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The new material could help ease drought by extracting up to 1.8 liters of water from the air per day. Michaela St – Pexels View 5 Images – By Omar Kardoudi 2026 Jul 16 – The Mediterranean is getting hotter and drier, pushing scientists …
The battery-powered RiseAlert would simply be mounted on a pole, fence post, etc. downslope from a residence – no Wi-Fi connectivity or app would be required. Daniella Rempe – View 3 Images – By Maryna Holovnova 2026 Jul 27 – Climate change is reshaping …
There’s magnesium, lithium, nickel and platinum in that thar seawater. Depositphotos View 5 Images – By Etiido Uko 2026 Jul 26 – “Under the sea, Darling it’s better, Down where it’s wetter, Take it from me!” sang a certain Jamaican crab in The Little …
If synthetic cells are ever made, they may look like this illustration of translucent bubbles under the microscope. Westend61/Getty Images – By Tara Deans, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Published: 2026 Jul 08 – Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. …
The San Andreas Fault stretches 750 miles (1,200 km) through California, indicating where the Pacific plate and the North American plate meet. Ian Kluft/Wikimedia Commons/(CC By-SA 4.0) – By Bronwyn Thompson 2026 Jun 28 – The volatile seismic zone along the roughly 750-mile (1,200-km) …
A view of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Escalante, Utah. John Fowler from Placitas, New Mexico, U.S. via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY – By Kerri J. Malloy, Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, San José State University Published: 2026 Jul …
Losing sleep from a daylight saving time transition could raise the risk of eye diseases. E M R A L K Y/Pexels/Canva – By Mike McRae 2026 Jul 22 – While daylight saving may give us a little extra sunshine at the end of …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the political terrorism conference on 2026 Jul 16, in Washington. Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images – By Jason M. Blazakis, Professor of Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College …
Travelers to Death Valley are warned of the extreme heat conditions they may encounter. tobiasjo/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton Published: 2026 Jul 20 – Curious Kids is a series for …
What happened to newspaper editorials? RapidEye, iStock/Getty Images – By Ken Paulson, Director of the Free Speech Center, Middle Tennessee State University Published: 2026 Jul 20 – Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial …
