Mumbai’s costliest push yet to clean the Mithi river: Will deep tunnels finally turn the tide?

Mumbai’s latest attempt to revive the long-polluted Mithi river is also its most ambitious and expensive so far. Anchored by ...

Deep ocean earthquakes drive Southern Ocean’s massive phytoplankton blooms, study finds

Scientists have discovered wintertime seismic activity in the ocean around Antarctica controls summer growth of phytoplankton ...

Femtosecond laser technique captures elusive atomic oxygen in water

TALIF works by using a precisely tuned laser to excite the atoms being measured. Instead of absorbing a single photon, each atom absorbs two photons at the same time, and the combined energy of these ...
MIT Technology Review

This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air

Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
The Drive

Let’s Find Out If Your Spark Plugs Need Replacing

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Everyone dropped their first, or likely fortieth, F-bomb when their dad had them hold the spark plug while he hit the kickstarter on their dirt bike. While it might ...
Daily News

NASA goes on an ESCAPADE – twin small, low-cost orbiters will examine Mars’ atmosphere

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched two small, affordable orbiters to Mars on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket. Discover how these ...