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A Rebuilt Paradise Nervously Watches Wildfire on the Horizon

Paradise, the postcard Sierra Nevada town incinerated 22 months ago by the worst wildfire in California history, passed a milestone…

5 years ago

Structure and Chemistry Dictate How Cicada Wings Repel Water and Kill Bacteria

Nature often inspires engineering. Cicada wings, for example, have long tantalized researchers with their water-repellent and antimicrobial properties, which would…

5 years ago

Photos Show Massive Wildfires Devastating Oregon and California

From the Mexican border to the forests of Washington State, the West Coast is ablaze. Dozens of fires have roared…

5 years ago

Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

There is something funky going on in the clouds of Venus. Telescopes have detected unusually high concentrations of the molecule…

5 years ago

It’s Time to Rein in Inflated Military Budgets

The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout provide ample reason to reconsider what truly constitutes national…

5 years ago

Polar Bears’ Dropped GPS Collars Reveal How Ice Drifts

Just because a scientist puts a GPS tracking collar on a wild polar bear does not mean the animal will…

5 years ago

The Hawking Limit – Scientific American

Early in life, I was especially sensitive to the conditions around me. Minor levels of background noise would spoil my…

5 years ago

The Enduring Mystery of Earth’s Water

You have to go to extreme lengths to find places on Earth that don’t reveal that they’re part of a…

5 years ago

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years

Scientists just completed one of the most comprehensive investigations of Earth’s climate history—and the findings aren’t favorable. They found that…

5 years ago

Evolution Education in the U.S. Is Getting Better

Woo-hoo, d’oh, or meh? Which of these Simpsonian reactions is appropriate to the fact, revealed by a 2019 survey conducted…

5 years ago