Last fall, my husband and I managed our children’s first run-of-the-mill cold masquerading as COVID-19 with ease. We took them for the requisite tests and…
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Windbreaks may sound like a counterintuitive idea for boosting the performance of a wind turbine. But physicists report that low walls that block wind could…
At the start of a school year, kids usually show up with oversized backpacks stocked with fresh pencils, crisp notebooks and snacks. This back-to-school season,…
The science is unequivocal: Humans are dramatically overhauling Earth’s climate. The effects of climate change are now found everywhere around the globe and are intensifying…
Collide light with light, and poof, you get matter and antimatter. It sounds like a simple idea, but it turns out to be surprisingly hard…
As the delta variant of the coronavirus sends case counts surging, millions of U.S. children are heading back to school in person, many for the…
Figuring out how people think and feel is one of science’s great challenges. In the last 100 years, we’ve seen the rise of psychology as…
Rising from the ashes Climate change might fuel more wildfires that can survive winter underground and flare up after warmer-than-normal summers, Jonathan Lambert reported in…
This plastic will self-destruct — Science News, August 7, 1971 Public indignation over litter and garbage has caused industry to ask chemists whether self-destroying, or quickly…
The last time I played clarinet with my band was on March 10, 2020. It was a typical Tuesday evening rehearsal: About 10 musicians crowded…