Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

Fans may not keep older adults cool during heat waves

Air blowing from an electric fan alone isn’t enough to cool off older adults sweltering indoors in...

The ‘Does It Fly?’ podcast separates fact from science fiction

Does It Fly?Roddenberry EntertainmentAvailable wherever you get your podcasts Imagine you’re hanging out at a...

Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton

Meteorologists have watched in awe as Hurricane Milton, churning over the anomalously warm waters in...

How rapid intensification spawned two monster hurricanes in one week

One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26...

Some of Earth’s extinct giants may have been smaller than thought

Body size estimates of some of Earth’s larger-than-life species may have been just that: a little bit...

Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter...

Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter

It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere — but you wouldn’t know it from the thermostat. ...

The asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter

Earth’s most famous killer asteroid came from the outer reaches of the solar system, researchers report in...