Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind
By JUSTIN GILLIS Electric utility executives all over the world are watching nervously as technologies they once dismissed […]
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Medicare Proposes Paying for Lung Cancer Screenings for Older Longtime ...
By SABRINA TAVERNISE A draft decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would extend coverage for […]
Philae Lander Nears a Cosmic Touchdown
By KENNETH CHANG Even if it fails in its comet landing, the Rosetta mission will offer scientists a […]
Learning How Little We Know About the Brain
By JAMES GORMAN Research on the brain is surging. Yet the growing body of data is highlighting great […]
Preserving an Accident for the Good of Nature
By FELICITY BARRINGER The Salton Sea, a briny lake created by a mismanaged effort to divert a river, […]
A Tricky Transition From Fossil Fuel
By JUSTIN GILLIS Denmark is pursuing the world’s most ambitious policy against climate change, but conventional electricity remains […]
A Surprising Appetite for Dead Jellyfish
By JAMES GORMAN Contrary to conventional wisdom, an accumulation of the gooey bodies at the bottom of the […]
Scientists, and Universe’s Odd Behavior, Are Recognized With $3 Million ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE In all, $36 million was awarded to scientists as part of an effort by tech […]
Climate Tools Seek to Bend Nature’s Path
By HENRY FOUNTAIN It’s called geoengineering, and its possibilities, like reflective droplets in the sky and rocks that […]
The Dawn of Nuclear Weapons Goes Viral
By WILLIAM J. BROAD Waves of declassified photographs and movies from the nation’s push to make Little Boy […]