Greenpeace Subterfuge Tests Climate Research
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Employees of the environmental group posed as representatives of energy companies and offered to pay […]
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Amir Aczel, Author of Scientific Cliffhanger, Dies at 65
By WILLIAM GRIMES Mr. Aczel sought out scientific topics with a colorful narrative behind them, including “Fermat’s Last […]
Taming Carbon Emissions From the ‘Invisible’ Shipping Industry
By HENRY FOUNTAIN As negotiators gather in Paris to hammer out a new climate treaty, experts are just […]
Australia’s Feral Cats Most Likely European
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The nation is home to more than 20 million wild cats, which have driven […]
Supplies Bound for Space Station After Successful Launch
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A shipment of much-needed groceries, experiments and other items rocketed toward the International Space […]
Exercise May Aid Brain’s ‘Rewiring’
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The visual cortex may be more adaptable following exercise, a new study suggests. Published: […]
New Data Suggest Period of Soaring Global Emissions May Have ...
By JUSTIN GILLIS and CHRIS BUCKLEY Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases rose just slightly last year and seem […]
Skinnier and Chillier
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Feeling cold more often after losing weight probably has to do with a loss […]
Closing In on Where Eels Go to Connect
By RACHEL NUWER A mysterious migration “has preoccupied eel scientists for more than a century.” Published: December 8, […]
On Tether to Fossil Fuels, Nations Speak With Money
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Government subsidies for conventional energy still dwarf spending on the fight against climate change. Calls […]