Quantum bits made from “designer molecules” are coming into fashion. By carefully tailoring the composition of molecules, researchers are creating chemical systems suited to...
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A flash flood surged down a river in India’s Himalayan Uttarakhand state on February 7, killing at least 30 people and washing away two...
When it comes to finding fossils of very ancient microbial life — whether on Earth or on other worlds, such as Mars — the...
Under a White SkyElizabeth KolbertCrown, $28 In 1900, the city of Chicago completed a 45-kilometer-long canal that altered the hydrology of two-thirds of the...
A new slow-motion video offers the best view yet of the split-second collision of electric currents that creates a flash of lightning. The video...
Vaccine rollout in the United States has been undeniably slow. And while we wait, worrisome new coronavirus variants are emerging, heightening the urgency to...
The paucity of Lyme disease cases in the southern United States may be partly due to what black-legged ticks in southern locales bite. Although...
Two tightly packed families of exoplanets are pushing the boundaries of what a planetary system can look like. New studies of the makeup of...
Close to a half million U.S. children didn’t get tested for lead in the first half of 2020. Nearly 10,000 of those children may...
Hidden beneath the leaf litter of a northern Malagasy forest lives a chameleon so slight that it could tumble off the tip of your...