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As part of her plan to prepare Americans for the next "big one," the seismologist tackles the dangerous phenomenon of denial
February 2012
| By Amy Wallace
Earth’s most violent mud volcano is wreaking havoc in Indonesia. Was drilling to blame? And when will it end?
December 02, 2011
| By Erin Wayman
With an eye on climate change, a British startup creates a new form of the ancient building material
December 2011
| By Michael Rosenwald
Two hundred years ago, a series of powerful temblors devastated what is now Missouri. Could it happen again?
December 2011
| By Elizabeth Rusch
Competitive vegetable growers are closing in on an elusive goal—the one ton squash
October 2011
| By Brendan Borrell
A Smithsonian geologist offers her expertise on the seismic event that shook much of the mid-Atlantic this week
August 24, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Satellite images of mountains, glaciers, deserts and other landscapes become incredible works of art
June 09, 2011
| By Erin Wayman
Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner demonstrates how she turned trash into the building blocks for one community's revival
June 2011
| By Arcynta Ali Childs
Biologist George Schaller on the debate over ANWR conservation and why the refuge must be saved
March 10, 2011
| By Molly Loomis
J. Henry Fair's aerial photographs of industrial sites provoke a strange mix of admiration and concern
January 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Town Brook gave sustenance to the Plymouth’s early settlers, but years of dam building have endangered the struggling stream
November 22, 2010
| By Abigail Tucker
A mineralogist believes he's discovered how life's early building blocks connected four billion years ago
October 2010
| By Helen Fields
Dams, irrigation and now climate change have drastically reduced the once-mighty river. Is it a sign of things to come?
October 2010
| By Sarah Zielinski
Scientists are just beginning to grasp how profoundly oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has devastated the region
September 2010
| By Michelle Nijhuis
Solar technologies being pioneered in Spain show even greater promise for the United States
August 2010
| By Richard Covington
Grow fruits and vegetables in city towers? Advocates give a green thumbs up
August 2010
| By T. A. Frail
For scientists in a remote corner of coastal North Carolina, ignoring global warming is not an option
August 2010
| By Abigail Tucker
Energy harvested from our bodies will make possible mind-boggling gadgetry
August 2010
| By Michael Belfiore
The economist discusses the stresses that climate change and a greater world population will have on our food supply
August 2010
| By Amanda Bensen
Food security experts say these crops, if grown more widely, could help feed the hungry
August 2010
| By Amanda Bensen
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