Japan’s ‘Hail Mary’ at Fukushima Daiichi: An Underground Ice Wall
By MARTIN FACKLER The project is designed to keep water out of the damaged reactor buildings at the […]
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Stuck in Traffic, Polluting the Inside of Our Cars
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG According to a study, pollution levels in vehicles at red lights or in traffic jams […]
A NASA Satellite Ends the Silent Treatment
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The signal from STEREO-B, one of twin crafts put in orbit to study the sun, […]
A Summer Evening in Texas Isn’t Complete Without a Bat ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Every night, millions of bats emerge in the middle of the state, including more than […]
New Form of Fire, Inspired by Bourbon, Might Help With ...
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists turned a fire whirl, sometimes called a firenado, into a new form — a […]
A 3.2 Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall From a Tree?
By CARL ZIMMER A team of scientists recently concluded that Lucy, a hominid whose skeleton was discovered in […]
The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From
By JAMES GORMAN With a major study of ancient bones and DNA, scientists hope to determine where and […]
A Summer Evening in Texas Isn’t Complete Without a Bat ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Every night, millions of bats emerge in the middle of the state, including more than […]
The Accidental Plagiarist in All of Us
By STEPH YIN To differing degrees, we’ve all been guilty of cryptomnesia, the process of claiming an original […]
A ‘Skylight’ Made From Two Mirrors
By JOANNA KLEIN The periscope, commonly found in submarines and spy novels, was an innovative solution to a […]