For These Design Materials, It’s Goodbye and Good Riddance
Not all acts of extinction are to be regretted.Not all acts of extinction are to be regretted.
Divisive F.D.A. Vaccine Regulator Is Resigning
Dr. Vinay Prasad drew criticism for overriding career scientists and rejecting drugs by companies seeking agency approval.Dr. Vinay Prasad drew criticism for overriding career...
NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Sped Up Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun
New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.New data about...
From 1983: Lise Meitner, Physicist, Is Dead at 89; Paved Way for Splitting of Atom
She laid much of the theoretical groundwork for the atomic bomb, although she did not participate directly in its production.She laid much of the...
From Endangered Plants Come Whiffs of Inspiration
How scientists, conservationists and the fragrance industry are working to revive extinct scents and perpetuate threatened ones.How scientists, conservationists and the fragrance industry are...
