You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly report look stronger. Heads nod. The slides move on. You feel a knot in your stomach: Do you speak up and risk being branded difficult, or stay silent and become complicit?
Most people picture defiance as dramatic outbursts. In reality, it’s often these...
Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away[1], activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems[2] on Earth. Solar flares[3] – intense bursts of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere – and coronal mass ejections[4] – eruptions of plasma from the Sun – can affect the communications, satellite...
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit[1], including at least one American – a streak that will soon reach 25 years.
When viewed in the history of spaceflight, the International Space Station is perhaps one of humanity’s...
Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae[1], is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9 billion dollar industry[2], phylloxera poses a significant threat.
In 2015, several vineyards in the Grand Valley American Viticultural Area on Colorado’s Western Slope observed...