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South Carolina Says PFAS-Contaminated Farmland Should Be Superfund Site
For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”
Read MoreHidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light
While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
Read MoreSync Your Calendar With the Solar System
Never miss a rocket launch, meteor shower, eclipse or other event that’s out of this world.
Read MoreIt’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming
An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.
Read MoreDOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of job reductions.
Read MoreTo Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument
In letters to multiple agencies, the focus is on how job reductions at E.P.A., Interior and other agencies would hurt President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
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Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about Covid with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’s origins that is so far not backed by direct evidence and that many scientists consider less likely than the idea that it […]
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Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80
Before Joe Nickell became, in his words, “the world’s only full-time professional paranormal investigator,” he was: a magiciana blackjack dealera private investigatora poeta bingo callera riverboat managera professor of literaturea carousel operator anda calligrapher. He listed roughly 1,000 more “personas” on his website. “God help us if Nickell ever has an identity crisis,” he said […]
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A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet
For a few brief moments on Wednesday, a bright fireball lit up the predawn skies near Mexico City. The display awed residents and online viewers alike as videos of the object quickly spread. The glowing object was a bolide, according to The Associated Press. Bolides are fireballs that explode in a bright flash, often with […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About Today’s Meth
The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that can swiftly reverse a meth overdose and none approved to treat meth addiction.
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