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For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed the red giant star R Doradus with the Atacama Large …
How a dying star is similar to a lava lamp Read More
Transcript James McCall: Solar production in the US really started to pick up around 2012. As solar really became mainstream, there was a lot more concerns of land use changes. …
Can solar farms and crop farms coexist? Read More
Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in top hats and petticoats. That type of retrofuturistic mash-up is the …
Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics to the quantum age Read More
Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought. A new temperature timeline that combines geologic data with computational …
Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought Read More
TV stars and terrorists may appear to have little in common. But after watching YouTube videos by members of a violent terrorist organization, Yotam Ophir realized the two groups deploy …
This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics Read More
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can …
A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations Read More
Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get enough of the lithium that EV batteries require (SN: 5/7/19). …
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped sources Read More
The ocean’s circulatory system may not be doing as poorly as previously thought. A vital ocean artery known as the Florida Current, a bellwether for the ocean’s ability to regulate …
A vital ocean current is stable, for now Read More
At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people were buying A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. …
How did dark matter shape the universe? This physicist has ideas Read More
Heat-related deaths in the United States are on the rise. But how bad will it be 20, 30 or 40 years from now? Scientists now have a clue. Currently, an …
Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century Read More