An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

Edward Goldsmith Although he was born in London and raised in Cambridge, Edward Goldsmith thinks more fondly of America than ...

Four International Space Station crewmembers splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, NASA footage showed, after the first ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab's history. A video feed ...

Google DeepMind is teaming up with Boston Dynamics to give its humanoid robots the intelligence required to navigate unfamiliar environments and identify and manipulate objects—precisely the kinds of ...

NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) and Sofar Ocean have partnered to build modeling systems that advance marine weather forecasting. GFDL and Sofar’s three-year cooperation, which ...

It’s well known that animals rely on odors to survive. Bees, for example, can follow the scent of a flower from far away to collect nectar and pollen. But in turbulent air, how do bees and other ...

It’s well known that animals rely on odors to survive. Bees, for example, can follow the scent of a flower from far away to collect nectar and pollen. But in turbulent air, how do bees and other ...

Abstract: The dynamics of heavy-haul trains during braking are highly intricate, directly impacting their operational safety. A heavy-haul train longitudinal-vertical coupled dynamics model (HTLVDM) ...

Nadir Jeevanjee works for NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, which is discussed in this podcast episode. The views expressed herein are in no sense official positions of the Geophysical ...

Climate change is already reshaping global weather patterns and ecosystems around the world. In the long-term, its consequences could range from further substantial increases in the number of extreme ...

In an era of federal funding cuts to Princeton, surprisingly little has been said in these pages about what to prioritize with Princeton’s own resources. Perhaps we’re not sure what deserves saving, ...

In 2020, California’s Creek Fire became so intense that it generated its own thunderstorm, a phenomenon called a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. For years, scientists struggled to replicate these explosive ...