Devin Powell

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- Microbes
Get to know your microbes at ‘The Secret World Inside You’
The American Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit rehabilitates bacteria’s bad reputation and introduces visitors to the microbiome.
- Environment
Atomic ant sand
Robb Hermes asked for sand ants to get samples of Trinitite, a material created in the test blasts of the first atomic bomb.
- Humans
Prisons an unlikely laboratory
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Himalaya Rush
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- Earth
Stronger storms may destroy ozone
Extra water vapor churned high into the atmosphere by climate change–fueled tempests could trigger destructive chemical reactions.
- Life
Polar bears’ ancient roots pushed way back
Full genetic blueprints suggest the animals split from brown bears millions of years ago.
- Earth
Field test stashes climate-warming carbon in deep ocean
Strategically dumping the metal stimulates a bloom of microscopic creatures that carry the greenhouse gas to Davy Jones’s locker.
- Physics
How to walk on water
Physicists use X-rays to probe how a fluid can support a person's weight.
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- Life
Trout nose cells follow magnetic fields
Iron-rich tissue may be at root of a biological compass.
- Space
Dark matter filament illuminated
Astronomers visualize a connection in a shadowy cosmic network that is thought to pervade the universe.
- Physics
Old battery gets a high-tech makeover
Redesigned nickel-iron battery gives modern lithium-ion devices a run for their money.