Watch the process of building and weathering a half size R2D2 replica. In this project, we take a clean droid build and add ...

Rachel Pizzolato enjoys a serene open water adventure, sailing with freedom and embracing the beauty of the sea. Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos alleges CIA cover-up Georgia high school teacher ...

It's one of the latest technologies for sequestering carbon: crush silicate rocks, add to crop soil, and let the rock dust naturally react with carbon dioxide. The reactions bind carbon into stable ...

Conceptual hypothesized model of microbial effects on silica cycling and average 32 Si budget in marine sediments. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02941-7 ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance a process called rock weathering, capable of trapping and removing ...

Maxis are carrying carbon-fiber sails that outperform every other miracle fabric used before. By Kimball Livingston The first time a raceboat showed up with black sails, pushback was swift and severe.

Despite the widespread association with pirates and black sails in popular culture — see the Starz TV series "Black Sails" that ran between 2014 and 2017 – pirates didn't actually cruise around the ...

The purpose of a sail on a boat, obviously, is to catch the wind and propel it forward. This was how all naval vessels were propelled before solutions like steam engines became commonplace. Perhaps ...

Professor Arline T. Geronimus of the University of Michigan developed the theory of “weathering” while studying health complications of first-time mothers and identifying racial and economic ...

Forty years ago, the public was outraged. It seemed there was a wave of teenage girls, particularly Black teenage girls, getting pregnant. "This was a new idea, this new deviant class of people, and ...

Natural rock weathering is a fundamental part of Earth’s carbon cycle but occurs over thousands of years. Enhancing this cycle by spreading fine volcanic rock on agricultural land is a form of ...