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Get Ready for a Solar Storm to (Maybe) Light Up the Sky

A severe solar storm is brewing.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center on Friday issued a rare warning after a...

Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86

Jim Simons, the prizewinning mathematician who abandoned a stellar academic career, then plunged into finance — a world he knew nothing about —...

A Severe Solar Storm Is Hitting the Earth, and Auroras May Be Visible

Dramatic blasts of particles from the surface of the sun have prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue a severe geomagnetic...

From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come

The oldest evidence of wildfire in the world can be found in a laboratory on the fourth floor of a brick building in...

Are Floating Cities the Solution to Rising Seas?

“We were more making sure that the concepts that we developed for the city infrastructure could house a great degree of variation of...

A Boat Designed to Be a Breath of Fresh Air

This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity.In the middle of Milan Design Week last...

The doom vs. optimism debate

Depending on how you look at it, the climate story is one that can inspire genuine optimism or a fair bit of doomerism.On...

At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil

Former President Donald J. Trump told a group of oil executives and lobbyists gathered at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort last month...

Tuna Crabs, Neither Tuna Nor Crabs, Are Swarming Near San Diego

When Anna Sagatov, an underwater cinematographer, goes on her usual night dives off La Jolla Shores in San Diego, she’s used to spotting...

Massive Fossil Donation Helps Brazil’s National Museum Rise From the Ashes

On the night of Sept. 2, 2018, a fire swept through the National Museum of Brazil, devastating the country’s oldest scientific institution and...

Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water

Most people are quite good at distinguishing between the sound of a hot liquid and the sound of a cold one being poured,...

10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean

The Biden administration has been racing this spring to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations, including rules to combat climate change, a...

The Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley

When it comes to sheer resilience, few, if any, species can match the tiny Devils Hole pupfish.Cyprinodon diabolis, as the species is known,...

Lawns Draw Scorn, but Some See Room for Compromise

“What’s the right thing to do as a gardener?” he asked. “Fertilize and irrigate? Well, that’s actually helping the weeds more than the...

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