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The CEO behind the world's biggest science and engineering fair says the biggest mistake parents make is putting too much pressure on their kids
The International Science and Engineering Fair is a huge competition with big money on the line. It…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Mumbai’s Catastrophic Dust Storm Explained | Science with Business Insider India
Mad Max or Mumbai? A devastating dust storm wreaked havoc on our beloved city of dreams a few days …
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Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why
A new study offers compelling evidence that Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing do…
Jessica Orwig
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A luxury Viking cruise ship helped scientists encounter the rarely-seen giant phantom jellyfish
Tourists in a submersible witnessed a rarely seen giant phantom jellyfish during a Viking cruise to…
Jenny McGrath
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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its last meal
Locals found this first-of-a-kind Pleistocene wolf in Siberia. It's so mummified that scientists ho…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists want to pump carbon into a hole at the bottom of the ocean in a $60 million pilot project to help stop climate change
Offshore drilling could help fight climate change in the future. Instead of extracting oil from the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A new carbon removal plant will absorb carbon dioxide 99,000 times faster than Earth's oceans
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions isn't enough. We have to start sucking CO2 from the atmosphere and…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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A team of climbers just summited 3 of the most challenging peaks in the world. They made it even harder by collecting roughly 2,000 pounds of trash along the way.
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times and seen tons of trash accumulate ove…
Ellyn Lapointe
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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we k…
Jessica Orwig
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Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone is and it's bad news for Washington
Scientists just released the first comprehensive survey of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the most d…
Ellyn Lapointe
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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
"Super puff" WASP 107b confused scientists for years. Now, two independent teams of astronomers thi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business
Fake science can make it into reputable journals, due to the pressures of the publishing business. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space elevators could get us to Mars in record time — and Japan is planning one for 2050
Space elevators are just theoretical at this point, but a Japanese company hopes to build one in th…
Jenny McGrath
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Insider Today: Delta's bougie new lounge
In this Saturday edition of Insider Today, we're talking about the brand new Delta One Lounge, work…
Joi-Marie McKenzie
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Where Canada's 'super pigs' are most likely to invade the US — and potentially cause millions of dollars in damage
A new study found there's high potential for Canadian super pigs, a cross between a wild boar and d…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Your back and neck pain might have nothing to do with your bad posture, a posture historian says
In her new book, "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America," Beth Linker traces the history of Ameri…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Taylor Swift's posture-correcting bra costs $185. A posture historian shares why she's skeptical of 'one-size-fits-all' solutions.
Beth Linker, author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America," says one-step posture-fixing prod…
Ellyn Lapointe
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This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
Hawaii's green sea turtles are dying from mysterious tumors. Maddux Alexander Springer spent 400 ho…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn Lapointe
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2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water
Two 17-year-olds created a new device to successfully filter microplastics from water using ultraso…