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* BEGIN SAAANDY! TIME TO GET ROLLING. THERE ARE SO MANY! THINKING THE SAME ABOUT HER. I'M HUGO WILLIAM. HERE AT WILLOW GLEN, SPPINSFIELD'S NEWEST COMMUNITY, WE'RE BUILDING BEAUTIFUL HOME'S [...]

WITHIN SIGHT OF THE SUNBATHERS AT Old Man's surf spot, 55 miles north of San Diego, California, loom a pair of 176-foot-tall orbs. They're a strange backdrop, home of the [...]

Humans aren't the only ones battling the forces of nature. Meet eight other creatures living on the brink-thanks to extreme weather and climate change. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHOOPING CRANE Grus Americana [...]

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF HELEN DAHLKE'S OFFICE, AT THE University of California at Davis, the clouds hang low, their edges seeming to brush against the building. It's raining intensely, an [...]

IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, CLEAN WATER FLOWS straight from a tap. In others, people trek for miles to reach a potable source. How do we measure the availability [...]

At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, paleontologists used to free large fossils like sabertooth jaws and mammoth shoulders by melting the asphalt with heated kerosene. In the process, [...]

The Namibian savanna is dotted with 13-foot-tall towers of sandy soil. Built by termites just a fifth of an inch long, these mounds aren't only structural feats--they're a biological extension [...]

CHARLIE SOBECK, NASA SYSTEMS ENGINEER I have one of the best jobs in the world, helping manage NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope. In 2012 and 2013, the craft lost two [...]

HUMANS ARE SMEARTR THAN THEY TNHIK. Since the early aughts, Internet memes have hyped the notion that the order of letters in a word doesn't matter as long as the [...]

EVER WISH E.T. WOULD PHONE YOUR HOME? THE scientists at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute do. They seek unnatural variations in light and radio waves that may indicate [...]

STEPHEN CLARKE, CEO OF AQUA METALS Lead-acid batteries start car engines so well that we've used them in pretty much the same way for more than a century. Everyone always [...]

Windmills have dotted the Dutch countryside for centuries. But in densely populated cities, whooshing turbines are a tough sell. A new concept called the Dutch Wind-wheel could offer a silent, [...]

FORGET THE GEARS OF A WATCH. THOSE COLLECTIONS OF COGS AND springs might help us track the passing hours, but the way we visualize tempo is far more nuanced. 'Time [...]

At 770 feet tall, the Oroville Dam, where I work, is the tallest dam in the United States and holds the second-largest reservoir in California. I'm from Oroville, and I [...]

MARS IS KNOWN AS THE Red Planet, but we could color it green. By unleashing greenhouse gases that trap the sun's heat-something humans happen to be very good at--we could [...]

I'm responsible for all of Six Flags' amusements, from the kiddie rides to the roller coasters, in all 18 parks in North America. Right now we're considering making a new [...]

SHIPPING UP TO 15,550 20-FOOT-LONG CONTAINERS ACROSS the world's waves is hard work. So hard that Emma Maersk, a quarter-mile-long cargo ship, needs serious muscle: the Wartsila i4RT-flex96C, among the [...]

THERE'S NOTHING QUITE like putting down roots and tending a garden. But what happens if you don't have a backyard? Or you're suddenly uprooted? Or you decide to go on [...]

The article offers brief information on several products including DBC fax machine from Synthetic Genomics; the raptor track roller coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction; and Boltspun Neckties from Bolt Threads.

The magenta dots on this rat brain cell are exciting, in the most literal sense. They're excitatory synapses, which enable neurons to relay information. Neuroscientists at University College London found [...]

The article lists the new faces of energy industries around the world including Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie for reviving nuclear energy, Alejandro Rios for fuel production in Abu Dhabi desert and Susan Kennedy for storing energy in a hybrid-electric buildings.

The article discusses the mission of seismologist Lucy Jones to prepare Americans from the next big earthquake. Topics discussed include estimated damages to people and property if the San Andreas fault moves, Jones' efforts to improve preparedness through the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, and her release of the "Great Southern California ShakeOut" report in 2008 which simulated the effects of an earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude.

The article offers information on oceanographer Robert Ballard along with his contribution in discovering the RMS Titanic ship. Topics discussed include exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for examination of theory related to plate tectonics by usage of submarine, assistance in discovery of microbial diversity related to black smokers hydrothermal vents in 1977, assistance of Ballard in discovery of the Bismarck battleship in 1989 and involvement of Ballard in sailing Nautilus submarine.

The article offers information on diver Sylvia Earle along with her involvement in oceanic exploration. Topics include association of Earle with women team that examined ocean bottom under untethered situation in record time by usage of the JIM diving suit, appointed as chief scientist in 1990 at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earle led the Tektite II habitat mission for underwater exploration and initiation of several ventures by Earle such as Research Marine.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of seeing a lightning hit a sagebrush which resulted to a wildfire.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of helping create a device that can safely help working dogs detect illegal wildlife products.

The article discusses the potential impact of asteroids colliding with the Earth and mentions topics including a comparison of the impact of asteroids based on their size, the impact of asteroids landing on water, and the role of velocity on the level of damage caused by asteroids.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of helping manage NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope.

The author reports on his quest for engineered signals from other planets, or signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. She says that she has been pointing optical and radio telescopes at the sky since the 1970s. She helped found the SETI Institute in 1984, which built tools to look for signals that nature can produce.

The author describes how correctly calculating the orbit of Echo II, one of early communication satellites of the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), in 1968 had a profound effect on her. She says that she spent a good part of her life as an amateur satellite spotter. Her informal group recorded 18,000 observations of 200 spy satellites in a single year alone.

The article reports on a fight between gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The article discusses the concept of the Dutch windwheel, a silent alternative to windmills, developed by Lennart Graaff, the founding partner of the Windwheel Corp.

The article reports on the preservation of scent at the J.P. Morgan Library in New York.

The article offers information on making a new mesh roofs for Zumanjaro drop tower to protect riders from injuries due to free-fall while preventing air resistance and riding Zumanjaro with laptop to measure air pressure.