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Science Beats

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A new study suggests that lightning alone—even without the other elements of a thunderstorm—might trigger migraines
January 25, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

A new study shows that dispersing minerals into oceans to stem climate change would be an inefficient and impractical process
January 23, 2013 | By Claire Martin

As cities like New York prepare for what appears to be a future of more extreme weather, the focus increasingly is on following nature's lead.
January 23, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

By testing ice cores in Greenland, scientists can look back at environmental data from millennia past
February 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough looks at how our scientists are studying our changing climate
February 2013 | By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

In 2012, many plants in the eastern U.S. flowered earlier than in any other year on record
January 16, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

New research on Pacific corals that trace climate patterns back 7,000 years shows how recent El Niños compare with those of the past
January 09, 2013 | By Claire Martin

In acidic water, drilling sponges damage scallops twice as quickly, worsening the effects of ocean acidification.
January 10, 2013 | By Hannah Waters

Drought, heatwaves, cyclones--even a tornado in Hawaii--mark last year as one filled with record-breaking severe weather
January 11, 2013 | By Claire Martin

Freshkills was once the biggest landfill in the world. Today, it's the biggest park in New York City
October 15, 2012 | By Jimmy Stamp

An underground scientist is pioneering a new way to learn what the climate was like thousands of years ago
January 2013 | By J. Madeleine Nash

Smithsonian scientists have taken to the Chesapeake Bay to investigate how marshlands react to the shifting environment
January 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Coral reefs and radio telescopes make a trip to the tropics more than worthwhile
January 2013 | By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

The devastating drought of the 1930s forever changed American agriculture. Could those conditions return?
November 16, 2012 | By Sarah Zielinski

When completed in 2013, this series of 170,000 mirrors will power 140,000 California homes
November 2012 | By Mark Strauss

Engineer William Parnell may have found a way to save at-risk cities from destruction
September 2012 | By Zeeya Merali

One hundred years ago, a German scientist was ridiculed for advancing the shocking idea that the continents were adrift
June 2012 | By Richard Conniff

If you can fight your way through the dirt storms of Madelia, Minnesota, you may be able to find the future of renewable energy
April 06, 2012 | By Maggie Koerth-Baker

Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking study, were the concerns about overpopulation and the environment correct?
April 2012 | By Mark Strauss

Dennis Meadows thinks so. Forty years after his book The Limits to Growth, he explains why
March 16, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

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

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