Maarten Wouters/Getty Images The Shape of Things UnseenAdam Zeman (Bloomsbury Circus) Just imagine! No, seriously, just imagine: an apple, perhaps, or a cartful of apples, or even a kingdom in which monstrous apples are fought by oranges on horseback. Our...
Delivering “some felons to a labour camp on a remote planet” … Alien ClayShutterstock / Space creator They say never start a story with a waking, but when you’ve been hard asleep for thirty years it’s difficult to know where...
“A world organised along very different lines to Earth” … Alien ClayScience Photo Library/Alamy “Hard” science fiction exists to push the boundaries of the imagination in a very specific way: thought experiments that start with the known and the possible,...
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958FRED ESPENAK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by...
Earlier this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the authorization of the dye Red No. 3, which is used in a variety of foods and medications. This artificial dye, which is made from petroleum and had been found...
Climate change can increase the frequency and severity of droughtsZhang Yu/VCG via Getty Images Severe droughts that persist for years have grown hotter, drier and larger since the 1980s. These long-lasting droughts – some of which are extreme enough to...
“Oh my god, this arm is part of me,” says Scott Imbrie, who was able to use it to feel objectsCharles M. Greenspon, University of Chicago Two people with paralysis in their hands were able to temporarily regain their sense...
A satellite orbits the planetShutterstock / Andrei Armiagov Over the past couple years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean have been severed in apparent acts of sabotage. Now a NATO-backed project has shown how to quickly...
January 16, 20253 min read‘Powerful Forces’ Threaten Climate Action, Biden WarnsIn his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” could undo four years of progress on climate policyBy Scott Waldman & E&E News President Joe Biden speaks from...
January 16, 20255 min readHow Will Fire Investigators Trace the Source of the L.A. Wildfires?Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignitionBy Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna...
