The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It

Biotech

‘Devilfish’ Could Help Treat Wastewater from Ceramics

Invasive suckermouths can be transformed into an industrial water cleaner

Gary Hartley

Climate Change

‘Absolutely No Doubt’ That Climate Intensified Current Drought

Global warming made drought that has gripped the Northern Hemisphere, from China to Europe to the U.S., 20 times more likely to occur

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

Conservation

Detroit Has a Large Population of Ring-Necked Pheasants, and They Are Striking

The Motor City is, perhaps, the only large city in the country with groups of the beautiful, non-native fowl running around its fields and lots. 

Aaron Martin

Engineering

NASA’s Saturn V Rocket, the Moon Rock Box and the Woman Who Made Them Work Properly

Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. In the third episode of the third season of the  Lost Women of Science podcast, we see how Y.Y.’s brilliance helped make Project Apollo a success...

Katie Hafner, Carol Sutton Lewis and The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Endangered Species

Rediscovered Red Wolf Genes May Help Conserve the Species

A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf.

Fionna M. D. Samuels