History
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: January 2022
Booster shots for smallpox, molten moonglow
Stories by Mark Fischetti
History
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: December 2021
How birds breathe, dehydrated meat
Weather
Warning Scale Unveiled for Dangerous Rivers in the Sky
Strings of ocean storms called atmospheric rivers flood California and other western coastlines, although sometimes they can be beneficial
History
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2021
Fish in Death Valley; the Edison test
Vaccines
Should Booster Shots Be Required?
This Covid question played out long ago, in the fight against smallpox in 1872
Climate Change
There’s Still Time to Fix Climate—About 11 Years
Aggressive policies, enacted now, can extend the deadline and prevent the worst catastrophes
Policy
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2021
Jupiter Pioneers get ready; wireless moths
Policy
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: September 2021
U.S. could go metric; vicious fish
Policy
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: August 2021
Tasty radio; early fake leather
Policy
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2021
Madame Curie honored; immortality for humans
Culture
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2021
Social strata of turkeys; moon bombs
Fitness
Hormone Highs and Lows Follow a Seasonal Pattern
A newly discovered internal body clock creates annual peaks and valleys
Engineering
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: May 2021
When time began; superior bread baking
Climate Change
Youth Leaders for Climate Justice Say, ‘We Are Ready to Work’
Inspiring individuals from Argentina, Colombia and Kuwait lay out actions that can improve people’s lives
Climate Change
We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We’re Going to Say So
It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed
Policy
Nations Claim Large Overlapping Sections of Arctic Seafloor
The five coastal countries will have to rectify their science and their politics
Fitness
Our Bodies Replace Billions of Cells Every Day
Blood and the gut dominate cell turnover
Natural Disasters
Hurricane Names from Greek Alphabet Are Dropped
Sticking with human names will lessen confusion and distraction
EARTH
Sunlight Changes Unequally All Year Long
Some days we gain one minute; some days we gain three
Policy
Green Alternative to Border Wall Might Have Saved Texas
A U.S.-Mexico corridor of renewable energy and water could have prevented widespread emergencies
