Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis one of the most poignant archaeological … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis one of the most poignant archaeological … Read more
As the Great Salt Lake shrinks and scientists worry about toxic dust storms and its potential ecological collapse, Utah state leaders say all options for rescue are on the table. Rob Sowby, an assistant professor of civil and structural engineering at Brigham Young University, hopes to dismantle one: a pipeline that would pump seawater from … Read more