Inside the Growing Movement to Share Science Through Quilting | Science
Earth scientist Laura Guertin had just returned from Louisiana when her journey with science quilting began. Her seatmate on the flight home had explained to her how…
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Why Did James Smithson Leave His Fortune to the U.S. and More Questions From Our…
Q: Why did James Smithson leave his fortune to the United States and not to institutions in his native England?—Helen Scott | New York CityThe Smithsonian’s founding…
New Research of Impact Crater Blows Away Previous Estimates on Its Age | Science
If you travel 140 miles southeast of Kiev, Ukraine, just before you reach the tiny village of Bukvarka, you’ll arrive at a patch of forest that streaks across…
To Combat Climate Change, Researchers Want to Pull Carbon Dioxide from the Ocean and…
A new method for combatting climate change feels like a bit of modern-day alchemy: scientists have figured out how to take carbon dioxide out of the ocean and turn…
Can Climate Fiction Writers Reach People in Ways That Scientists Can’t? |…
Sci-fi is full of lasers and spaceflight, holograms and super soldiers, all varying in their believability. But fiction doesn’t always mean far-fetched, and fantasy…
How Extreme Temperature Swings in Deserts Stir Sand and Dust | Science
The White Sands Dune Field is desolate and isolated, far removed from any human activity, traits that made the New Mexico desert an ideal spot for the U.S military…
Ancient Lightning May Have Sparked Life on Earth | Science
Even lightning has a fossil record. The brief flashes of electrical current in the sky are ephemeral events, here and gone in a flash, but sometimes lightning…
How Rivers in the Sky Melt Huge Holes in Antarctic Ice | Articles
This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com.…
Meet the Soil Scientists Using Dirt to Make Stunning Paints | Science
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In September, as wildfire raged in Medicine Bow National Forest, Karen Vaughn watched…
The Ten Best Science Books of 2020 | Science
Clean: The New Science of Skin
In his book Clean, author and physician James Hamblin…