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Why the recent global warming hiatus may have ended.

Imagine that two very similar-looking neighbors undergo a genetic test. The exam shows that the pair’s genetic fingerprints are virtually identical. They feel a flash of shock and excitement. What does this mean? Could they be long-lost twins, separated in a hospital mixup? The Earth and Moon share a similar issue, one that poses a […]

You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.

Meet the avalanche engineers of the Subzero Laboratory.

This map produced by NOAA shows the land-surface temperature anomaly: how the temperature deviated from normal, on average, over the month. The darkest red areas were 12 degrees Celsius (22 degrees Fahrenheit) above average, while the darkest blue areas were 12 degrees Celsius below average.NOAA A question hangs like a cloud over the deeply weird […]

Why the Great Red Spot refuses to die.

Why the Great Red Spot refuses to die.

How counting sunspots unites the past and future of science.

Portable slow-light technology could measure the speed of glaciers in real time.