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A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss

A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss

When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests,
Eating ‘Family Style’ May Have Set the Stage for Life as We Know It

Eating ‘Family Style’ May Have Set the Stage for Life

For a creature made up of only a single cell, the stentor is a giant. This trumpet-shaped organism is among
NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS

NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in

After a stay aboard the International Space Station that unexpectedly stretched to nine and a half months, the NASA astronaut
An electric drone you can sit in

An electric drone you can sit in

Katharine Da Costa Reporting fromOxfordshire BBC The Skyfly Axe can take off vertically like a helicopter or land on a
A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey

A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the

Ten years ago, this was just a big hole in the ground behind a Lowe’s home improvement store in southern
Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year

Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year

Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reuters Sewage spilled illegally into England’s largest lake on a record number of days last
Foie Gras That Skips the Force-Feeding Is Developed by Physicists

Foie Gras That Skips the Force-Feeding Is Developed by Physicists

Thomas Vilgis, a food physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany, has been in love with
Orbital Rocket Crashes After First Launch From Continental Europe

Orbital Rocket Crashes After First Launch From Continental Europe

The engine shuddered to life around half past noon local time on Sunday, and with a guttural roar, the 92-foot-tall
SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates Glowing Spiral in the Night Sky for Europe

SpaceX Rocket Launch Creates Glowing Spiral in the Night Sky

A spiral of light illuminating the night sky captivated observers in Britain and much of Europe on Monday. Its cause:
At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine

At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine

50 States, 50 Fixes The air is filled with birdsong, the land a tableau of soft greens and gentle light.