On Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal, scientists map lightning strikes and find that they kill mainly the loftiest trees, likely disturbing the forest ecology.
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Southern Greenland Wildfire Extinguished
Scientists are still investigating the cause, fuel source, and overall impact of the weeks-long blaze.
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White House R&D Priorities Differ from Its Budget Requests
The administration’s top R&D priority areas are American military superiority, security, prosperity, energy dominance, and health.
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Engineering New Foundations for a Thawing Arctic
Researchers experiment with new building supports to prepare the Arctic for rapid shifts in permafrost and ground stability.
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Howling at the Moon with Eclipse Enthusiasts
From the reporters who stared at goats to poets who tweeted haiku, eclipse watchers across the nation flaunted their weird.
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Eclipse’s Last Major Stop Is Rich in Science and Amazement
Eclipse celebrations and scientific preparations abound in the final large U.S. population center to see Monday’s total eclipse.
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Physicist and Former Congressman Vernon Ehlers Dead at 83
A staunch supporter of science, Ehlers worked as a research scientist before going into politics.
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Quakes Pack More Punch in Eastern Than in Central United States
A new finding rests on the recognition that fault types differ between the two regions. It helps explain prior evidence that human-induced quakes and natural ones behave the same in the nation’s center.
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Sixteen Eclipse Studies That Illuminate Science from the Shadow
From jets that will chase the Moon’s shadow to a telescope designed to mimic the eyes of a mantis shrimp, projects across the United States will pack science into mere minutes when day turns to dark.