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Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted […]

Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from Utah’s Great Salt

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s star, which lies a mere six light-years from our solar system, has at

A perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating

Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in top

Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get

While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat

Horse-riding Scythian herders and warriors, who inhabited Central Asia and Eastern Europe around 2,500 years ago, may have had cultural

In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging

Displacement is in the nature of a river. But when a river breaks from its channel and carves a new