Hauled off in pieces by NOAA
The 10 Most Polluted Cities in the World
Four of them are in Iran
I Don’t Think You’re Ready for This Yeti
The Yeti could be a real animal
Rethinking Your Relatives—the Fossilized Ones
A rare find suggests that there were fewer prehuman species than we believe—and that has implications throughout the fossil record
EcocentricDisasters
Your City Might Not Be Ready for the Next Big Quake
More than 20 million people will take part in the Great ShakeOut today, raising awareness about earthquake risks. But it won’t help unless we fortify vulnerable buildings.
A Cosmic Discovery That Would Surprise Even Einstein
A strange phenomenon of gravity, light and spacetime may force us to rethink our understanding of our galaxy
EcocentricFood
Freak Blizzard Kills Tens of Thousands of South Dakota Cattle—and Washington Does Nothing
An unexpectedly early winter storm buried cattle ranchers in South Dakota. They’re trying to rebuild, but the shutdown in DC and the lack of a farm bill holds them back.
Fear the Cuckoo—It’s Scarier Than You Think
One of nature’s sillier-sounding birds has a nifty way to mimic what it’s not
Meet the Half Billion Year Old Lobster-Spider. With Tusks.
A unlikely fossil—and an even less likely means of studying it—yields surprising results
As the Hajj Unfolds in Saudi Arabia, A Deep Look Inside the Battle Against MERS
For more than a year, Saudi Arabia has struggled to control the new disease MERS. Now, with millions of Muslim pilgrims descending on the country, the challenge will get that much tougher.