The art and science of composing movie scores
Imagine what some of the most thrilling films ever made would be like without their musical scores."Star Wars" without the crescendo of the opening credits? "The Godfather" minus the brooding...
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If you remember Darth Vader’s famous line in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back," as “Luke, I am your father,” you’re not alone — but you’re not right, either. His actual words are “No, I am...
View ArticleChina's making huge economic bets on green energy
Officials in Beijing are turning the problem of poisonous pollution into a green opportunity for China.On Thursday, China’s National Energy Administration announced that it would invest at least $360...
View ArticleObama is the first US president to author an article in Science magazine
In an eleventh-hour attempt to cement his legacy on climate change and dissuade his successor from scrapping his policies, President Barack Obama published an article in a top academic journal,...
View ArticleFour important news stories that aren't about Donald Trump
Donald Trump this, Rex Tillerson that. Russia, Russia, Russia. It's been a week of heavy news about US politics and America's relationship with the world.Let's catch up now on some news that's been...
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Climate change is fueling a second chance for nuclear power
Science journalist Miles O’Brien recently returned to Fukushima, Japan, for the sixth time since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear meltdown there nearly six years ago.O’Brien thought...
View ArticleNorway begins the transition away from FM radio
Norway on Wednesday became the first country in the world to start shutting down its FM radio network in favor of digital radio, a bold move watched closely by other countries around Europe.Supporters...
View ArticleTillerson hedges on climate science, but supports Paris agreement
Rex Tillerson told the Senate panel considering his nomination for secretary of state that he supported the United States remaining in the Paris climate agreement and that he has made his views known...
View ArticleVictims of online romance scams, there's a place you can go for help
This is a detective story that started off as a love story. And it involves a nearly trillion-dollar-a-year industry — romance scams.According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, online...
View ArticleFrench and US astronauts spacewalk for space station repairs
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk Friday, and helped install three new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries to upgrade the power system at the...
View ArticleCitizen scientists have been taking an annual ‘bird census’ for over a century
As snow, wind and rain kept many of us cozy inside our homes this December, thousands of bird-watchers grabbed their binoculars and headed out for a day in the elements.Theirs was no average...
View ArticleThree ways to die on Venus, and other space facts
Today we call it the “Big Dipper,” but in the year 75000, we may look up in the night sky and admire a constellation known affectionately as the “Big Spatula.”As astronomer Dean Regas explains, that’s...
View ArticleThe 'Madhouse Effect' of climate denial in America
2016 is a wrap — and with it, likely the hottest year ever recorded. Temperatures weren’t the only anomaly: Louisiana, for instance, saw floods so severe they should only happen every 1,000...
View ArticleHow 'letters to the future' are putting the spotlight on climate action now
For activists Trisha Shrum and Jill Kubit, climate change isn't just an abstract concept. Rather, it has faces and names: Eleanor and Gabriel, their children. And through their time capsule project...
View ArticleMillennials are the new 'fossil fuel freedom fighters'
A new generation of nature writers is coming of age in America. They are beginning to understand how much of the pristine landscape their parents and grandparents enjoyed is now gone.Some of the work...
View ArticleThe art and science of composing movie scores
Imagine what some of the most thrilling films ever made would be like without their musical scores."Star Wars" without the crescendo of the opening credits? "The Godfather" minus the brooding...
View ArticleEver thought someone who died was already dead? Science can explain that.
If you remember Darth Vader’s famous line in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back," as “Luke, I am your father,” you’re not alone — but you’re not right, either. His actual words are “No, I am...
View ArticleChina's making huge economic bets on green energy
Officials in Beijing are turning the problem of poisonous pollution into a green opportunity for China.On Thursday, China’s National Energy Administration announced that it would invest at least $360...
View ArticleObama is the first US president to author an article in Science magazine
In an eleventh-hour attempt to cement his legacy on climate change and dissuade his successor from scrapping his policies, President Barack Obama published an article in a top academic journal,...
View ArticleFive important news stories that aren't about Donald Trump
Donald Trump this, Rex Tillerson that. Russia, Russia, Russia. It's been a week of heavy news about US politics and America's relationship with the world.Let's catch up now on some news that's been...
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