lot -- to other dogs - 17:30

The kraken rises!  New fossil evidence revives sea monster debate - 16:31

Vlad the Impaler: The real Dracula was absolutely vicious - 13:00

Meet the real-life robo-surgeon who fixes brains in 'Ender's Game' - 12:01

Time for an exorcism? Demons are on the rise for Halloween - 10:01

Startup sets sights on rapid transit Hyperloop prototype by 2015 - 08:31

Wednesday th 30th of October 2013

It's the most Earth-like alien planet yet -- except for the 3,680 degrees - 17:30

Zombie neuroscience: Inside the brains of the walking dead - 15:00

'OCTOPUS!': Eight legs, one brain and plenty of smarts - 14:30

Dark matter eludes scientists in first results from LUX detector - 14:30

Humans on course to triple daily waste by 2100 - 13:31

Eastern US could see rare hybrid solar eclipse on Sunday - 13:00

Why reindeer eyes turn blue in the dark Arctic winter - 12:00

Neil Armstrong's spacesuit helps Smithsonian tell the story of US - 11:31

Photographers celebrate the weirdness of the micro world - 09:30

Tuesday th 29th of October 2013

Why aliens won't look like Flipper: The science of extraterrestrial tales - 19:00

Gold Rush's poisonous legacy: Mercury lingering for 10,000 years - 17:00

Europe's huge 'Albert Einstein' cargo ship leaves space station - 14:30

Autumn galaxies to reign in night sky this week - 14:00

Prehistoric sharks escaped mass extinction by diving deeper - 13:30

Giant oarfish dissected: Worms found in one, eggs in the other - 13:30

Invasive earthworms damaging Great Lakes forests - 12:30

Dream Chaser mini-shuttle to be fixed after first free flight - 12:30

Halloween dead ahead: Most cultures have ghoulish, spooky traditions - 12:00

NASA's next Mars mission poised to launch on Nov. 18 - 11:00

Monday th 28th of October 2013

Dream Chaser space plane suffers landing-gear glitch in test - 18:00

What's eating the starfish? Mystery rot threatens populations on both coasts - 17:30

Debut test flight looms for Orion, NASA's next manned spaceship - 14:00

Boisterous sun fires off third huge solar flare in as many days - 12:30

Bird footprints 100 million years old: Oldest ever found in Australia - 12:30

How we scan the solar system to find dangerous asteroids - 12:00

'Hot spot' theory for Antarctic volcanoes' formation gets cold shoulder - 11:35

100 years later, Ice Age fossils still excavated in LA tar pits - 11:00

100 years later, Ice Age fossils still excavated in LA tar pits - 11:00

Sunday th 27th of October 2013

Pole-vaulting lice?! Witness the wonders of unseen worlds - 19:30

Dream Chaser prototype spaceship damaged after first free-flying test - 14:30

Weather pattern could provide early warning for catastrophic U.S. heat waves - 13:31

Slave descendant's genetic quest leads to African apology - 12:00

Letter from Cameroon: 'A powerful and meaningful atonement' - 12:00

Friday th 25th of October 2013

What is that mysterious blob on radar? Answer traced to military - 20:00

Sun erupts with two big solar flares - 19:30

Here's a killer recipe for how to make a real zombie - 19:30

NASA telescopes to peer deeper into universe than ever before - 19:30