A ‘Ghost Lake’ in California Has Disappeared for the Fifth Time Since 1890
Subsequent damming and diverting of rivers for agriculture and other uses allowed the lakebed to be turned into farms. The ...
Scientists Thought They Knew What Uranus and Neptune Were Made Of. They Were Fooled.
The ice giants Uranus and Neptune live up to their name. Although humans have only ever sent one spacecraft (Voyager 2) ...
Archaeologists Searched For a Cult’s Secrets—and Stumbled Upon an Ancient Henge Instead
In the quest to unravel a hermit’s life, a team stumbled upon this mysterious monument. While searching for clues about a ...
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Explosive Training Toughens Soldiers—but Secretly Puts Their Insides Under Siege
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A Bold Gene-Editing Solution Began Testing—Then Hit the Strangest Twist
While gene-editing is the future of medicine, navigating a path toward that future is proving difficult. The Boston-based biotech firm Verve Therapeutics recently had to pause a clinical trial ...
How to Keep Your Chainsaw Ready to Go
Disengage the chain brake, remove the sprocket cover, then unbolt the bar and clean the groove that the chain runs in. Spray ...