Video replay tech, known as VAR, is taking over soccer. Now the data is in: It's…
Author: Eric Niiler
Icy Waterfalls Are Roaring as a Heat Wave Sizzles Greenland
Glaciologists are rappelling into a glacial plumbing system to probe the effects of climate change on…
Scientists are getting better at predicting killer heat waves
Scientists say that the number of heat waves in 50 major American cities has tripled since…
Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Killer Heat Waves
And not a moment too soon. As the world warms, they’re becoming a lot more common.
Forget the Moon—We Should Go to Jupiter’s Idyllic Europa
NASA's Europa mission is struggling, but scientists are keeping the dream alive with exotic approaches to…
Senators Try—Again—to Solve the Nuclear Waste Debacle
A bipartisan group is trying to find a place, or perhaps many places, to bury nuclear…
Cold War Spy Photos Show How Fast Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting
By turning declassified images into a 3D model, scientists find that the mountain range's glaciers are…
Weather Forecasts Will Soon Use Weird, Bendy GPS Signals
SpaceX will soon launch weather-prediction satellites that track how GPS signals bend as they travel through…
The floor of the Gulf of Mexico could be future home to a lot of carbon
"This is not a solution for climate change, but a mitigation process until we change the…
What to Do About CO2? Try Stuffing It Into the Gulf of Mexico
The gulf's seabed could be an ideal place to bury Texas' carbon emissions. The state is…