Reactive dust from the Great Salt Lake may have health consequences
Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from the Great Salt […]
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped resources
Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get
A thousand-year-old log shows how burying wood can fight climate change
In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old and ultimately very important record. He and his colleagues were digging
A brain network associated with attention is larger in people with depression
Symptoms of depression fluctuate over time, but many brain imaging studies of the condition study only one point in time.
Radio waves emanating from Starlink satellites darken the cosmos
While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling Internet access and mobile communications around the globe, they are also posing a threat
How rapid intensification produced two monster hurricanes in one week
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you
How did dark matter form the universe? This physicist has ideas
At the age of 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how many
Why was Hurricane Helene so devastating?
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you
Brain-controlled bionic limbs are getting closer to reality
The word “bionic” conjures up sci-fi visions of humans grown to superhuman levels. It is true that engineering advances such
X-rays from nuclear explosions can protect Earth from asteroids
An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays to