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Extreme Field WorkExtreme Field WorkA series about how science gets done in Earth's weirdest, wildest environments, from the bottom of...

The cinder block hallways inside the US Army’s top virus research lab are punctuated every few feet with windows that...

One afternoon in December, I took the 4 train from my home in the South Bronx to an apartment near...

The first huge renewable-energy revolution—the one that dotted the US with hydroelectric dams and ultimately made power ubiquitous in every...

Not long ago, in more innocent times, I was driving with my three sons back from trying to ski on...

Sometimes the sun just shines too brightly on California. The state is such a glutton for solar energy—a million solar-paneled...

When the city of Cleveland instituted a partial lockdown in October 1918, shuttering nearly all businesses after 8 pm, a...

To participate and download the app, you'll have to sign up for the project through UCSF's Eureka Research platform using...

Someone receiving a chiropractic adjustmentPhoto: Aleksander Chaibi (Wikimedia Commons)Chiropractors in Canada and elsewhere are being told to stop advertising their...

The Figueira Brava site on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.Image: P. Zilhão et al., 2020/ScienceNeanderthals living in Portugal during the last ice...