Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare Back
By AMY YEE Scientists are studying this area in a remote region of Ethiopia — one of the […]
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Arthur Rosenfeld, Zealous Champion of Energy Efficiency, Dies at 90
By KATE GALBRAITH Dr. Rosenfeld’s work, first embraced in California in the 1970s, gained national attention and helped […]
A Birder’s Heaven: Just Follow the Stench to the Landfill
By JOANNA KLEIN If you love bird watching, consider scurrying over sharp objects and mystery mush to catch […]
A Genetic Fix to Put the Taste Back in Tomatoes
By KENNETH CHANG University of Florida scientists say they have found a recipe that would return flavor that […]
Hydrogen Squeezed Into a Metal, Possibly Solid, Harvard Physicists Say
By KENNETH CHANG Scientists have been chasing solid metallic hydrogen for decades. The latest claim, published in the […]
New Prospects for Growing Human Replacement Organs in Animals
By NICHOLAS WADE Human stem cells could be implanted in an early pig embryo, making a chimera with […]
Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight, Signaling Concern Among Scientists
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH The clock run by a group of scientists now stands at two and a […]
6 Million Years Ago, Otters the Size of Wolves Roamed ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Fossils of the extinct relative of modern-day otters suggest that it was six feet […]
Better Weather Forecasts, and These Pretty Pictures, Too
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR NOAA released the first batch of images taken by its GOES-16 satellite, which it […]
North America’s Geographical Center May Be in a North Dakota ...
By STEPH YIN A geography professor unearthed the surprising result when he weighed in on a feud between […]